Meet five-year-old Emily in the storybook Freshly Baked Pie by Lora Rozler. Emily does not think being five is easy and it is all about bouncing pigtails and wearing colorful dresses. She is not too happy going to bed when the sun is still out,...

Joni Frank's children's book, Sagebrush and the Smoke Jumper: Corky Tails Tales of Tailless Dog Named Sagebrush, combines an entertaining tale with many educational points that would greatly improve a child's understanding and compassion towards environmental issues as well as animals. The story starts...

Peace by Marie Feather is a thought-provoking and insightful book that will help readers look into themselves, believe in themselves, and find themselves. The crucial part of life's journey is how to deal with personal emotions and get to know more about the self. The...

Sassy Food by Ja-ne de Abreu is a self-help guide for those who are ready to begin or want to learn more about “How to Grow Food with Your Own 'Farm" Any Size Anywhere/Any Time of Year with Any Budget and How to Cook It”....

In this pandemic era, it’s important to be aware of our immediate environment and to frequently wash our hands well. But, it’s also important to play outside, even if it means getting dirty. Just so long as we wash well before touching our face or...

Not to Touch the Earth by Felix Little is a gripping novel about the importance of living in harmony with nature. Nia and Karana hope they will manage to make a new home for themselves far away from their tribe. Nia has a special connection...

Expraedium is a work of fiction in the literary, cultural, and critical thinking subgenres. It is best suited to mature readers for its complex content and the use of explicit language throughout and was penned by Armen Melikian. In this explosive work which tackles heated...

In introducing Playing the Game While Black Womaning in Corporate America™, Nicole S. Palmer likens corporate America to a slow-burn chess game, requiring strategy, patience, and the ability to anticipate others’ moves. This book is an essential playbook and survival guide for Black women navigating...

LoveVortex and the Drakor’s Curse by Pekka Harju‑Autti is a gripping historical adventure laced with eerie speculation and moral depth. We find ourselves in the late eighteenth century, where the novel follows Captain Julius and his curious teenage son on a voyage to the Andaman...

"Who Got Liz Gardner" by Elizabeth Allen is about a young woman growing up in the 70's and as she matures into a woman through the 80's and 90's. She desperately tries not to follow in her mother's footsteps (married 5 times and still looking...

Voices is an intriguing novel written by Roger Ladd Memmott. Kala Westergaard was orphaned as a young child and raised by her grandmother and aunt. The novel starts with Kala and her boyfriend, Tommy, out driving late at night. They encounter a deer on the...

First friends, first loves, childhood secrets, love, passion, loss of innocence, guilt, betrayal. Angels and demons. Choices and agency. Loss and grief. These themes are all woven intricately into the plot of Heaven’s Way by Roger Ladd Memmott. The narrator is Danny, and we see...

Stephen Black's "Obama Search Words" is an interesting book containing a collage of pictures, world events juxtaposed with the life of US President Barack Obama, short stories, essays and satirical scripts. Unique and interesting, it follows the events that helped shape our world in general...

S. Thomas Bailey continues the saga of the Jacob Murray family in “Shades of Death: The Gauntlet Runner, Book II.” In book one we met Private Jacob Murray from Pennsylvanian and watched as he became a scout for George Washington’s Provincial Militia, in the Ohio...

"Captive Spirits" the first book in the 'Legends of Aztar Series' by Mary Adair takes us to the planet of Aztar, a place that is never known to be at peace. There is a deep fear of those who wield mystical powers and use them...

Raven’s Passion is a wonderful young adult book written by Mary Adair. Raven is raised by his adoptive parents. He is a confused, temperamental young man who does not know who his white biological father is, and feels like a misfit with the Cherokees. He...

Love has a strange way of drawing together individuals that seem to not only be extremely unlikely to meet, but are diametrically opposed to ever create a bond. Passion’s Vision by Mary Adair explores this truth as the female warrior, New Moon, struggles with a...

Golden Dawn left her home, a Cherokee village called Chota, and travelled to England to look for her childhood friend and the love of her life, Raven, whom she had last seen 10 years ago. The Great Spirit had warned her that Raven was in...

The Shadow of Loss is a young adult coming of age story written by Josefina Gutierrez. Evelyn Gonzalez had a nervous breakdown when she was in her junior year of high school, and her sister had her committed to an institution. Now she's being released,...

The world Anni lives in has always seemed so normal and straightforward. Being the orphan girl at an all-girl’s school hasn’t always been easy but she’s always had Lexi and Mabel to help her get through it. All of a sudden, however, things are starting...