Most people are familiar with Helen Keller’s story: She was blind, deaf, and, until the age of ten unable to speak at all. With the guidance of her teacher, Ann Sullivan, she became one of the most remarkable writers and social... Read More

Recommended by the National Science Teachers Association and winner of a Gold Mom’s Choice Award, the third and final book in Dawn Publications’ Earth Heroes series, Champions of Wild Animals, is a collection of eight intriguing... Read More

What if children choose the families into which they are born? This children’s picture book, Annabelle: A Child on the Way, ponders that possibility. Annabelle is a girl-spirit who wishes to be reborn. She calls on her spiritual guide,... Read More

Nicholas Newsad’s book will be a welcome relief to anyone who has had to deal with medical bills, whether or not they have health insurance. In simple, easy-to-follow language, Newsad offers a no-nonsense overview of health insurance... Read More

Blind people are stereotyped and treated like second-class citizens by uninformed and misguided sighted people. Herein lies the message to be found in "The Sight Sickness", by Christine Faltz Grassman. In her preface, the author writes... Read More

Often, to celebrate life, one must first feel it slip from one’s fingers. After all, to know what light is, one must know darkness. This is the arc of David J. Murray’s collection of poems, "Celebrations". Here, the speaker’s... Read More

Young visitors to the ForeWord office found this book right away; they recommend it for its humor. Beeky Airlines is the creation of fourteen-year-old Seth Campos. In it, Carl and his friends Ben the bear and Beeky (yep, it’s a bird)... Read More

On the Friday before Labor Day in 1999, Ute Lawrence and her husband Stan were headed to a business meeting in Michigan, traveling down one of Canada’s busiest multi-lane highways. They never made it. They were at ground zero of an... Read More