Isabella Falconeri’s In the Mountain’s Shadow is a powerful and emotional story about survival, family, and our choices. It follows Park, an older woman who leaves her family behind in a desperate attempt to give them a chance at life when a doctor offers them...

Buckle Up and Enjoy the Ride by Bill Carr successfully fulfills its subtitle, “Finding Your Own Path to Resilience, Gratitude, and Peace.” The book is a series of extremely personal essays by the author, each including pearls of wisdom that are worth reading....

Father, the More Loving One by Kiki Denis is a tender, poetic memoir told through the eyes of a daughter cherishing the memory and secret world she once shared with her father. The story unfolds in poignant vignettes like snowy nights, bedtime poems, and quiet...

In Ian Griffin's Ascend From the Ashes, Katja tried to rebuild her life after the tragedy of her husband, Rick. Katja arranged a meeting with her children to learn their wishes for the future. All of them expressed a desire to follow in their mother's...

Count to 20 with Silly Dinosaurs by Bonnie Kostan is a colorful and cheerful counting book that introduces young readers to numbers 1 through 20 through the antics of playful prehistoric creatures. Each page highlights a new number, paired with simple text and delightful illustrations...

Yam Meets Zbigniew the Dwarf by Gil Shabtai is a heartwarming story that follows a young boy named Yam on a fun nighttime adventure. One night, while he was in bed, Yam heard a strange sound in his room. Upon investigating, he discovered a dwarf...

Destiny of the Lizardstone Scepter is the fourth book in Mark M. Even's Dragonstone Story series. After helping develop the 'oxy-ginators' and 'aqua-ginators' at the Lunar 1 base on the Moon, thirteen-year-old Mandy Mendez, a powerful witch, astronaut, and leader of the M-Force magical family...

Fate of the Storm by Valerie Storm is an epic fantasy filled with dark magic, betrayal, and an incredible bond between two characters standing between encroaching darkness and a chaotic world. Raven, a disturbed, powerful half-demon shadow witch, is bent on revenge after a defeat....

Take It to the Limit by Linda Opdyke hurls readers into a gritty, high-stakes world of human trafficking and undercover danger. We're with married PIs Ethan and Mickey Jenks when a young woman vanishes in Nashville, and this duo is pulled into a harrowing...

Echoes of the Soul by Melyssa Tirase is a collection of original poetry that, together, paints a picture in verse on the human experience through varied stylistic devices. Among them, Bride of Shadows uses gothic imagery and cyclical motifs to depict innocence against harsh reality....

“What can trees know about dangers outside?” Illustrated by Summer Morrison, Emily Dangremond’s picture book, Meet the Trees, is both imaginative and educational. The story highlights the experiences of Aspen, Juneberry, and Oak as trees. Being rooted in one place doesn’t mean trees don’t encounter...

A madcap glimpse of high society, criminal masterminds, and all-round buffoonery awaits readers in Aaron T. Knight's novel, Case Of The Strangled Parrot. Lord and Lady Faversham host a banquet in honor of the new Prime Minister, but their gathering of the well-to-do turns into...

Cap Hillis has retold the story of the slaying of the Firefish over and over; as legends tend to do, it has grown with each telling. People came from far and wide to see the great Packer Throme or catch a glimpse of Panna, the...

David Eckman draws from his own experiences and those of others in Knowing the Heart of the Father. He begins his book by explaining why God is worthy of being called Father. Eckman explains four experiences that are essential to living a full Christian life. 1.       Sense...

Louis Alan Swartz' collection Constructed of Magic and Other Poems on the Immortality of the Human Spirit is poetry after my own heart. I fell in love with it from the very first. There are many deep, philosophical poems that will set you to thinking....

Be ready to get inspired when you read A. Jordan Fischette’s book, To: The Ambitious, From: The Experienced—26 Letters on Leadership. This book is a compilation of 26 views from a variety of occupational backgrounds on what is leadership. Occupations as diverse as The...

Somewhere Between the Land and the Sea: A Worried Mum by Ian Humpheryes explores the wonders and mysteries of the rockpool. One of the inhabitants of the rockpool is Clear Shrimp. She is off to play a game of hide and seek with her friends,...

Hymie Anisman’s Before the Beginning and After the End: Holocaust Survivor True Stories is a unique addition to Holocaust literature, bridging personal trauma and collective memory through the stories of survivors. Anisman creates a narrative that is both intimate and illuminating, grounding his reflection in...

Sirius, the Brightest Star in the Sky by Sue Elias opens with a young boy pointing to a star and asking his mother its name, which is Sirius. His mother also tells him that a long time ago Sirius was a kind and helpful star,...

Marcia Breece's Yutka and the Voyage of the Parita depicts the incredibly true story of Yutka Lipka’s daring escape from Nazi-occupied Poland. During the rise of Nazism throughout Europe in the 1930s and 40s, Yutka decides to forge a better life for herself. She boards...