An English shipwreck in 1838 serves as the backdrop for this intimate story of another rescue—that of a mother cat’s search for her curious kitten, lost in the same turbulent storm. The book’s finely drawn watercolor illustrations... Read More

Paul L. Shriver has been writing for a long time, and his poetry collection, "The Girl and the Cat", chronicles such topics as unrequited and found love, the passage of time, and such political issues as the tobacco industry and the... Read More

"Steel" is an intimate coming-of-age story set in a gritty northern Minnesota mining town in the 1920s. The town, made up of poor immigrant families—mainly Italians, Croatians, and Scandinavians—has as its sustenance the world’s... Read More