Imagine a farm for butterflies. Having enjoyed their yearly trek to our northern rural home, I delight in the idea of creating a pollinator-friendly garden to welcome the butterflies and help them multiply. We need these pollinators and they are in a precarious situation that...

The little mouse was feeling lonely one day. It was a bright and sunny day and he set out to meet his friends who lived nearby. There was an ant running through the grass but it did not want to stop. The little mouse looked...

The Neander Conspiracy by Scot Baddesta is an exciting sci-fi novel. Professor Tyson Moore is bored with his predictable life at Stanford University and needs a short breather. When a video showing his unconventional comments goes viral on campus, Suntech’s offer becomes more and more...

Song of Ron by Ronald Steven Kaplan is a collection of poems, or songs as the poet puts it, that give glimpses of the poet's views on love lost, love celebrated, love sought, humor, and humanity. Since many of the poems are lyrics, they have...

Five-year-old Oliver loves living on a pirate ship with his pirate parents. He loves being a pirate and playing around on the ship, but being around everything piratical also gives him a wild imagination. Oliver is a sick little boy, and while he is in...

A wealthy heiress is pushed from the uppermost level of a floating casino and drowns, and her ex-boyfriend is set up to be the fall guy for her murder in the engaging sleuth mystery novel The Big Fall (Nick Seven Book 7) by Tim Smith....

It’s a real joy to pick up a book like The Foundation by Roberta Carr and be treated to characters who are so realistic it’s easy to picture them and relate to their innermost thoughts, both good and bad. Those are the characters you will...

One Monsoon in Mumbai by Anitha Perinchery takes readers into the world of Bollywood. Though you may not see or hear singing and dancing, there is plenty of romance to make the heart pound. Meet cyber spy Seema Rawat, who is one step closer to...

The Amazing Alphabet Book of the Last Dodo Bird is a work of educational writing and charming non-fiction for young people and was created and illustrated by artist Maggy-Pierre Pelissier with text from author Cecile Gabriele Gregoire. Filled with surreal and spectacular images of animals...

Amy Watkins' Cute for a Black Girl is a powerful story of faith, love, and family. The story opens with Chloe, a young African American girl, in the hospital, unconscious and fighting for her life as her family diligently works at solving the mystery of...

Shadows of Swayne Field: The Search for the Abraham Lincoln Baseball is a sports mystery novel written by Ronald R. Harrington. Punky and the old Lucas County Recreation Center had a history, even beyond the 1860s vintage baseball game he was playing that hot August...

A woman boxer? Nowadays, it may not be something to be surprised about, but in the eighteenth century? Gasp! How unladylike. In A Lady’s Revenge by Edie Cay, Lady Lydia Somerset is just that, though only a select few know why. Even fewer understand the...

The Golden Princess by Brian L. Braden takes an interesting approach with the setting for this fantasy novel by establishing the story in a mythical prehistory of Earth, somewhere in what is now western Eurasia. It allows Braden to quickly bypass the usual world-building that’s...

All Is Not LOST: How I Friended Failure on the Island and Found a Way Home by Shannon Kenny Carbonell is a deep and honest memoir that will resonate with anyone who's ever felt lost and looking for a way back home and to self....

The average person does not know how to handle their personal finances. They often overspend and under save. They do not understand the value of compound interest. They hope they will survive in the future, but they do not put in the effort to increase...

Reclaim Your Financial Wits by Nancy O'Hare is a guide to financial independence. The author gives eight fundamental lessons that readers can practice to better themselves financially, including the importance of saving. Saving over an extended period can increase wealth. Nancy emphasizes controlling your expenses...

A long time ago giraffes had short necks and they looked very different. They could not reach very high because their necks were short. These short-necked giraffes roamed the African plains and there was one giraffe, Jane, who was different from the rest. She was...

Incredible events are in store for Graeme Pendlebury, the protagonist of Realia, a sci-fi novella by Ulric Alvin Watts. He is a fifth-grader who is considered the smartest boy of his age by his schoolmates. His only dream is to study at MIT and become...

Two Kingdoms: The epic struggle for truth and purpose amidst encroaching darkness - a medieval fantasy by DC Moore is a completely engrossing YA fantasy journey. This debut novel has all you want in a medieval story: character-driven storylines, life-defining choices, compelling conflict and dialogue,...

College, Covid, and Questions: Tips and Advice for Incoming Freshmen, Undergraduates, Transfer Students, and Parents is a practical guide for preparing for college and for life on (or living off) campus. The author, Suzy Beamer Bohnert, covers every conceivable topic relating to the college experience....