It’s that time of year. The children are excited about Christmas and, in some schools, they are learning the true meaning of Christmas. Many teachers are busy preparing the young people to put on plays and special events to entertain the parents. A Nativity play...

Reading a novel like Escape From Vietnam: For Some The Vietnam War Never Ended by Howard Cohen is so much more than enjoying an intricate, riveting plot and engaging with realistic and touching characters. It’s an opportunity for enlightenment, not just about the horrors experienced...

Unearthing Gaia is a fast-paced work of paranormal romance by author T.L. Callahan, and the second book in the Paldimori Games series. After Lia’s passionate adventure during the deadly games of book one, Walking Chaos, we now return to the island of Sotiria with Dia...

A Night Game is a fantasy novel for children and preteens written by Allie Compeau. Hugh and Owen figured that it had to be their little sister, Immy, who had left a messy pile of toys and blocks in their middle of their bedroom. The...

Rescue Mission With My STEM Invention by Sumita Mukherjee is an engaging story about a group of children who are preparing to work on science projects for the annual school science fair. Twin sisters who always compete in the science fair but never really do...

Two children and a squirrel discover that with a little effort and ingenuity, they can make fascinating discoveries in the children’s educational short story, The Secret of the Smelly Trail: Malaysia by Sumita Mukherjee. Keiko and her ornery younger brother Kenzo enjoy exploring nature, experiencing...

Papa Can Fix It! (My Truly Most Favorite Fluffy Friend Book 4) by Pamela Tomlin captures the magic of the Christmas season. Papa is going to pull Emma on the sled. While a few of her friends want to go with her, Banjo Bear, Bunny...

Everyday Imagination - The Green Scarf by Heather Lester is a children’s illustrated book about a boy whose parent tells him to do something besides watch TV. For a while he wanders about the house, wondering what he could do to fill the time. In...

It is bedtime for Space Buns and she needs a good rest as she is going to a day care the next day. Her mommy and daddy bend over the crib and kiss her and Space Buns knows that they love her. She feels warm...

Ben's Adventures: A Day at the Beach is an educational picture book for children written by Elizabeth Gerlach and illustrated by Yip Jar Design. This is Ben’s story. He is a triplet with a brother and sister, and he uses a wheelchair. Ben has cerebral...

If you’ve read the first two books in this series by Luke. G. Dahl, you will remember the pedophile Bat Erdene, a wealthy child and drug trafficker whom you met, and most likely loathed in Daddy’s Curse 2. Well, now, in the final book of...

A Coastal Christmas by Kaya Quinsey is a charming tale of love lost and found. Jessica Beaton is a successful TV broadcaster in New York but after her co-presenter boyfriend starts to propose to her on air and then walks away, Jessica feels the need...

Valentine in Venice by Kaya Quinsey is a sweet short story about first and last love. Ten years ago, Valentine Wells went to Venice on a school trip. At 16, Venice was where she had her first kiss with Lorenzo Dipachio. Now 26, with a...

Paris Mends Broken Hearts by Kaya Quinsey is a sweet story of life, love, and loss. Gwendoline Delacroix has lost the love of her life. She tries to carry on in her home, her staff do all they can to help her but she has...

The Silence of Darkness by Bradley James Tall is a fictional novel set in Prairie View, a small rural town near Lake Michigan. It tells the story of a farming community with a sinister secret going back twenty years when Bobby, the young son of...

The Carlswick Mythology: The Carlswick Mysteries, Book 5 is a sleuth mystery novel written by S.L. Beaumont. While they had had their share of adventures together, Stephanie Cooper and her rock-star boyfriend of eighteen months, James Knox, were finally going away together on vacation. She...

A Study of Household Spirits of Eastern Europe by Ronesa Aveela is the first book in the Spirits and Creatures series. Taken from tales originating as Christian and pagan, Aveela compiles a collection of nine influential spirits: Kikimora, Domovoi, Stopan, Talasum, Smok, Bannik, Ovinnik, Dvorovoi,...

Above The Walls is a dramatic work of historical fiction penned by author Steve Physioc, and is the sequel to the novel The Walls Of Lucca. Following a secret affair that preceded the events of the Second World War, the fascist politician Alfredo Obizzi is...

Winterhued by E.H. Alger enters a world of kings, princesses, knights, and dragons. E.H. Alger writes about proud Castle Lawhill built on the edge of a lake, which seems ideal until the residents are cut off from the world by a dragon. King Ger and...

Mother Nature's Kiss is a picture book for preschool children written and illustrated by Lisa G. Shore. What was that bright light shining far off in the distance? It was something that the author had seen many years ago and wondered about, and then a...