“Cabo & Coral Reef Explorers” is the third installment in this series, in which two young children, Cabo and Coral, live near the beach and spend a lot of time in or on the water, while practicing various earth-friendly habits. Examples include picking up their...

The book is set in the once sleepy town of Gonzalez, where a mystery is soon to jolt the community in a way it has never known. Dirt poor farmers have become suddenly rich from oil deposits on their property. Greed rears its very ugly...

Author Patricia Althoff Bridewell takes on a very complex and volatile subject, the Muslim faith from a Christian perspective. Ms. Bridewell lays the groundwork in a solid manner, using the Holy Bible as well as the Quran as she explains different aspects of Muslim beliefs....

"The Worry Glasses: overcoming anxiety," written by Donalisa Helsley and illustrated by Kalpart, is an excellent way to discuss worries and anxiety and how children can cope with this. MJ worries a lot and her worries interfere with her everyday life. There are also special...

Lola and her son Sam moved to Hope River to a house set for her aunt Louise. Sam quickly made friends with the neighbor’s son, Caleb. The friendship led to the baseball coach inviting Sam to join the team. Lola hesitates but Matt convinces her...

James and Maria Cooper decided that city life was not for them. The couple and their daughter Liza moves to the small community of Walker's Vale. Almost as soon as they move into their house strange things start happening. Jim suspects that Reverend Walker is...

Here is a must have story for every home with normal people. The theme is well-researched and the author portrays a very nice view of life and death. Roni relates a fictitious story and turns it into a possibility for many. This is a hard...

What a riveting tale is found in Pell Shade’s story! It is a must for elementary age, tween and young adult homes. It will receive their parents’ and teachers’ complete approval. I thoroughly enjoyed the characters and the most interesting plot I have seen in...

"Silver’s Treason" by Clifford Dunbar is an unusual and challenging book. Military and political thriller with a touch of sci-fi/paranormal, this is a fast-paced book set in the volatile Colombian jungle and has US Army personnel facing drug lords and rebels. Jeff Thompson is one...

"Leah's Voice," written by Lori DeMonia and illustrated by Monique Turchan, is a great story about accepting each and every person and treating everyone with respect and kindness. Logan's older sister Leah is on the autism spectrum; however, Logan does not realize this or really...

I am a big fan of crime thriller books, so I looked forward to reading "Dangerous Times" by Phillip Frey. In their appearance, Frank and Ty Moore are normal people, living a nice life, in a nice house, on a nice street in West Los...

I was hooked on this series when I read “Nate Rocks The World.” For those of you not familiar with Nate, aka Nathan Rockledge, he is a ten year old fourth grader with a larger than life imagination. Nate's family consists of his sister Abby,...

The year was 1944 and twenty year old Rudolph Meier was a Nazi POW working in local cotton fields while he was held at Camp Papago Park near Phoenix, Arizona. He was serving as a radio operator on a German submarine stationed near the eastern...

Robin Lamont's "Wright For America" feeds the hunger for mystery, adventure, passion, and comedy in one extraordinary story. The action centers around the believable talk show host Pryor Wright, who spews venomous ultra-conservative tirades which our protagonist Maren believes contributed to the injuries inflicted on...

In a literary world rife with paranormal characters and situations, "The King's Ransom" offers a refreshing and realistic approach to pre-teen medieval reading material. The three young protagonists come from different levels of society: a prince, a blacksmith's apprentice, and an orphan. When their friend,...

“Dinosaur Lake” by Kathryn Meyer Griffith is a very well-told and well-written tale of “what if”, which, quite by coincidence, takes place in my home town. The tale is told of a remarkable series of events in which minor earthquakes released small amounts of magma...

Here we have a very inventive Christmas book for elementary age children. It will entertain them and make them wish they too could save Christmas and be heroes for a year. I enjoyed this story and plot and so will your kids. It is a...

Have you read the reports of citizens petitioning the White House for their various states' secession from the United States? If you haven't, it is probably because they are small, unorganized groups of people using a pre-written petition circulated on the Internet. What if some...

Cassie's father's security company was picked to safeguard a new drug at Bristol Pharmaceutical company. Just when Cassie thinks all was secure, the information is stolen by an employee of Bristol. She is removed from the case but continued to ponder on the crime. Cassie...

RSDS is a horrible affliction. The brain refuses to turn off the pain that can inhabit any part of or almost all of the body. Mary Jane Gonzales' brief book "In the Blink of an Eye: My Life with RSDS" does an excellent job of...