An engaging book for younger readers, filled with enriching details. Kids will find "The Lost Locket", by Bonnie Black, an easy, fun read with a bit of a surprise at the climax. Serious themes range from experiencing grief (over the... Read More

With her optimistic self-help book, Abundance is Your Birthright: Claim It, psychotherapist Roni Bissett reaches out to a wider audience with what she believes is a step-by-step process for creating the ideal life. The book is a... Read More

Frederick Thomas Perris is recognized in Southern California as a significant part of the region’s pioneer history. As county surveyor for San Bernardino County, he literally shaped the map of the largest county in the nation. As a... Read More

"My Boy Blink", by Nev White, starts out promisingly enough: A young boy and his father come upon a baby in the woods. With the parents dead at the scene, father and son rescue the newborn, who ends up going by the nickname Blink because... Read More

Pixie, an adventurous fairy, accidently slides through the clouds, falls through the trees, and lands in an unknown forest. Fortunately, this charming wayward sprite is found by a loving group of children who bring Pixie back to their... Read More

Ever since Plato wrote The Republic in ancient Greece, literature has carried the allegory tale from one era to the next. It’s a form most often used in religious fiction, because it allows the author to sermonize on religious values... Read More

Although death is frequently evoked in Adrian Blevins’s latest collection, not even drowning can kill the speaker of these poems. As the title suggests, she is what’s coming live (electrified?) from the homesick jamboree. She is... Read More

Marge Wold’s poetry collection "A Girl Grows in Old Chicago" focuses on her early years. Here each street corner and each piece of family lore is remembered. The poems are as much a tribute to the city Wold grew up in as they are... Read More