The Human Relief Project: When The World Stops Working by Max Malterer is a dystopian novel set in 2038, where AI has liberated humanity from the need to work. Bert, a conductor for the global Human Relief Project, experiences firsthand the societal upheaval caused by...

Buddy is a rescue dog, left at a shelter for days. No one seemed to want to adopt him until Luke came along. Now the two are inseparable. In Alison Bellringer’s Surprise at the Beach, Luke and Buddy spend a lot of time roaming the...

Mighty Joe Mui by Jeremy Durgana is an enlightening book about Joe's journey as an athlete and the life he lived outside the world of soccer. Joe's story is packed with wise lessons and details about how he became an excellent athlete. Even as a...

In Ichi-ban Goes Hiking by Julie Maurer, Ichi-ban shares her first hike, explaining how she suffered from a short tumble and a close encounter with a cactus while she explored rocky terrain and cold streams. Readers watch the puppy grow into an adult dog as...

Between Worlds by Julie Maurer is a collection of poetry that uses modern free verse to explore topics like genealogy, grief, loneliness, family, regret, and nature. Maurer’s work has a touch of the paranormal and nostalgia, adding a layer to her reflections on life. Drawing...

Ichi-ban Goes Hiking in the Fall by Julie Maurer is the second book in the Ichi-ban series. Ichi-ban is happy because Mom is taking her on a fall hike in the Colorado Mountains. It’s a long drive but when they finally get there, Ichi-ban is...

Ichi-ban Goes Hiking All Year Long by Julie Maurer is a children's adventure book featuring Ichi-ban, an active dog, as the narrator. This tale follows Ichi-ban's hiking adventures throughout the four seasons, sharing the joys, surprises, and challenges of exploring the great outdoors. Each season...

Bracken loves playing with his friends, but his best friend is his grandma, Grams. One morning, Grams visits Bracken’s house with a huge smile on her face, and they decide to visit the Dinosaur Forest, as Bracken had been thinking about it. Bracken lists the...

As children we look up to our parents we think they are the smartest people we’ve ever known. That usually ends in the preteen age. Suddenly our parents know little and as we reach our early 20s they know even less because we know it...

Aleron is a vampire book with a unique approach. The plot is well done. I really cared if Aleron triumphed. The conflict in this book is good versus evil while that is not unusual it was well done and kept me turning the pages. The...

Growing Up, Poetry is a collection of poetry for children written by Jennelle L. White. Childhood is a place where everyday things seem wonderful, fresh and new. Whether it’s a lost kitten appearing under a tree or a family of birds singing overhead, everything seems...

Kenneth Lawe was off fighting in the war, having been drafted during WWII, when he learned that his beloved grandmother Charlotte had passed away at the age of ninety-four. While she left his four sisters money, she left Ken the deed to the family home...

Have you ever wondered how Santa Klaus met Mrs. Klaus? Michelle Erickson brings readers a delightful story of a princess and a human carpenter. Eralee's father is a River King and her mother is a Queen. They live in the forest of Everaude, a world...

What would you do if you were in love with your childhood sweetheart, but had always been told that marriage between you two was forbidden? That's just what happens in Promised Valley Rebellion by Ron Fritsch. Rose Leaf and Morning Sun wanted to get married,...

Whit Blackstone, a handsome, hunky Wind Troll, is banished from the supernatural world to a mortal life on Earth as his punishment for disobeying the orders of the Troll King Simek; he was to kill a certain child and refused to do so. Meanwhile on...

Pictarine Nebbie loved her parents but not her name; she prefers Pic. Pic and her best friend/cousin, Dar, run an employment agency. Pic meets the most marvelous man, Mason Jump, in the elevator of the building where her employment agency is located. Mason entertains terminally...

Tiffany Higgins created a wonderful story about a childhood happiness in seeing Santa Claus. This story takes me back to the time when I was a child, so filled with happiness in the excitement of Christmas coming. The biggest fear was knowing that there were...

Mid-western born and raised, Jason Owens has an exquisite voice just like his late mother; and now in his twenties, he sings lead with a California band. He was just out of high school when he was befriended by a well-known singer with connections in...

Lavina Bradshaw was raised by her grandparents. She barely knew her mother and never knew her father. When her grandparents were killed in an auto accident, there was only one option for Lavina...to move to England and live with the mother who gave her away...

In Missing In Mexico by Stuart Gustafson, nineteen-year-old Sarah Johnson, her parents and her best friend, Mary, take a trip to Mexico for the Christmas holidays; but when it's time to return home, Sarah's bags are on the plane, but she isn't. The Johnsons hire...