The Last Dog by Dawn Greenfield Ireland is a dystopian story with an irresistible appeal to fans of dogs and animal lovers. The story is set in a reformed distant future, reconstructed after chaos and governed by the World Guild, a global government that takes...

There is lot of literary beauty in book 1 of the Book of Theo series, Theo and the Forbidden Language by Melanie Ansley, from the excellent prose to world building, from character to plot and the awesome things in between. It is a fable with...

If you are looking for a light easy read with lots of smiles, then you won’t go far wrong if you pick up Tie the Dingo Down, Mate!, written and illustrated by Nicole O’Connor. It tells the story of an Australian vet who goes to...

The Wonderful Whippet of Winifred Weatherwax is a mystery novel for young adults written by Philippa Stasiuk. Eleanor Weatherwax was beside herself in blissful anticipation that she’d finally be getting a Lucky Dog Whippet. She had been waiting so long for that phone call from...

If you like “incredible journey” type tales, To Yellowstone: A Journey Home by Robert Scott McKinnon is for you. Originally published in hardback in 1975, it’s a dramatic animal adventure story sprinkled with humor which follows an elderly elk pair (monarch bull and cow) who...

The Dog Thief and Other Stories is a collection of literary fiction stories written by Jill Kearney. Kearney writes about people living in impoverished and remote parts of Washington State, and the animals who form, in many cases, their reason for living and their connection...

The Pelican by M. Naidoo tells the story of a young woman named Julia who receives the devastating news that she has terminal cancer. Only too aware of the terrible pain and anguish her mother had been through, having suffered the same condition, Julia vows...

The Splendid and Extraordinary Life of Beautimus Potamus by Peggy A. Wheeler is a breath of fresh air that follows the adventures of a middle-aged hippo, Beautimus. Teaming up with her praying mantis friend, Samuel S. Goodwings, Beautimus finds herself in unexpected situations. When a...

The White Horse by artist and poet Harold Louis Deen is a short fiction tale set in Cork, Ireland in the early 1800s. It revolves around the sale of a fine white Arabian horse to the representative of a foreign ruler. While the sale of...

The Voice, the Revolution and the Key (The Epic Order of the Seven) by Jenny L. Cote is a revolutionary novel, complex in its characters, beautiful in the atmosphere it evokes, and extraordinary in plot. Readers will revisit the 1775 American Revolution and get acquainted...