Katarina Pliego wrote Emilia Tries the Cello to help introduce children to the marvelous world of classical music. Emilia gets dressed up to attend a concert with her family to hear Verdi’s music. This experience leads Emilia to explore the various instruments used in a...

With the fast-paced nature of modern life, people often tend to miss out on enjoying the little things that life has to offer. Zen Musings From a Fly on the Wall is a collection of inspiring essays written over the years by author Wei Teng...

On the Edge (of a Stroke) is a paranormal crime mystery novel by Wallace E. Briggs. While recovering from a stroke, Tom Bradley unwittingly awakens an inner voice within himself that enables him to hear other people's thoughts. Still recuperating from his cardiac arrest, Tom...

Bodies in the Bayou by Cheryl Campbell takes readers on a chilling journey through the Louisiana Bayou. When Janie Martil loses her father figure and one of her best friends, Jack, to murder, she wants to know why, but she doesn’t expect to be on...

Who Will Let the Dogs Out: Stories and Solutions for Shelters and Rescues by Cara Achterberg is a powerful and emotional look at the crisis facing dogs in shelters across the southern United States. Cara shares heartfelt stories from her visits to shelters, rescues, and...

Pogpog and the Magic Grapes is a children’s picture book by Ebba Kay. The story follows Pogpog, a cheerful pig living in a magical land. Pogpog dislikes eating his vegetables, which disappoints his mother. One day, after a fun-filled day of play, Pogpog and his...

Guard in the Garden: Fables of Finlestia by Z.S. Diamanti begins with a terrifying battle in Galium, in which Felton Hudlom is badly injured. Months had passed since the tragedy, and things were slowly returning to normal, despite the severe devastation caused by the dragon's...

A Prince of the Djinn: Beyond Midlife Magic by Allie McCormack tells the tale of Amanda, aka Mandy Dupont, a grounded and down-to-earth woman whose world is turned upside down when she acquires a mysterious pendant that houses the ancient and enigmatic Djinn prince, Kieran....

Hope Verdad Presents: The Bench by Francesca Flood is a captivating collection of stories that explore the mysteries of life and death. Seated on a park bench, Kip, a man who has lost his wife and everything he owns, receives a sense of divine peace...

Mrs. Kaplan and the Matzoh Ball of Death by Mark Reutlinger is a pleasantly surprising gem, like discovering your favorite grandma moonlights as a detective. While the cover hints at what is to come, I was delighted that I had underestimated Mrs. Kaplan’s sharp detective...

Orphans of the Living by Kathy Watson centers on the Stovall family’s fractured struggle for survival and belonging across several decades and locations. Lula Jenkins Stovall and her husband, Barney, move from Mississippi sharecropping to Montana homesteading, then to California farmland, battling poverty, racism, and...

How Liberals Changed the World by Marcelo Brazzi is a wide-ranging and well-researched book that looks at the long history of political and social progress in the United States. Marcelo Brazzi explains how liberal ideas helped shape the freedoms and rights Americans enjoy today. The...

Dogfish and the Gift of Inclusion is a children’s picture book written by Rita Reed, with illustrations by Craig Cartwright. The story follows Dogfish, who has been invited to celebrate his friend Wally the Whale Shark’s birthday in Los Cabos, Mexico. Excited about the invitation,...

Give Clutter the Middle Finger: A Chingona's Guide to Taking Control of Your Stuff and Your Life by Meggie Mangione delivers a refreshingly bold and brutally honest guide to home organization that throws out the rulebook and the judgment. Forget the Pinterest-perfect pantries; Mangione empowers...

Forget the Former: A Glimpse into Redemptive Reality by Leigh M. Allison is a captivating story about a woman's spiritual transformation and personal renewal through Christ. For years, she has been tormented by her fears and has hurt others along the way. Her life reaches...

In Holly the Holstein's Farm Friends by Mandy Dawson Farmer, Holly the Holstein cow introduces her calf, Heather, and explains the roles of the various farm animals. Chickens lay eggs, while roosters wake up the farm and protect the flock. Sheep provide fleece for wool,...

Dirk Driftwood and the Orphan Cake Deception by Billy Baldwin is an exciting adventure set in Deventor, Holland, where a thread of danger can be found and ominous secrets will soon be uncovered. And it all seems to be connected to the docks. Dirk always...

Herbert I. Burns Jr.’s A Quote Could Lead the Way is a delightful collection of motivational and spiritual reflections centered around the power of simple yet profound quotes. The book features hundreds of carefully chosen quotations with biblical insights, encouraging readers to see each day...

Thaddeus and the Daemon by Louis Sauvain is the third book in the College of Sorcerers series. This well-crafted fantasy presents a setting where worlds intersect through mystical portals, ancient prophecies, and powerful sorcery. The story follows Thaddeus, a young apprentice at the Collegium Sorcerorum,...

When Gibraltar finds himself in a hospital with three men who appear eager to leave before sunset, he thinks he is having a nightmare, unaware that without them, he would meet a fate worse than death. It takes an unaging body, a sighting of vampires,...