For a vampire girl, losing your sunscreen (or getting it stolen from you) is a big deal! Without special sunscreen, the danger of becoming permanently polka-dotted is real. Scaredy Bat and the Sunscreen Snatcher by Marina J. Bowman is a fun, humorous mystery following a...

Sol Invictus by Ben Gartner is the second book in the Eye of Ra series. Siblings Sarah and John made a shocking discovery when their curiosity led them on an adventure back in time to ancient Egypt. They made new friends and fought against a...

Spy Holly and the Case of the Missing Cookies is an adorable mystery for beginning readers. Holly is an inquisitive little girl who enjoys puzzles and feels she would make a great spy. She overhears about a mysterious disappearance at her school and thinks she...

Shadow’s Adventure Home is a sweet, tear-drawing tale written by Kathy Kovar and illustrated wonderfully by Mardel Rubio. It’s about a gray and white cat who likes to watch birds from the window and hang out with his pal Brendon. One day when the door...

To obtain a fortune, a young boy assumes the identity of an older gentleman in the suspenseful middle-grade novel Someone in the Walls by Teymour Shahabi. Andrew Day never knew his parents, and he was lucky to receive a scholarship to Saint Clemens school. But...

Something's Eating the Garden is a children’s picture book written and illustrated by Pam Fries. I began wondering what kind of animal was eating Papa’s garden and tried guessing the identity of the culprit, or culprits. What would go into a garden to grab vegetables...

Jen was going to spend a whole summer away from home at the beach with her grandmother. Jen was happy to see her grandma after she landed and once they reached home, Jen felt cozy and safe. That night, Grandma gave her a gift; it...

Popcorn and a movie? It sounds like a great way to spend an evening. But alone? Silver Hotrod didn’t like the alone part. So, when he pulled into his driveway and saw a note, one that might be a challenge, he couldn’t resist the urge...

Stranger Days on Peculiar Hill by Grimly Darkwood continues the tale of The Vale of Strange. Darkwood flawlessly ties book one to book two by making you feel you hadn’t been away from The Vale of Strange for longer than a minute. This book is...

Seven Miles Deep: Chantrea by Valorie Lord is a stunning adventure that brings two worlds together as two boys make amazing discoveries. Jake finally gets to travel with his father to the island where he lives and expects it to be a grand adventure, just...