Five Lanterns Press

Five siblings. Five lanterns. One porch light left on.

Our story

How the lanterns got lit

Once

We grew up together

Five kids, one house, a lot of read-aloud nights.

Then

We scattered into different lives

A library, a base, a home full of remarkable minds, two brothers building.

Now

The lives became the books

We write what our own children needed — and publish it ourselves.

The Family

Five lanterns, one porch

The Builder

Keeps the lights on and the presses running.

The Librarian

M.A. in English. Every book passes her first.

The Military Mom

Writes the stories for the waiting.

The Autism Mom

Mother of two remarkable sons; designs for every kind of mind.

The Youngest

Keeper of the treasury. The Littlest Light — and yes, he knows.

For the record
BOY-run? bwa-ROON? Byron.

Our pen name is easier than our mailbox. Our real name is Boirun — and even we argue about how to say it.

Our promises

What we hold to

  • Honest endings — we never fake scarcity, reviews, or press.
  • No preachiness — one verse per book, tucked in like a gift.
  • A word for every feeling — the real point of every story.
  • Art is AI-assisted, disclosed here — every story comes from a real life.
“Let your light shine before others.”
Matthew 5:16
The Lantern Club · free

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A monthly printable pack, early cover reveals, and your kid’s art in our gallery. Free to join, impossible to outgrow.

Free forever — we just ask where to send them.