A Dream, A Goal, Never a Reality by Stanley Ratliff is a memoir about being young, chasing dreams, and playing music. Ratliff’s book is a chronological memoir about the author and five of his friends who tried to break into the music... Read More

In a societal context where body obsessions coincide with alarming rates of obesity among Western children, "The Body Image Survival Guide for Parents" is a slim but highly informative guidebook, and one that should be required reading... Read More

Combining fantasy and reality in fiction is no easy task. Amy E. Yergen’s "At Times I Almost Dream" serves up a world of almost child-like fantasy mixed with heavy adult situations. A collection of short stories, each narrative... Read More

The title of "Modern Poetry" suggests a nod to a major movement of the twentieth century, one that forever changed the landscape of poetry, as it was developed by legends like Eliot, Stevens, Pound, Stein, and others. Unfortunately, the... Read More

“Fall down seven times, get up eight,” goes the Japanese saying. In The Priceless Gifts of Personal Failure: 13 Triumphant Thoughts on Turning Your Life Around, Barry Forbes uses this type of wisdom to encourage his readers to turn... Read More

In this novel aimed at young adults, twelve-year-old Dylan learns that his dreams may be more than just dreams, and that he himself is not who he thinks he is. Dylan’s dream world is strange and full of adventures. In one dream, he... Read More

Young people from bi- or multiracial backgrounds will find their own voices echoed and amplified in this slim volume; the book may help those from a single race background begin to understand their multiracial friends or family members,... Read More

"Amberella in the City" is the first of what author Rosemarie Kaupp promises will be a series of stories about a delightful pup named Amberella that is geared toward the younger set of chapter-book readers. The initial installment of The... Read More