For curious readers
Stories and activities made to spark imagination.
Independent publishing · North Chili, New York
Independent books for curious kids, thoughtful adults, and readers who still love turning pages.
Family-friendly stories, regional legends, creative activity books, and practical nonfiction.
Stories for every kind of reader
Independent & original
Books developed with a clear point of view.
Teacher friendly
Useful choices for reading time and creative work.
Made to be shared
For classrooms, families, road trips, and cozy nights.
For children & families
Curiosity comes first.
Start with funny, lightly spooky stories and interactive books that give young readers room to imagine, write, and explore.
Ages 8–12
Wherever We Go Stories
Funny, cozy, lightly spooky short-story collections for the places kids really go.
Visit the story world →
Interactive write-in adventures
Adventure Maker
Interactive write-in adventures that help young creators imagine, write, draw, and finish stories of their own.
Start an adventure →
Coloring books for young creators
The Simply Series
Cheerful, approachable coloring books for quiet time, travel, gifting, and everyday creative play.
Find a favorite theme →For grown-up readers
A different shelf after dark.
Pulp adventure, provocative economics, genuinely dark humor, and creative escapes live here—clearly apart from our children’s collections.
Pulp adventure series
The Agartha Affair
Retro-styled, globe-spanning adventures for readers who like their mysteries big and bold.
Enter the adventure →
Economics & business
Nikolaus Stahl
Short, provocative books about markets, money, power, and the systems shaping everyday life.
Enter the argument →
Adult horror & dark humor
Scary Stories to Tell to Millennials
Twelve illustrated nightmares for readers who discovered adulthood is scarier than the monsters—and funnier when it happens to someone else.
Enter the nightmare →
Coloring books for grown-ups
Adult Coloring Books
Funny, gothic, giftable, and wonderfully strange creative escapes for every kind of mood.
Choose your next escape →
Stories that travel well
Meet kids where they already are.
On the school bus. In a pillow fort. Around the campfire. Wherever We Go gives parents and teachers approachable short stories that make independent reading feel like an invitation.
Explore the collectionFor parents & teachers
Free printables are on the way.
Reading trackers, story starters, discussion prompts, and other practical extras will live here. The email list will open when the first download is ready.
First release
The Wherever We Go Reading Adventure Pack
A printable companion for home, classroom, and library reading.
Coming soonFor independent authors
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For independent retailers
Bring giftable, family-friendly books to your shelves.
Explore flexible mixed-title wholesale ordering, approachable opening minimums, and collections designed for bookstores, gift shops, museums, camp stores, and boutiques.
View wholesale informationAbout the press
We publish books that make people want to keep reading.
J. R. Salem Publishing is an independent press creating imaginative books for children, families, and grown-up readers. We care about inviting design, memorable premises, and books that earn a place on the nightstand, in the classroom, or in the travel bag.