Brandon and Isobelle’s Family Christmas: Brandon's Books by Luke Mathius Harlow is an ideal book for children to read this season as it captures the essence and spirit of Christmas beautifully. Asha gets started with the tree stand and she asks the other four to...

Invincible and Sparkly by L.L. Crandall is a colorful children's adventure book about two happy little girls, full of laughter and light, that learn how to love in the face of adversity. One day Kama and Ella are happily playing in the sunshine when suddenly...

The Great Sugar War is an adventure fantasy novel for children and preteens written by Benjamin Ellefson and illustrated by Kevin Cannon. Brandon wasn't crazy about school; he was able to do his assignments and get good grades without too much effort, but he'd much...

Excitement, pure delight, and an emotional adventure await the reader in this thrilling contemporary romance, The Art of Enchantment by MA Clarke Scott. Clio wants only one thing: to complete her PhD program, hence fulfilling one of her father’s greatest wishes for her. But then...

Delilah Dillard is a happy little red-headed girl with freckles. She lives with her grandparents in a small town and walks to school every day with her best friend and body guard, Diesel, a rowdy red-headed rooster, tagging along. There were two mean bullies at...

The Fabulous Life of Minnie the Sassy Chick: The Egg-Straordinary Egg by Cindy L. Shirley was a fun read. Two young sisters find a rather distinctive egg. They decide to care for it until it hatches. They each take turns babysitting the egg in their...

Doodle and the Magic Christmas Float is a holiday-themed children’s picture book written by Cindy L. Shirley and illustrated by Cleoward Sy. Doodle was a little girl who lived with her grandparents, Mimi and Paw-Paw, on their farm in the town of Tinsel. There were...

Lie to Me: An Exposé on Sex for Money by Lynda Filler is a spellbinding story that explores the psychology of sex in a way that defies Coelho’s Eleven Minutes. Layla Duncan is a magazine writer, a forty-something woman obsessed with digging into why...

Eternal Victim by Dexter Morgenstern is a short horror story that will send chills down the spine of any reader, a book about a woman with unusual and dangerous nightmares. But who is she and why is she haunted by images of vicious serial killers...

The Fabulous Life of Minnie the Sassy Chick: Minnie's Sassy Birthday (Volume 2) by Cindy L. Shirley is a captivating read that features Minnie, a beautiful, stylish and sassy hen. She lives with Carly and Riley who constantly fuss over her. The two sisters have...

Mr. Tickety-Toc Clock travels across the United States of America in Mr. Tickety-Toc Clock: The Travel to Washington by Davon Miller. Little Ricky hears the doorbell and, on opening the door, he is given a huge package. Mr. Tickety-Toc Clock opens the heavy package and...

Go-Cart Gertie is an action and adventure, social issues graphic book for children and preteens written and illustrated by Cindy Shirley. Ten-year-old Gertie wished that she could hang out with her big brother and his friends. She was tired of going to school and coming...

A Song for Birdie: A Child's Journey with Autism is a social issues story book for children written and illustrated by Cindy Shirley. Birdie Williams was in the second grade now, and her teacher, Mrs. Andrews, wanted to speak with her parents. Birdie wasn’t really...

If you love dystopia, but also love fantasy and dragons, then Radioactive Evolution by Richard Hummel might be the novel you’ve been waiting for. We are introduced to Jared Cartwright, who is an explorer traveling around the desolate continent to find boosters (I’ll leave the...

A Forged Affair is the second book in the Life is a Journey series by MAF Clarke Scott and a great story for readers looking for mild romance and adventure. Adventurous and a woman with a large heart, Nikki Ballantyne is a workaholic — and...

The Christmas Snow Angels, written and illustrated by Marcela Brué-Lotz, is a heartwarming Christian children’s book about the beauty and joy of Christmas. In this story, we meet David and Emily, a brother and sister who are anxiously awaiting Christmas and the celebration of Jesus’...

Another Time in a Vacuum by Roland Burisch is a witty fantasy adventure of anachronistic proportions. Meet Monty, a time-traveling historian who travels back to 1673. Imagine the thrill of excitement that greets him as he meets one of history’s most important diarists, Samuel Pepys....

In the action-packed, fantasy world of Bewilderness, Kevin Cox brings us the first installment of a teenage girl who has just awakened in an unknown, endless desert. With no memory of who she is, where she came from, or how she got there, she's not...

Yodin the Rescuer (And the Goddess of Eyos) by Lew Anderson is a well-imagined story that comes to life within another story. It all begins with a leather-bound book hidden inside a small locked box. Yodin Baewolf’s grandfather gives him a stern warning that the...

Bingo is a kitten in a new home. Today is the first day he has been allowed out of the house. Bingo is excited to be out in the fresh air. He is a curious cat and wants to explore his new world. He chews...