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Another Way

by Dr. David B. Axelrod

Another Way contains poems derived from the Tao Te Ching.

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Arthur Swift and the Red Sled

by Lily Bedell

This is a story about a young boy's anticipation for a special day of sledding. A storm is on its way. Readers spend an evening with Arthur and his family as they eat dinner and prepare for the snow to begin. It presents a winter vignette of a loving family, consisting of his mother, her brother, (Arthur's uncle), and Arthur's grandmother. It is a wonderful bedtime story!

Categories: Fiction Children's Books Family and Friends

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B is For Brooklyn D is For Dog

by Joel Reitman

These series of short stories begin with a butcher block table in a Southold New York eatery that brings back flavors of a Brooklyn delicatessen. Joel's Brooklyn stories remind us of old radio shows and 42 - Jackie Robinson's number when he came to the Dodgers in 1947. In another story, taxis roam under the Queensborough bridge and in yet another, model airplanes soar over a Los Angeles suburb. The book moves west along a road that doesn't exist - Route 66 - to a school that reminds one of the movie Grease. There also several stories of cars racing in the sands of the fabled Hamptons. And, of course, fond memories of furry friends fill several chapters.

Published 2015.

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Band in the Wind

by William John Rostron

"'Those were the best days of my life.' They really were. And just like the words in the Bryan Adams' song 'The Summer of '69,' I did buy my first six-string at a five-and-dime, and I did play it until my fingers bled. And we did have a band, and we did try real hard… However, that's where my story diverges from the song. Unlike the characters in that song, my Jimmy didn't quit, and my Joey didn't get married. In my life, they died. In fact, except for me, they all died. And I have never told the story before."

These are the first words written in the recovered Journal of Johnny Cipp, one of five young members of Those Born Free, a band out of Cambria Heights in Queens, New York. Johnny's journal has been discovered in 1990 on a beach—1500 miles and 23 years removed from where its author went missing. It details the story of the band he played in with four other young musicians in the late 1960s. With Jimmy McAvoy ("Jimmy Mac") on drums and vocals, Giovanni DeAngelis ("Gio") on rhythm guitar and vocals, Rocco Brackowski ("Bracko") on lead guitar and vocals, Joseph Tinley ("Tinman") on keyboard, and Johnny on bass, they possessed the talent, the will, and the work ethic to go far.

Their neighborhood was rife with gangs, violence, and racism. A tough place to grow up, the boys saw music as their only way out to a better life and were willing to give it everything to get there. Alas, they never made it…

"This book is almost that perfect blend of music, nostalgia, a coming-of-age story… and tragedy! It really does have a bit of everything. Highly entertaining." – Online Book Review (4/4 stars)

Published in 2018.

Categories: Fiction Growing Up/Coming of Age Music New York City

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Be Aware and Take Care

by Paula Groothuis

This children's rhyming book was put together to give children advice to be aware on how to stay safe in many ways; car seats, crossing streets, wearing helmets, looking around regarding cars, sharp utensils, using sunscreen and more to stay safe and healthy.

Published June, 2021.

Categories: Fiction Children's Books Poetry

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