2026 Must-Read List! Brought to you by Leading and Learning with Character

 Living with Clarity & Confidence is more than a daily planner—it’s a guided system designed to help you live and lead with purpose, focus, and balance. Through intentional prompts, structured planning, and reflection space, this journal helps reset your mindset, bring clarity to your day, and align your actions with what matters most.

Whether you’re leading a team, building a business, or seeking more direction in daily life, this planner provides practical tools to build consistent habits and move forward with confidence.

Connect for Classroom Success: A Mentoring Guide for Teachers K-12 by R. Janet Walraven offers real-life scenarios to help teachers, administrators, and staff improve classroom management, communication, and teamwork. Whether you're a first-year teacher or seasoned professional, this guide provides practical tips to build confidence, foster positive relationships, and find joy and success in teaching. 

 Closing The Gap by Building Bridges for Organizational and Personal Success! addresses the generational divide in workplaces and relationships. Offering practical solutions, the book explores key topics like Ego, Character, and Leadership while providing actionable strategies for Communication, Accountability, and Teamwork. This transformative guide empowers readers to foster connection, collaboration, and lasting success. 

 Drowning in the Shallows: Why Minimal Faith Is Not Enough and How to Go Deeper with God calls readers to examine the danger of settling for a comfortable, surface-level faith. Angela O. Ivey challenges believers to move beyond spiritual complacency and pursue a deeper, more authentic relationship with God.

Through biblical insight and practical guidance, this book helps readers recognize the signs of shallow faith, embrace true discipleship, and live out their faith with purpose and conviction. It is an invitation to grow deeper, live bolder, and follow God wholeheartedly.

  Empowered Play explores the powerful role youth sports can play in shaping confident, resilient young women. Drawing from his experience as a coach and advocate for female athletes, Rob Quickfall highlights how sports provide more than competition—they create opportunities for growth, courage, and self-belief in an increasingly complex world.

This book is a call to coaches, mentors, and parents to look beyond performance and focus on developing character, confidence, and leadership in young girls. Empowered Play offers insight into how intentional coaching and mentorship can help young athletes discover their strengths and step into their potential—on and off the field.

 The Bible of Spirit: You Are Not Broken. You Are Becoming. invites readers to see healing and growth not as a linear process, but as a sacred return. Ilana Ridge challenges the idea that we need to be fixed, reminding us that becoming is a natural, ongoing journey.

Through poetic reflection and spiritual insight, this book speaks to those tired of forcing change and longing for deeper understanding. Raw and transformative, The Bible of Spirit encourages readers to trust the process, reconnect with their inner wisdom, and embrace the truth that they were never broken—only becoming.

 Money Moves a Nation: A Civil Rights Lesson for Children is a heartwarming story that introduces young readers to the importance of history, identity, and discovery. Through Jonah’s journey—beginning with a reluctant family trip and leading to a powerful connection to the Civil Rights Movement—readers learn how the past can shape understanding and growth in the present.

Thoughtfully written and beautifully illustrated, this book encourages meaningful conversations about heritage, courage, and the value of learning from history. It is a meaningful resource for families and educators alike.

 Biz Her Way: A Collaborative Playbook for Women Entrepreneurs brings together powerful voices and real-world strategies from entrepreneurs who have built, rebuilt, and risen on their own terms. Through authentic stories and practical insight, this collaborative book encourages women to reclaim confidence, redefine success, and build purpose-driven businesses.

With a focus on intentional leadership and balance across mind, body, and business, this playbook supports women at every stage of their journey. Created by Sacha Walton with contributors including Earl Morrison, Biz Her Way celebrates collaboration, resilience, and women who lead boldly and build legacy together.

 Rx for Career Success: Elevate Your Mindset, Transform Your Career is a collaborative guide designed to help professionals take ownership of their career growth through intentional mindset, resilience, and purposeful leadership. Curated by Dr. Kristy Taylor, this book brings together insights from experienced coaches and leaders across multiple industries.

Through practical strategies and real-world perspectives, readers are challenged to develop emotional intelligence, strengthen resilience, and align their career path with their values. Contributors—including Earl Morrison—offer guidance that empowers readers to write their own prescription for career success and create meaningful, lasting impact in their work.