Spheres All Year >> By Elizabeth Everett, nonfiction, 32 pages, elizabetheverettbooks.com

Summary >> Introduce kids to the early math concept of three-dimensional shapes by whisking them away on a tour of the four seasons. From a little ball of cookie dough to the huge Earth we live on, “Spheres All Year” teaches children to recognize the spherical objects that surround them in nature and in their everyday lives. Combining early math and early literacy, it’s the perfect read for story time at home or in the classroom.

Author >> Elizabeth Everett spent 16 years as a classroom teacher before venturing into writing. She has taught elementary school, middle school, high school and at the collegiate level, where she worked with adults pursuing teacher certification. Inspired by her energetic youngster and his love for books, she took her background in education and meshed it with his childhood interests. The result was edu-tainment in the form of children’s books.

What Once Was An Inside Out Rainbow >> By Amelie Honeysuckle, poetry, 136 pages

Summary >> “What Once Was An Inside Out Rainbow” is a raw and beautiful book of poetry, strictly created from the soul. Written in a stream-of-conciousness style of writing, Amelie Honeysuckle’s debut collection is an art gallery of appreciation for others, awareness, love and excitement for life.

Author >> Amelie Honeysuckle is a student at the University of Colorado Boulder and loves spending her time meandering through her local trails on bike and foot. Honeysuckle loves finding unconventional beauty in her environment, thrives through writing love poetry for her people and is a believer that “you make your own happiness.”

Sons of Potenza >> By John Rosa, fiction, 211 pages, amazon.com

Summary >> “Sons of Potenza” is about the rise of organized crime in Denver. It’s a work of fiction but it’s inspired by actual events. It details the rise of the fictional Scaglia family, who share some traits with the Smaldones, who ran organized crime in the area for more than 50 years. It is also about the Donatos, another family from Potenza that emigrated around the same time as the Scaglias, who took a different path when they arrived in the new world and joined Colorado’s burgeoning carnation industry. They find their path to success cut off and are faced with a hard choice — either remain under someone else’s thumb or reach out to their old family friends, and possibly sell their souls for the American Dream.

Author >> John Rosa is a Colorado native who spent more than two decades working in journalism around the state, including for the Boulder Daily Camera be

tween 2014-2018 where he served in several editor positions, including night editor, deputy city editor, assistant sports editor and editor of BoCoPreps.

Liquid Dessert: Cocktail Confections from Around the World >> By Bryan Paiement, cookbook, 148 pages, iupress.org

Summary >> In “Liquid Dessert,” professional bartender and mixologist Bryan Paiement invites readers to join him on a trip around the world to discover cocktails inspired by the best desserts on the planet. “Liquid Dessert” is not your average cocktail or dessert book but a unique combination of the two. From cocktail-inspired favorites like Bananas Foster or Cannoli, whether you’re a fan of rich, decadent chocolate or you have more of a citrusy-tart palate, the simple-to-follow recipes in “Liquid Dessert” have you covered, no matter your craving.

Author >> Bryan Paiement lives in Fort Collins with his wife, Dana, their son, Bodie, and daughter, Lily. Paiement is the author of two previous books, “Sports Bar: Cocktails and Sports Trivia” and “The Little Book of Whiskey Cocktails.” He teaches cocktail classes and is a bartender at The Cache restaurant at Ginger and Baker.