Books published by publisher Luminare Press, LLC

Inside these pages, Christian kids in Europe can find common ground with Muslim kids in Asia and Jewish kids in America. Kids across the world are all part of the same family and seek the same things: love, justice, companionship, joy and a sense of belonging. With profiles and quotes about the relationship between children and God from different religious perspectives across thousands of years, one message resonates throughout this book: God is good, and so are you.

The Spaceman from the Planet Omelet is a charming character invented by Ken Harper (1948-2018) to entertain his young children and later grandchildren at bedtime or whenever a good story was called for. The spaceman invites the children to accompany him to any destination the children chooses. In this book the shiny, new spaceship zooms off to Antarctica where you meet the Emperor of the emperor penguins and get invited to attend a lesson for baby penguins about global warming. After a missing egg is delivered to the rightful parents it’s time to snuggle up in sleeping bags and watch the fire while the spaceman and the Emperor reminisce about earlier adventures.

Best friends Sam and Eva live in Parchburg, a place suffering from a mountain of woes. The neighboring giants are slandered. The underground Morves are enslaved. The Empty Vassals live under the terrifying rule of the Deviant Numbskulls. And a severe drought threatens the entire population. Will Sam's ability to produce endless tears resolve the dry spell? Will Eva's brilliant mind find a way to deliver the town from tyranny? Although they are still kids, Sam and Eva make a heroic journey for the greater good of the community.

Not since V.C. Andrews' Flowers in the Attic has there been a family saga so dark and disturbing. Author Roxane Tepfer Sanford has captured readers from around the world with her best selling Gothic novel The Girl in the Lighthouse. Arrington, book 1*first editionFrom the time Lillian Arrington was born, she lived an isolated life on a remote lighthouse station with her father Garrett and her young mother Amelia. But Lillian has wishes and dreams far beyond her years. When her father is transferred to a new station, Lillian is anxious to meet the assistant keepers and their two sons, Heath and Ayden. She had never met children her own age, had playmates, or made a friend. Heath, the handsome teenage boy who desires to become a doctor someday, welcomes Lillian. However, his younger brother, Ayden, doesn't like her and she struggles to win him over. Before long, a secret bond between the three is forged and to Lillian's delight, they become close friends. After so many years, Lillian's childhood is beginning to resemble that of a normal girl. No longer is she lonely and isolated from the rest of the world by over-protective parents. Instead, she experiences new adventures, attends school, and falls in love for the first time. However, her glorious days on Jasper Island are short-lived as her beautiful young mother begins a tragic descent into insanity and passes away. Lillian is left in the care of her sinister grandmother Eugenia Arrington, who, since the end of the Civil War, continues to steadfastly hold onto the once glorious Georgia plantation known as Sutton Hall. It is there that the immoral secrets of Lillian's parents are revealed, and she is left to pick up the pieces of her scandalous past, and somehow, find her long way home. Arrington series:The Girl in the LighthouseAll That is BeautifulSacred Intentions, prequel

Disabilities affect millions of people all over the world. In His Hands tells the story of one special little girl who faced challenges from birth and overcame every obstacle in her way with the help of God, family, and all those He placed in her life. This unique story will inspire and give hope in even the most difficult situations. With faith, determination, and trust in God, all things are possible. Hope is never lost.

Buzzy and the Little Critters: A Curious Tale of a Cicada Invasion, is a story about a boy, a girl, a grandpa, thousands of cicadas, and lots of other hungry critters. The grandpa (an entomologist) helps the children satisfy their curiosity about their own nature as well as the nature of these amazing cicada bugs, who can live underground for seventeen years before they come out buzzing. Buzzy and the Little Critters was inspired by Dr. Roscoe E. Hill, the father of author / illustrator, Kenton R. (Ken) Hill. When Dr. Hill, Professor of Entomology, was asked by a newspaper reporter to explain why cicadas make that loud buzzing noise, he simply replied, “It is just the nature of the little critters.”