Little Birdie Grows Up by Wanda Luthman is the story of a little bird who is welcomed into the world by Mama Bird. Birdie snuggles up to Mama Bird and feels happy with her. Little Birdie is hungry and wants to eat something. Birdie thinks...

Some time in 1975 or 1976, Ila Bosarge gave me a copy of Interview With The Vampire, written by some author I had never heard of called Anne Rice. I wasn't too keen on reading it because I’m not into horror so much. But I...

Kyle, Brandon and Vanessa make a friendship pact and each places a treasured item in a Tupperware bowl, to be buried and never uncovered again. As they grow older and drift apart, each friend holds tightly onto the secrets of that night and their friendship...

Secrets of a Mariachi Violinist by D.R. Ransdell is an engaging memoir that chronicles the life of a classical violinist and how she becomes a mariachi violinist. The author speaks about her direct experiences of playing in a mariachi group, about her life in Durango,...

As of last week, Dylan was your typical teenager with loving, normal parents, about to finish her senior year of high school. This week, she is now all alone in the world, her parents killed in a tragic car accident. She is floundering, not sure...

I Am a Butterfly: A Story About Big, Beautiful Changes is a nonfiction educational picture book for children written by Sally Stone. The main character is a beautiful monarch butterfly, but she didn’t always look like she does now. At first, she was a tiny...

The Mysterious Life Inside a Closet by Mrs. D. is the wonderfully colourful story of a collection of characters living in a closet. The main character is a broom, who is bored with being shut in the closet all day. While looking for something to...

The Trilogy: The Other Book of God – Do you know the Only Book of God? by Brenda "BJ" Pearl Walton is a nonfiction, inspirational book that can be read as a transforming encounter with God — the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. It can...

Outlander meets art in Storm at the Keizer Manor by Ramcy Diek. Annet, a pregnant woman from the 21st century, finds herself in the 1800s after she had gone for a walk in the dunes with her boyfriend, Forrest (the father of her unborn child)....

Exiles is the fourth book in the Ilyon Chronicles by Jaye L. Knight and even though I hadn’t read any other books in the series, it wasn’t difficult to get into the story. And this is because of the author’s excellent use of backstory. This...

Elevator Quest by Emmanuel M Arriaga is an interesting fantasy tale for young adult readers and fans of adventure. The elevator cable snaps and everyone in it is frightened, thinking they will end up dead. But something unusual happens: Tasha and the others who survive...

Malthus Revisited: The Cup of Wrath by Lin Wilder follows Morgan Gardner, a teenager unlike any other around her. She has an exceptional skill; she can talk to animals, only this is something that she does not share with anyone else. For a very long...

Samuel Stanley Scotty Snight is a children’s book written by Alison T. Broderick and illustrated by Mina Anguelova. Samuel Stanley Scotty Snight never brushed his teeth, irrespective of the fact that he would always tell his parents that he had done so. His breath was...

Secrets in Oak Creek opens with Emily returning to Oak Creek because her aunt has died. As she is driving along, she is suddenly sideswiped and pushed off the road, causing her car to roll over and down a hill. Ryan is driving by and,...

I have to say that Emergence: Book Three of The Earthside Trilogy by Sherri Fulmer Moorer is the most complex alien invasion novel I have ever read involving not one, but two alien races, neither of which is something simple like “lizard men” or “cat...

Misery, You Don't Get My Company by Valerie Silveira asks is happiness really a choice, and how can we navigate through life’s difficulties without succumbing to the beast of negative behaviour? Follow Valerie Silveira's own journey as she copes with the devastating death of her...

Revealed: Book One - Now & Then by T.M. Haddock is the story of Gage Taylor Weston and Martin Toussaint who meet professionally and find themselves attracted to each other. Having put romance and a previous failed long distance relationship on the back burner, Gage...

Within the Heart of Silence by James William Peercy and Jacqueline E Smith is a collection of deeply moving spiritual poems that are rich in symbolism. What immediately catches the reader’s attention is how the authors instill life into what appears to be commonplace —...

Not all families are alike. There are as many different types of families as there are colors, shapes, and sizes in a handful of buttons. This is the basis of A Handful of Buttons, a picture book about family diversity by Carmen Parets Luque. The...

The Jericho Prophecy by Fiona Tarr is biblical fiction based on the fall of Jericho. It has been forty years since the Israelites wandered in the desert, and they arrive in the land of the Canaanites, ready to claim the Promised Land under the leadership...