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  • Shayna Rescues a Rainbow

    by Lynda Benjamin

    Shayna loves colors—everywhere and on everything. So imagine how she feels when her mother gives her plain white rainboots to wear! Stomping angrily in a puddle, she finds a tiny rainbow who’s been washed from the sky. The little rainbow has to get home, and Shayna’s the girl for the job. Can she find a way to get little Rhaina back to her parents high in the sky? Perhaps—with unexpected help from some animal friends. Shayna Rescues a Rainbow is a heartwarming children’s picture book celebrating kindness, imagination, adventure and the joy of helping others. It reveals the power of friendship and determination and will inspire children from 3-7 to be both creative and caring. Kids will love following Shayna as she makes original and sometimes comical attempts to achieve her goal, all brought to life with colorful, beautifully detailed illustrations sure to spark curiosity and warm readers’ hearts over and over again.

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  • Mylo Makes a Mess

    by Dana Townsend

    Meet Mylo, a playful one-year-old pup who loves his toys almost as much as he loves destroying them! When Mylo stays home alone for the first time, he promises his mom that he’ll be a good boy and only destroy his toys. But when frustration takes over, Mylo finds himself in a much bigger mess than he ever imagined. With his mom’s love and guidance, Mylo learns that even big feelings can be hard to control, mistakes happen, and it’s always okay to ask for help. A sweet and playful story about big emotions, forgiveness, and learning that making a mess doesn’t make you a bad boy.

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  • Hockey for a Lifetime

    by William “Bill” Christian

    Hockey Hall of Famer Bill Christian has lived a remarkable life. From the frozen river of Warroad, Minnesota to winning the 1960 Olympics in Squaw Valley, California, Bill’s story is one of passion, determination, community, and love for the game that shaped his world: hockey. In this stunning memoir, Bill recounts his humble beginnings and his introduction to hockey as a child in rural Minnesota. Before professional leagues, training camps, and financial compensation for career players, Bill and his brothers honed their relationship to the game, playing wherever they could. Passion and grit brought Bill and his brother Roger to the 1960 Olympics where they won the first gold medal in hockey for their country. Building his career during the volatile years of the Cold War, Bill recounts stories from behind the Iron Curtain, bridging cultural gaps through hockey, and offering a glimpse into a world now seen only in film. From his hometown ice rink to the Hockey Hall of Fame, Bill has traveled the world, built a successful hockey stick business from the ground up, and cultivated a love for the game, helping bring the United States to the world stage as a hockey powerhouse. This memoir also includes Bill's first-hand accounts of watching his son, David Christian, win gold at the 1980 Olympics and his grandson, Brock Nelson, win gold at the 2026 Olympics, becoming three generations of Team USA Olympics hockey gold together.

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  • where driftwood Howls

    An Intrepid Seeker's Story of Survival by Jaclyn Wragg

    Some children learn lullabies. She learned how to survive. In Where Driftwood Howls, Jaclyn Wragg traces a childhood shaped by addiction, instability, and the quiet, suffocating rules of silence. Home is unpredictable. Love arrives tangled with fear. Safety belongs to other families—never quite hers. Growing up means learning to read every room, every mood, every unspoken warning. Survival, however, doesn’t end with childhood. As Wragg moves into adulthood, the past refuses to remain in the past. Chronic illness settles into her body like a long echo. Relationships strain under patterns inherited long before she had language for them. The cost of endurance surfaces in unexpected ways—through grief, memory, and the slow realization that breaking a family cycle may demand more courage than surviving it ever did. Moving between lived moments and hard-won reflection, Wragg examines what it means to rebuild identity when the foundations of belonging were never secure. Her story doesn’t promise easy healing or tidy redemption. Instead, it confronts the complicated terrain of generational trauma, the body’s memory, and the deliberate act of redefining family. Driftwood isn’t born weathered. It becomes that way after years of relentless tides. Where Driftwood Howls is a memoir about endurance, inheritance, and the quiet rebellion of refusing to pass pain forward—even when the past continues to call.

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  • The Curious Life of Lester the Leaf

    by N.J. Confalone

    Mervin the maple tree has seen all kinds of things, but he’s never seen a leaf as curious as Lester! Lester is a brand-new leaf, and he wants to learn all about the world. He asks Mervin about the animals in the tree, planes flying by in the sky, a caterpillar that becomes a butterfly, and the blossoms and seeds growing around them. Mervin and Lester soon become friends. But when autumn comes, Mervin and Lester are faced with a new part of life: the natural cycle of trees and their leaves. The Curious Life of Lester the Leaf is a charming story that teaches children about animals, the seasons, and how to say goodbye to close friends. It’s a perfect teaching tool for parents and educators, with beautiful illustrations and a charming story to keep children engaged and having fun.

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  • Journey Towards the Shadows

    Learning to Live Where Light and Dark Meet by Audrey O'Marra

    Coming from an early childhood of abuse and abandonment, Audrey O’Marra began a lifelong search for healing, wholeness, and a deeper understanding of God. In Journey Toward the Shadows, she invites readers to accompany her as she explores ancient wisdom, particularly the Yoga Sutras of Patañjali, which she presents as a response to a modern world shaped by consumerism, disconnection, and fear-based belief systems. Rather than offering dogma or easy answers, O’Marra encourages readers to question and explore their concept of the Divine from the perspective of their own lived experiences. Along with her childhood trauma, Ms. O’Marra faced profound loss as an adult. These experiences led her to reimagine her understanding of God. No longer did she see the Divine as a distant, external deity; instead, she came to understand the Divine as presence and Being itself. This paradigm shift transformed the way she understood herself, her suffering, and the world around her. For those carrying the weight of suffering or loss, or those seeking a fresh perspective on their own spirituality, Journey Toward the Shadows offers practical tools and inspiration for personal and collective healing. This spiritual awakening won’t come as an escape from life, but as a disciplined, ongoing return to wholeness that can transform both the individual and the world around us.

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