Book three in the Flurry the Bear series, The Throne of Frost by J.S. Skye is another spellbinding read in a series that should be gaining a lot of fans among readers of children's fantasy and sci-fi. The inhabitants of Mezarim are suffering from inclement...

The Land of the Sourpie is the second book in the charming series about Flurry the bear by J.S. Skye. After reading book 1, I was glad to see book 2 was available for review. After three months with his new family in the...

I believe one of the most important ingredients of a child’s book is an appealing and adorable character. In The Granted Wish, by J.S. Skye, that character is Flurry. This little bear is a mischievous bundle of curiosity who gets himself into all kinds of...

The Assassin's Pact: Flurry the Bear, Book 6 by J.S. Skye is a continuation of the story of Flurry and his family. Before I even begin talking about the novel and the story, let me just say that the covers of this whole series were...

One day a little boy forgets to close his pet’s fence gate and his pet dinosaur escapes in Bart’s Escape Out the Gate by Lisa Reinicke. It is a bad day for the neighborhood as Bart goes running all over and causes trouble for all...

It was Mother’s Day and Mom wanted a pig as a present in the storybook Arnold The Cute Little Pig With Personality by Lisa Reinicke. Her two little boys found a pig for her and she named it Arnold. Not only did Arnold have a...

Wings and Feet by author Lisa Reinicke and illustrator Scot McDonald is a children's book that focuses on the friendship of a boy and a butterfly. It has a delightful rhyming quality, hitting you at all levels of emotion, from happy, to anxious, to a...

All David wanted for Christmas was a goldfish. His parents were pleased with the purchase, but on Christmas Eve, the goldfish died. Mom was frantic. She wanted David to receive the gift he had asked for. Dad said he would go to the pet store...

Life is hard for 24-year-old Truly Alaney. She works three jobs to keep living in an apartment owned by a horrible landlord and to pay for her psychiatric consultations. She has trouble sleeping and suffers from nightmares. She has no memories of her childhood. When...

What If We Were All The Same! A Children's Book About Ethnic Diversity and Inclusion is a children’s picture book written by C.M. Harris and illustrated by Eric Everett. Can you imagine what the world would be like if everyone was exactly the same? What...

At times our children are sheltered from the lives of others. It's our job as parents and guardians to develop well-rounded children and we do this by helping them to discover the world around them. Children must learn that the world extends beyond their front...

The Wobbly Wheeled Wagon by Juliet Mandelzweig, illustrated by Jess Bronte, is about a particular wobbly shopping cart in the supermarket that often gets abandoned in the parking lot when shoppers realize its defect. All the shiny, undamaged wagons would often tease, bully, and laugh...

A giraffe received a tree as a gift after reaching adulthood. The giraffe ate all the leaves from the tree pretty quickly. Seeing how sad the giraffe was, other animals came out with different ideas and tried to help him spend the leaves effectively. An...

"The Little Rose" is a beautiful story written by Sheri Fink and illustrated by Mary Erikson Washam. Little Rose was surrounded by weeds and never felt as if she fit in with them. Little Rose was teased, called names and treated poorly by those around...

Any Stevens and Wade Hamilton had been friends since their early childhood. They both wanted to fly fighter jets. The US Navy gave the opportunity. They attended the US Naval Academy together. They also served in the same POW camp during the Vietnam War. They...

Charles Pascalar's book "Holidays for Kids" is packed full of great ideas for parents and children to celebrate holidays together, well-known holidays and lesser known ones as well! This book is divided up into chapters by each month with the holidays specific to that month...

"Misguided Sensitivity" is the story of Philip Nork. Born in Chicago, he moves to Nevada where his job brings him often on the road. Having time on his hands, he starts writing his memoirs. What comes out is a story that centers around divorce...

“Surfing on a Banana Peel” opens with an account of how the author, Brona Fanelle, spent the better part of her early life desperately searching for spiritual meaning and balance. That is until her mother was diagnosed with cancer. Through her mother’s battle and recovery...

For the reader, Alan's journey to become Alana begins in her therapist's office. I felt as though I was walking in Alana's high heels as she tentatively but sexily made her way into the counseling session. Most of her story, from childhood to middle age,...

Did you know that you have the ability to access and apply your creativity to all areas of your life without necessarily coming from a so called creative field? In her book “The Mind of Thuse! Thriving within Effortlessness”, Linda Smarzik explains how creativity can...