When Moses leads the Israelites out of Egypt, a young slave boy with feathers in his hair and colorful strings on his fingers finds extraordinary value in ordinary things, gaining attention from an unexpected source. Bezalel, from the... Read More

Tommy O’Tom uses classic elements, from humanized zoo animals to mostly absent grownups, to make an everyday event anything but ordinary. JTK Belle and Mike Motz turn bath-time rituals into a whimsical fantasy in Tommy O’Tom in a Tub... Read More

The extraordinary life and times of Moe Berg, professional baseball player turned international spy, are chronicled in a brief biography, beginning with his humble origins in New Jersey as a student with a voracious appetite for learning... Read More

"Titch the Itch" is a humorous adventure in friendship with some unexpectedly twisted comedic elements. A little itch with a big heart searches for friendship in B.C.R. Fegan’s "Titch the Itch", a comedy of unrequited love,... Read More

"A Prophet without Honor" takes an approach to history that is both inventive and meticulous. Joseph Wurtenbaugh’s A Prophet without Honor: A Novel of Alternative History depicts a world in which the rise of Adolf Hitler in the 1930s... Read More

Big Monster encourages Little Monster to bounce, wiggle, jiggle, swing, and roll, in Jana Novotny Hunter’s My Tail’s Not Tired!, a clever daily routine that allows small knees, feet, and tails to work out excess energy in time to be... Read More

Two critter-friendly series, one heartfelt idea that wild or tame, animals and humans have a lot to learn from one another. Meet cuddly kittens and playful puppies in Holly Webb’s Pet Rescue Adventures, and twins Ella and Caleb who... Read More

A ragtag cast of supporting characters, human and otherwise, shines. In Debbie Burns’s "A New Leash on Love", Megan runs an animal shelter outside St. Louis. The temperamental beauty gives a handsome stranger a piece of her mind when... Read More