Keith Stoeckeler’s picture book, The Sparkly Bun, is a clever way to teach young readers not only about being creative and using their imagination but also about building their self-esteem and being comfortable with who they are. The story is told in simple language so...

We all find security in our homes, and this is especially true for children. Unfortunately, the reality is that not all children have a stable place that they can call home in a global crisis that has displaced many people. Wars, conflicts, human rights violations,...

The Die by Jude Berman introduces Darah, who joined a group at HastinSys after taking refuge in California before it declared itself a separate nation. The group of close friends shared a home, and what began as friendship ended up becoming a family. Darah is...

In The Quest for Family, author Jessica Clancy invites readers on a deeply personal journey of self-discovery and spiritual awakening. Through candid reflection and heartfelt prose, Clancy explores the universal struggle to find one's worth and identity in a world that often measures value by...

Even though it is clear from her paintings that Angelica Kauffman has talent, other painters reject her because she is a woman who dared to break into a field thought to be the sole domain of men. Angelica swears she will never get married so...

The Path Beneath Her Feet by Janis Robinson Daly, the second book in the Path series, is set in the 1930s-40s. Fifty-seven-year-old Eliza Edwards cannot find a position appropriate for her experience as a medical doctor. Olga Povitsky, Eliza's friend and partner, will join a...

The House of Ilya is a fascinating story about an officer and a woman who fall in love and the guide who interacts with them during their separate journeys. Anton is a young officer who travels to Alaska as an intermediary between a well-known Russian-American...

In The Bright Freight Of Memory by Greg Fields, the Cooneys' path had remained the same since their ancestors had immigrated from Ireland. Hard labor and lots of drinking. Michael Cooney had grown up with an abusive alcoholic father, and due to his circumstances, he...

Patricia A. Houchin's The CHAIN Links Program for Young Women and Girls with Anxiety: Stronger Together is a thoughtfully crafted program that offers a practical, peer-to-peer approach to mental well-being. Drawing on her experience as a counselor, Houchin recognizes the critical role that adolescence plays...

In Alexandra Edmiston's The Immortal's Secret, Benjamin Mann, a curator at the Louvre, was recovering from cancer. Benjamin’s grandfather, Josiah Mann, came to visit him in the hospital until the day Josiah just vanished. Benjamin searched his grandfather’s apartment for clues and tore a painting...

The Little Adventures of Erig the Earwig, written by Andy Evans and illustrated by Lucy Fleming, follows Erig, an earwig, on a series of adventures to learn about life and its challenges. After completing four training challenges set by his mother, Erig meets Bob, a...

Marlis Day offers a wonderful journey into the imaginative mind of the preteen child. Two cousins are drawn together through the tragic death of Grey Bailey's parents. With assistance from her newly-found friend and cousin Sparky, Grey Bailey is warned of evil forces which will...

The Battle for Tomorrow opens in Seattle, Washington. Sixteen-year-old Ange is pregnant for the second time and is facing another abortion on her own; her distant, unsupportive mother Diane is paralyzed from a stroke, and Ange oversees her care. Ange's former, much older boyfriend introduced...

In 1910, before World War I, the Germans plans were to build a railway connecting Berlin to the Persian Gulf. But the British wanted to block those plans, so they send out army officer Lord Leighton to spy on the progress of the Baghdad Railway...

It is quite obvious that author Sam Sackett has made an in-depth study of the many varied tales and ballads of the famed legendary outlaw, Robin Hood of Sherwood Forest, for he has created a first-rate fictional version of of Robin Hood that is really...

The book deals with the discovery of a cave with Caucasians mummies that were hundreds of years old, dressed like Native Americans, gold, and something that could not have been discovered by these people. Or had it been made by them? The story starts here...

Remember how Dan Brown’s “The DaVinci Code,” while being fiction, got people talking about their beliefs or lack of belief in organized religion? “The Jesus Factory” by Scott Lindquist is such a book. Through a fictional story, Lindquist presents a story about the lost message...

Reeshana is a Miracle Mixer, someone from another dimension who throws miracles. She is known to be one of the best, but something happens while throwing her latest miracle. She falls into the mix, and becomes someone else. Merri Dwyer has been plagued by odd...

"Walkers of Legend" by Miles Allen is a double first: it’s this author’s debut novel and it’s also the first in what promises to be a very exciting series. The world is ruled almost entirely by the Empire, but this is starting to falter. It...

Olly Oogleberry made his first appearance in 1981 through the dawdlings of a restless seventh grader, Lou Hughes. Now after thirty years, Olly has resurfaced in the new children’s book “The Fabulous Adventures of Olly Oogleberry.” Olly is going on an adventurous mission to save...