Category: In the Spotlight

Blossom Flower and the Enchanted Garden

Ages: 2-12 Grades 1st – 4th – (Reading Assessment free for Educators) For all the plants and flowers who live in the Enchanted Garden, every day is full of beauty and wonder. Growing up in this magical garden, young Blossom Flower never has time to get bored! When a hole appears in the ground one day, the residents of the Enchanted Garden are all curious to see who or what it will bring. New varieties of flowers begin to grow, allowing Blossom to see that differences can be a good a... [Read More...]

Blossom Flower and the Enchanted Garden

Blossom Flower and the Enchanted Garden teaches children the values of friendship, equality, and inclusiveness. Filled with colorful illustrations and powerful lessons, this book would make the perfect gift for any young readers in your life. $2.99 on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

Between a Rock and a Hard Place Fanged Face

Rachel Owens learned early on in life that fate can take as quickly as it can give. Years ago a chance meeting delayed her from going home, saving her from a house fire. Though grateful, Rachel understood there was something disturbingly different about the stranger that saved her life that day. When her boyfriend Rein has a relapse with cancer, she thinks his mother Marion will be the only hurdle she’ll have to face. Wrong. Suddenly the stranger is back and Rachel’s caught between ... [Read More...]

Journey to Jumbalot

A glowing doorway. A lost friend. Will one loyal pet turn out to be the hero of the hour? Alby the housecat has no desire for adventure. Rescued from the street by the kindly Professor Wizoom, he’s grateful to be safe and lazy. But when his master vanishes through a magical door, the scaredy cat summons what little courage he has and races in after him. Stuck in a strange land of mixed-together animals, Alby teams up with an irritating froguar to locate his missing owner. But when he’s mist... [Read More...]

I Love You Much More

I Love You Much More is an invitation to exploration. Just how high, how wide, how deep and how long is God’s love? In this story, the main character Elias, driven by his imagination and curiosity, embarks on a quest to measure the immeasurable—the love of God. Elias, with bold, childlike faith, interrogates God as he compares God’s love to some of the highest, widest, deepest, and longest things in the world. Is God’s love deeper than the deepest canyon? Is it longer than a trip to the... [Read More...]

The Hardest Hit

Eleven-year-old Sam Parker is a hockey player entering the first year in which body checking is allowed. His natural fear of getting hit is temporarily overshadowed by finding out his parents are getting divorced. Determined to keep them together by being a hockey superstar, Sam instead suffers a bone-crunching check from the school bully in his first game of the season. The resulting pain and fear brings out the worst in Sam as one difficulty after another piles on. Even his best friend, Jill,... [Read More...]

Free: Brown As I Am

Brown As I am is a story about a Brown boy who plays and explores, he is simply being a boy. He knows that he is brown and may face challenges, but it doesn’t stop him. He is not afraid. He is brave. Why Choose “Brown As I Am” Representation matters: This story will encourage young boys of color to embrace who they are. Beautiful Illustrations: Illustrated by a Person of Color. ... [Read More...]

The Mostly Invisible Boy

Eleven-year-old Casey Grimes is invisible. Really. When he leaves suburbia and infiltrates a secret forest society, he can finally be seen—but Sylvan Woods hates outsiders as much as it loves killing monsters. As Butcher Beasts invade, his flimsy cover story falls apart, and courage is his only chance to belong. $0.99 on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

Free: Good Day or Bad Day – I Love You Anyway

FREE Book for Valentine’s Day – I Love You Anyway! The poor little thing, woke up very upset, thinking: “how much worse can it get?” But mom was in a hurry and made it clear: “We have to go now, there’s no time, my dear.” ... [Read More...]