Joe the Fisherman, written by Mairi McLellan, is the first book in the What Do the Grown-ups Do? series and this is the start of an incredible series geared for elementary girls. The Mackenzie girls - Ava, Skye, and Gracie - live in Scotland and...

Papa the Stockfarmer, written by Mairi McLellan, is the second book in the What Do the Grown-ups Do? series and this book depicts the time that the three Mackenzie sisters spend with their grandfather (Papa), learning about being a stockfarmer. The girls are curious about...

Little Wise Guy, our friendly owl, plays an important character in Sally Saffer's book entitled A Word To The Wise Is Sufficient. Two young children, Tamara and Justin, are out playing in the woods and having so much fun when Little Wise Guy, sitting up...

Who Nuked the Duke: Atomic Testing and the Fallout Behind RKO's John Wayne Epic The Conqueror by John William Law is a story that spans over 30 years. The cold war dawned and took hold in the 1950s and the US government worked on the...

Andee the Aquanaut (Guardian of the Great Seas) by Simon James House is the story of a young boy named Andee who lives with his scientist parents on an island as they study marine life. Since his parents are always busy, lonely Andee befriends a...

Songs From the Heart by Dr. Tim Riordan is a delightful devotional study on the book of Psalms. The author notes that the book of Psalms has been called the “humanity hymnbook.” Holding true to that idea, Dr. Riordan takes you on a journey through...

In Neb the Great: Shadows of the Past, author A.K. Frailey offers the last in the Deliverance Trilogy. Not having read the first two books of the trilogy, I did not feel at all disadvantaged in reviewing this book on its own. The book is...

If you have a child with autism spectrum disorder, you may well find some helpful hints in Learning to Dance in the Rain. Author Melanie Bennett described her three years as an assistant to an autistic child in which the child went from being unable...

Happy Adventures of Adiyeh the Lagos Chicken by Oluwaseyi A. Alade is the cute little story of a chicken and her adventures. This is the first book in the series and readers will find it entertaining and exciting as she takes you through her journey....

Shadows in the Forest chronicles the Indian descendants of Illinois, U.S.A. Author Tim. L. Jarvis took great pleasure in tracing the historical roots of the Illinois Indians. He even went on to portray the demise of the tribe as a result of several wars...

Dana Hui Lim’s Mother and the Tiger: A Memoir of the Killing Fields is the autobiography of a life lived during one of the most painful times in human history. Hui is the sixth child born to Lim Cher Hoi and Tom Tai Keng in...

America at the Precipice: Restoring the Plummeting Middle Class Standard of Living by Gary R. Patterson casts light on the disturbing fact that America's middle class, which was known to be the most affluent in the world, has lost that honor. The author attacks the...

Author James Offutt discusses favoritism in his latest book, Finding Healing From the Anguish of Favoritism: In the Home, Church and Workplace. As the author researched this topic, he discovered there were very few books written on the subject and even fewer written from the...

Leaves in the Wind by Ian T King really is a Novel of Dirty Wars. Julia Medrano takes on the job of working to get the best for those who are downtrodden and oppressed but suddenly she disappears, just another political casualty. In a story...

Award-winning author John C. Maxwell in Learning From the Giants helps both believers and leaders better understand how to become the leader God has called you to be. John uses biblical characters to explain great leadership examples and how their successes and failures are things...

Leadership in the Crucible of Work: Discovering the Interior Life of an Authentic Leader by Sandy Shugart PhD is a unique motivational book that offers real-world guidance and encouragement to withstand the pitfalls of managing a large organization. Seven detailed chapters analyze the power of...

Everyone has fears, doubts or feels alone at one time or another. Isecas The Dream Cat And The New School helps Sahar overcome issues that can affect her self-esteem and her future. She is in a new place, learning a new language and feels so...

I appreciated the humor in Stumbling Toward the Buddha: Stories about Tripping over My Principles on the Road to Transformation by Dawn Downey. I am on a spiritual journey and was intrigued to read what was suggested in the pages of this book. I wasn't...

Buster the Bully by Andrea Antico features Buster, a new boy at school, who starts bullying everyone around him. A law onto himself, Buster rules the school. That is until one day there is a tornado outside the school and, as Buster has never seen...

Where The Dead Go: A Scriptural Based Model That Answers This Question is an interesting book that speaks about a topic that crosses everyone's mind at least once in a lifetime. The book builds a model, Scripture-by-Scripture that addresses the question of where the dead...