Gangs looting the streets. No electricity. No running water. No communication. Families in utter isolation. Could this describe the events of the future?

Bestselling author Chris Stewart takes readers on an unimaginable, yet frighteningly possible journey into the Last Days in the final volume Clear As the Moon.

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by Lu Ann Staheli

I happened to catch a presentation on Book-TV with the award-winning author Walter Dean Myers (Shooter) and his illustrator/author son, Christopher Myers (Blues Journey). Among much discussion about the writing process and their own careers, the elder Myers brought up an intriguing idea—a family book club.

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by Annette Lyon

Four months after a book’s 1908 release, Mark Twain wrote to the author and declared that the heroine was the “dearest and most loveable child in fiction since the immortal Alice.”

Readers agreed. The book went on to be translated into dozens of languages. It spawned seven sequels. Several stage plays and motion pictures and at least one musical have been made of it. A national park in Canada is centered around its heroine. Tourists who love the story enjoy annual events and 3-day tours around beloved Prince Edward Island.

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The Third Annual Target Children’s Book Festival is set for Saturday, November 8th, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Presented by the City of Las Vegas and Target, the event is the largest annual children’s literary event in Las Vegas.

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By Jason F. Wright

New York Times bestselling author, Jason F. Wright became a favorite among readers with his first two national releases, Christmas Jars and The Wednesday Letters. Publishers Weekly has called his work, “heartening, wholesome, humorous, suspenseful and redemptive.” In his new novel RECOVERING CHARLES (Shadow Mountain Publishers; Hardcover; $21.95), Wright once again takes readers on a thought-provoking journey of love and loss and reveals the ultimate healing power of forgiveness.

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