Carrie was pretty excited about returning to the summer camp she and her sister had enjoyed for several summers in a row. This year she was old enough to be a Junior Counselor. As well as learning some leadership skills, Carrie would continue to enjoy...

A Journey: An Adventure Like No Other by Ayush Sharma follows a mysterious book that takes Ethan on a search for ancient treasure. Ethan is a typical teenager who becomes a treasure hunter after a trip to Egypt. Nothing goes the way Ethan thought, which...

A Gay Man's Guide To Life: Get Real, Stand Tall, and Take Your Place by Britt East is written for gay men and represents life seen through the lens of a gay man. The author's story is a good tool for gay readers not to...

Bumpy was a rock who sat down on the grass and got in the way of children when they played. Bumpy felt his life was a curse because he didn't mean to spoil games. A tumbling cabbage advised Bumpy that he would be of no...

A Pocket Full of Colours is a children’s concept picture book written and illustrated by Joe Starling. Sam’s Saturday morning started out just fine until he heard Tilly, his extremely irritating sister, ask his mom when her friend, Zoe, would arrive. Sam was happy with...

A to Z Animal Alphabet by Rich DiSilvio teaches children about animals and the alphabet. The book runs through the English alphabet with names of animals along with their pictures. There’s also a brief rhyme for each letter and animal. In addition to being entertaining,...

How many of you know how to write a letter, and have actually written a letter? Do you enjoy writing letters and, better yet, receiving them in the mailbox (not the email box, but the real mailbox)? Well, there is a gorilla named Silverback Jeremy...

The sixth and final book in the Curmudgeon Avenue series, A Curmudgeonly Christmas by Samantha Henthorn, brings closure for our favorite nincompoops and leaves an opening for another book -- a fan can hope and dream -- in the future. Ricky and Tanya 'Wantha' Rose...

A Witchy Mistake by Rhonda Hopkins is a prequel to the Witches of Whispering Pines series written for young adults. Charley was born into a family of witches, a fact they hide from the small community where they live. Her mother runs a shop in...

In a serene and spectacular Appalachian gorge teeming with wildlife, the animals could cross the river to roam between the southern and the northern sides. However, the humans built a highway intersecting the ancient animal trails, where speeding cars and trucks claimed numerous lives each...

A Turbulent Mind: My Journey to Ironman 70.3 by Swetha Amit resonates with all aspiring triathletes to pursue their dreams. The author has shared her triathlon customized plan, based on her fitness levels, and her journey is proof to all aspiring athletes that it is...

Catalina is a very impatient young cactus. Catalina, born prickly like all the other cacti around it, desperately wants to have arms, to look elegant, to be able to touch. But, as a prickly saguaro, Catalina grows very slowly and sharply pricks anyone who gets...

A Portrait of Dawn is a work of fiction in the historical, romantic fiction, and interpersonal drama sub-genres, and was penned by author Samantha St. Claire. The work is intended for the general reading audience and is free of any explicit or triggering content. Our...

Diana is a young woman trying to build a successful railroad line and the only female doing this. Her brother is the main owner but we do not really see much of him as he has gone back home to be with his wife. Diana...

A must-read for fans of military history, warfare, and tactics, A Shau: Crucible of the Vietnam War by Jay Phillips is a fascinating and highly detailed account of the events, engagements, and people involved in this part of the Vietnam War from the early 1960s...

A Step Back by Amy Jean is an engaging and insightful compilation of poetry and prose that is profound and thought-provoking and will encourage readers to reflect on the vagaries, nuances, complexities, and fragilities that life throws at them. The poet/author recollects the places she...

A Multicultural Picnic: Little Polyglot Adventures, Book 3 is an educational adventure picture book for children written by Victor D.O. Santos and illustrated by Eszter Miklos. Dylan and Isabella loved the picnics the family would have whenever their grandparents from Brazil and grandmother from Ukraine...

When Ella Canady joined the moving-picture firm, Selig Polyscope Company, as a seamstress, she wanted to leave her pain-filled life in Chicago. The company was filming scenes at the Rafter-H ranch in Canon City, Colorado. Two brothers, Cale and Hugh Hutton, owned the ranch and...

Nick Cicero is an ordinary fifth grader when he finds out that he has a kidney disease that will change his life. After falling seriously ill, Nick learns that he was born with one kidney that didn’t work and now his other one is shutting...

A Foreign Crown by Jen Johnson takes you back in time when Napoleon’s crazed ambition to rule the world struck horror in large and small countries. England was the one of the few countries that had the manpower and resources to aid Oldenburg. Prince Layton...