Panda Pat and the Rat Called Cat by Neil Ballard is an educational picture book for young children. In the area of Panda Peak, friends Panda Pat and Cat the rat were sitting and eating lunch. The topic surrounding Cat's name comes up as Panda...

Pansy Finster lives in Brimstone Horror where the weather normally included grey clouds blocking the sun and thunder rolling in the distance. Normally Pansy would not be concerned by the notice she received in the mail, but she had been trained to never ignore such...

Falling Under The Mistletoe by Evelyn Mae tells the captivating story of Callie Parker, who is recovering from ending a relationship with Jake. After returning from a holiday in Jamaica, Callie decides to focus her energy on expanding Honey, her bakery in Hopemeadow. Callie meets...

Stepping Into the Fire: A Journal about Growing-up in Appalachian Ohio by Steven P. Keller is an incisive book that explores the author’s memoirs and experiences of Ohio. The story features some of the favorite people in the life of the narrator and presents their...

I’m sure we’re all afraid of something at some time or other. Sometimes our fears take over our lives and that’s never a good thing. That’s what happened to Paulie. He’s a plover, a shorebird (or beach bird) who spent the warm summer months at...

In Reforming the Duke, Laura Beers takes us back to the early 1800s where we meet three sisters who are very good at matchmaking couples with the emphasis on a ‘love match’ and not the usual status and financial matching of the time. They have...

Everyone gets angry. In Tame the Beast, D.K. Brantley has written a rhyming story about how you can handle that beast. Several colorful beasts – including a werewolf, vampire, mummy, and swamp thing - demonstrate what it looks like to feel angry and they are...

When Jade’s mother turns out the light and says good-night, Jade’s room becomes very dark. It’s so scary, Jade doesn’t know how she’ll sleep, or, for that matter, get through the night. She wonders what creatures lurk in the shadows, and what might be underneath...

How do you measure love? Do you love someone in your family as tall as the trees? As high as the mountains? As far away as the desert? As deep as the ocean? Love is a feeling that can run deep and far. It’s not...

The inhabitants of Little Sister Island have grown accustomed to the ancient magic that lingers in the bedrock, entwining the island and the islanders together. When an unexplainable quake hits the island, they believe it foretells some future event, although no one is certain what...

A secret hidden deep beneath the waves of the Pacific Ocean sets into motion a deadly game of cat-and-mouse between a clandestine Nazi organization and a team of retired Navy SEALs, a billionaire, and a young woman in the exciting thriller, Beneath the Dragon's Triangle...

Monster in the Water: Fighting Back Against Harmful Algal Blooms, written by Dylan D'Agate and illustrated by Maria DeCerce, is about a small coastal town called Seaville and the summer when everything changed. As the children race to the beach on the last day of...

Betrothed: Beyond the God Sea is a work of fiction in the dystopian, science fiction, and romance sub-genres, and was penned by author Elora Morgan. The work is intended for the young adult reading audience and contains no explicit content. Our protagonist is Zaria, a...

What if a woman of color, running as an Independent candidate, became the first President of the United States? What if she could bring about radical policy changes that could entirely transform the lives of the American people even if she faced huge resistance from...

Samantha is a spunky Pekingese puppy who loves to play with her blue ball. However, she frequently cannot find the blue ball. The children’s book, Peke-A-Boo! Find the Ball That’s Blue, written by Wendy Zambrana and illustrated by Anne Zimanski, is a delightful participatory book....

How to Beat the Dream Stealers by David Mendenhall is an uplifting guide about how to identify and handle people and circumstances that are obstacles to achieving dreams. The book identifies two types of people or situations: dream stealers and dream makers. Dream stealers influence...

A Quick Look at the Apostles’ Creed by Philip van Heusen explores the background and theology of the traditional Christian statement of belief. Chapter One commences with Peter’s confession in Matthew 16:16, while Chapter Two explores the first tenant of the manifesto, involving God the...

Bruiser’s G’day At The Beach by Diana Smith is a children’s book that is realistically and colorfully illustrated by Julie Leiman Weaver. Bruiser and Dash are two dogs who decide to go to the beach on a hot summer day and have some fun. While...

When the Animals Vanished: A Political Satire by Douglas Faudet revolves around a hypothetical question: what would happen if all the animals, domestic and wildlife, fishes and birds disappeared overnight? The implication for humanity becomes obvious: heartache over the missing pets and a looming economic...

Five Months on the Missouri River: Paddling a Dugout Canoe by Thomas Elpel is an intriguing book that maps out what Meriwether Lewis and William Clark could have experienced when they made one of their more famous expeditions. The author teams up with Churchill Clark,...