Indie Reads Aloud: A Storytelling Podcast

LISTENER ADVISORY: Mature Situations The stories in this book are about women: passionate, intelligent, eccentric women, all of whom in their own way are struggling to find meaning, overcome grief, and become, somehow, more fully alive – whether intellectually, emotionally, or sexually. One of them is obsessed with irrigating a desert, another with a baby she has lost, a third seeks redemption and...

Doubles takes place in 1968 in an institution for troubled youth, and is told from the perspective of a brilliant, spunky, 12-year-old girl who is obsessed with math. Engagingly written and often funny, this novella explores how a sensitive young teenager changes over a six-month period from a polite, quiet “good girl” into a delinquent. Although set in the past, Doubles has direct relevance to to...

LISTENER ADVISORY: STRONG LANGUAGE, MATURE SITUATIONS In a war-torn kingdom, love becomes a weapon, and betrayal ignites a relentless thirst for vengeance. In the battle-scarred realm of Endolia, where political intrigue coils through court and battlefield alike, loyalty is fragile, and passion can be deadly. Lady Inyanna Mortseoule has long resisted the suffocating expectations of nobility, choos...

Mira stands between two worlds: a half-troll who never knew her human father. She wouldn’t blend in with humans and the other trolls in her clan consider her mother a traitor for loving her. When her mother passes away, Mira breaks free of the Under into the Above, navigating the human world in search of a new home. Matt hadn’t expected a magical world hiding beneath Hedgefield, but a request from...

The Frizz Girls want to teach you the ABC’s of wavy and curly hair complete with a glossary defining each word. This is a great resource to learn all the hair words to describe wavy and curly hair.     ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Stacy Schilling  was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, where she developed a passion for the visual arts at a young age. After graduating high school in Kentucky, where h...

What The Frizz?! How to Take Care of Your Wavy or Curly Hair Find Your Hair Type   The Frizz Girls are a new kid's picture book series aimed at teaching young girls ages 5-13 on how to take care of their wavy or curly hair. For many young girls, some have parents, grandparents and guardians that don't know how to teach their young ones how to properly care for their wavy or curly hair. Adu...

What The Frizz?! How to Take Care of Your Wavy or Curly Hair No Dry Brushing   Rachel dry brushes her wavy hair and it always ends up frizzy and poofy! Her mom thinks dry brushing wavy hair is okay. Rachel is sad that her wavy hair looks frizzy and poofy. She wants to have pretty wavy hair. Rachel seeks help from The Frizz Girls and wants to know if it’s okay to brush her wavy hair, dry. Read and...

Dragon Island: Football Season is an exciting, action-filled story about dragons who are passionate about football. With six teams, each made up of six players, the dragons have a unique ability to change their colors to match their team uniforms. One of the standout players is Ember, a deaf dragon with exceptional vision and a talent for creating winning strategies. Her skills are so valuable tha...

In the spring of 1862, widowed Rachel Barnum leaves three children in Michigan with her farm’s hired man to embark on either a fool’s errand or a hero’s journey. She will stop at nothing to find her son Dwight, a Union soldier dying days away on a Missouri battlefield. Mounting obstacles include an imposing Rebel force entrenched on a Mississippi River island. Rachel fears her chances of finding D...

Esme lives a quiet life in the shadow of the palace in Atelina, the capital of Geoline. Raised by her devoted adoptive father, Maurice, she is content with her days of prayer, study, and simple living. But when Queen Veva’s very public defiance leads to her removal from the throne, the kingdom is thrown into uncertainty. To restore order, King Levan calls for a gathering of women from every provin...

What Happened in Room 310? Eddie London is a quick-witted and slightly-incompetent private eye—he’s also Lacey Matthews’ last hope. The young woman implores him to investigate her boyfriend’s fatal fall from a hotel balcony. While the authorities have ruled out foul play, Lacey refuses to believe them. As he pursues disparate leads, Eddie finds himself pulled ever deeper into Summerport’s deadly u...

LISTENER ADVISORY: Violence, Strong Language Earth didn’t survive World War III intact—it survived divided. Two factions rose from the ash: the United Federation of Nations  and the Russian Republic of Nations . When resources became weapons and the front lines went global, humanity fled upward, dragging its grudges into orbit and beyond. A century later, the conflict has frozen into a long Cold W...

Shakti in You: Discovering Courage and Strength Within Shakti in You brings the nine forms of the goddess—celebrated during Navaratri—into the hearts of children everywhere. Through enchanting storytelling, modern-day reflections, and creative activities, this book shows how timeless qualities like bravery, patience, kindness, and wisdom live inside every child. Each story weaves mythology with ev...

The Elephant Prince: Stories of Ganesha's Wisdom Discover the Magic of Ganesha Through Playful Stories & Colouring Fun! Step into the joyful world of Ganesha with this delightful collection of stories for children. Perfect for little listeners and early readers, these tales bring the elephant-headed god to life through laughter, wisdom, and heart. From how he got his elephant head to his r...

Stories of Krishna: Tales of Michief and Magic Discover the Magic of Krishna Through Heartwarming Stories & Fun Colouring Pages! Step into the enchanting world of Krishna with this delightful collection of stories for young hearts. Perfectly crafted for young children, these simple yet profound tales bring the beloved Hindu deity to life through vibrant adventures, playful moments, and timeles...

Stacy Learns To Love Her Wavy Hair, and You Can Too! When Stacy was nine-years-old, her mom convinced her to cut her long, wavy brown hair because she was tired of fixing Stacy's hair. Her mom didn't teach Stacy how to fix it herself.

 Stacy cried after her hair cut and didn't know how to stand up for herself. Throughout her life, Stacy had to learn and navigate the pitfalls of how to...

A murder mystery where every sound tells a story, and every emotion glows with colour. He can taste the lies—but can he survive the truth? “The metallic taste spiked violently, coating my tongue like blood. Something felt wrong about this. It couldn’t be true. I heard myself exhale sharply. My pulse was roaring in my ears, the fluorescent lights too bright, the stale air suffocating— They weren’t...

Today is a big day for Rosemary Chick! The world is calling, and she can't wait to meet it-but there's just one tiny problem: She is still inside her shell! With determination and a spark of curiosity, Rosemary sets out to break out of the shell. Tap by tap, she learns that courage isn't about being ready-it's about trying, even when things feel hard. Filled with warmth, humor, and...

Something sinister is waking in the Northwoods town of Neelsville. Birds are slamming into windows. Crosses at the church are turning upside down, and people are walking around with eyes as black as the lake at midnight. Scout never expected to be caught in the middle of it-or to feel an undeniable pull toward the mysterious Traveller, who seems to know more than he should. As eerie phenomena spre...

LISTENER ADVISORY: Violence  Murder by Mistake: Book One of The Black Book Series One bomb; the ripples of devastation-endless. Tick . . . tick . . . tick . . . A bomb, that was meant for me, killed my mother, and unleashed a world I was never supposed to know about. Now I am surrounded by the FBI and mafia families. Good guys. Bad guys; the line blurs. One wrong decision could end so many lives,...

Three 70+-year-old sisters- Poppet, Aggie, and Neddie - turn to the family business - cat burglary that their father taught them as children - to pay off a gambling debt he left behind. While trying to raise the needed money, the girls climb a rickety ladder to get into a house they think has a safe, outsmart a pretty clever Doberman in another heist and finally roam unsupervised through a 'sp...

LISTENER ADVISORY: Mature Situations, Strong Language, Violence; Strong Sexual Content Born A Strong Alpha with Powers... Prophesied Ruler of Wolves... And She Hates Heels... Jaidan Emerald Scott is known for being Strong Headed, Frustratingly Sassy and Methodically Determined, but will these traits be enough to win the loyalty of the three most powerful Alpha's who have defied wolf tradition....

 Sometimes a catastrophe isn’t the worst of your problems As dust settles on the buried kingdom of Ymittos, Princess Derya faces a horrifying conclusion: her friend Princess Eliana has perished after failing to break an evil sorcerer’s curse. Which means the next obstacle in the plot to enslave the continent is Derya’s father — the Emperor of Cinar. When the emperor tasks Derya with forming a cruc...

Inspired by a true story, Into the Thicket begins with the moment the author's young son discovered an injured baby rabbit ― an encounter that sparked a heartfelt journey of care and connection. This tender picture book follows a boy and the rabbit he hopes to help, gently exploring themes of compassion, courage, love, and the bittersweet beauty of letting go. It invites young readers to develop e...

A children’s picture book tells of the wishes of seven little raindrops for the time they become big raindrops and fall to the earth.      ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Bill Shaul, a longtime resident of the Metro Detroit area. Since graduating from Maranatha Baptist Bible College (now Maranatha Baptist University), he has served in various roles in many churches. Wherever he's gone, he has sought to serv...