Through Poems from the Ark, Joy V. Sheridan expresses the nuances of love, both in its positive aspect and in its disappointment. The words are directed toward nature and self-discovery, what this involves such as going through sadness, deep sensations, disappointments, but with the hope...

On page 3 of From the Heartland: Semper Fi by J.W. Sloter, right under the dedication to all the men and women who have served in all branches of the armed services, there is this quote: “When is a ‘memoir’ not a ‘novel’? When lightly...

Boss of the Bathroom is a humorous coming of age novel for children and preteens written by Christina Rauh Fishburne. Emily just couldn’t take her brother’s antics sometimes; he was just too much of the worst things that a little brother could be. While they...

Little Katie is a very adventurous little girl. She loves to go on trips with her parents, especially ones where she can learn things. Her most recent trip was to an aquarium, where she saw all kinds of ocean animals, like sharks and crabs and...

Leaving the Land of Your Limitations by Dr. Kevin Drury is a remarkable exposition that was both timely and eye-opening for me. The book is comprehensive and, better still, the author reads between the lines of scriptures quoted and expounds on them. Mark 3: 1-5,...

Eden and Aiden are copper-haired siblings that have travelled from the shores of Scotland to the west of the US. Eden accompanied her husband, Hugh, to Wyoming with dreams of breeding polo ponies to sell on the lucrative market for such animals. Their well laid...

Monkey Bandit found something on the bathroom floor and he was happy about that. Monkey Bandit liked finding things. He looked to his left and right and saw nobody there. He picked it up. He saw the bristles on the top of the thing and...

Ari Barak and the Free-Will Paradox by Shaul Behr is a hilarious story with deep cultural and spiritual underpinnings, following the journey of Ari Barak, a teenager with ADHD and mischievous tendencies, and Howard Segal, an intelligent young man in an unconventional yeshiva. They are...

It's always fun to take a refreshing, nostalgic look at a bygone era. John F. Bronzo gives us just that with a taste of the 1960s in Sagahawk by the Sea. The story is told from the viewpoint of Joe Carr, a fifteen-year-old boy who...

Sammy Snowflake And the Fraidyflakes by Crystaline Rose is a magical story with settings in a beautiful town on a cloud floating by. In Cloudtown where the Fraidyflakes lived, every now and then a snowflake will drift by and disappear and some of them dropped....

Oh my goodness, Drots the Dragobotosaurus is a funny story! Author Karen J. Moore and illustrator Diego Cadena have teamed up to create a very simple picture book that is just too cute. Gavin McCracken is a member of the robotics club at his school...

A Musician in the Great War: Diary of a WW1 Soldier is a short volume of military historical non-fiction writing by authors Adolph Kuellmer and Joanne Kuellmer Franklin. Joanne is the granddaughter of Adolph, and has therefore taken on the role of compiling his personal...

Doc, the Little Tractor by Debbie Stofer is geared for toddlers and young children. Doc works many years on the farm and never complains. But as time passes, the farm grows and grows until it is too much for Doc to handle. Oh, no! A...

Elee is an adorable baby elephant living on the African plains with her mother. The dry season is causing the slow disappearance of the watering hole, which is crucial to the survival of the plains animals. But Elee's mother assures her that if she follows...

Victor Moody the Mosquito-Boy and Faploom-Japloom by Hafeez Diwan is an entertaining young adult fantasy novel about a young boy that turned into a mosquito. When Tundra Tunnel becomes the new game craze in town, Victor checks the three dollars and five quarters in his...

Princess the cat is here to share her scary, but educational adventure that reveals the origin of her name! As a comfortable de-clawed house cat, her foster mom would not allow Princess to roam the outdoors for fear she would not be able to protect...

Stubby the Squid’s Undersea Adventure by Will Gorham is a delightful story with a good message for young readers. Stubby the squid is kind of lost and he wants to get home. Chocolate Chip, the starfish, has never seen a purple squid before and Stubby...

Kintu and the Fairy Bee is a children’s picture book written by Mary Beth Numbers and illustrated by Kabuye Ivan. This is a retelling of the story by Mrs. George Baskerville, which was first published in 1922, and was based on the oral storytelling traditions...

Timmy on the Toilet by author Peta Lemon is a children's book about a boy named Timmy who is granted a wish after saving a fairy. He is granted said wish, but it isn't exactly the wish he wishes he had made. The book is...

Katie and the Marshal: A Montana Women Novella by Nancy Pirri is a short tale of a young man who buries his feelings of mistrust deep inside. As the Marshal of a Montana town, the young man protects women from vile cowboys and their evil...