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When You’re Scared

By Andrée Poulin and Véronique Joffre (ill.)

In 2012, a library of the best “silent books” was created on the Italian island of Lampedusa for refugee children from the Middle East and Africa. Without seeing its holdings list, one would think it ... Read More »

February 4, 2019 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

The Invisible Garden

By Valérie Picard and Marianne Ferrer (ill.)

February 4, 2019 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Friends

By Geraldo Valério

February 4, 2019 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club

By Megan Gail Coles

In her debut novel, Newfoundland playwright and author Megan Gail Coles uses a trendy St. John’s restaurant (complete with local celebrity chef) called the Hazel as the connection that binds a cast of depressed, desperate, ... Read More »

February 4, 2019 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

★ This One Looks Like a Boy:  My Gender Journey to Life as a Man

By Lorimer Shenher

Ten years ago, I read a book called Almost Perfect. The young-adult novel by Brian Katcher won some awards and was held up as a powerful, nuanced portrayal of a young trans person. But the ... Read More »

January 31, 2019 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Reviews

★ Be My Love

By Kit Pearson

It’s 1951, and society has started to settle back into its usual rhythms after the upheaval of the war. For 14-year-old Maisie, though, everything is in flux. Her father, who served as a chaplain in ... Read More »

January 31, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Soar, Adam, Soar

By Rick Prashaw with Adam Prashaw

January 31, 2019 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Reviews

★ Awâsis and the World-Famous Bannock

By Amanda Strong; Dallas Hunt; ill.

Awâsis and the World-Famous Bannock tells the story a little girl who accidentally lost her Kôhkum’s world-famous bannock while walking through the forest. Sîsîp hears her crying and quacks, “What’s the matter?” After learning about ... Read More »

January 25, 2019 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Claws of the Panda: Beijing’s Campaign of Influence and Intimidation in Canada

By Jonathan Manthorpe

Recent events in the news have rendered Claws of the Panda, the new book by journalist Jonathan Manthorpe, even more timely and important than it might have been mere months ago. In the wake of ... Read More »

January 24, 2019 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs, Reviews

★ A Story about Cancer (with a Happy Ending)

By India Desjardins and Marianne Ferrer (ill.)

While India Desjardins and Marianne Ferrer’s story about cancer may not be a suspenseful one (see the title’s parenthesis), it is in no way predictable in its approach to the subject matter. It’s the story ... Read More »

January 24, 2019 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

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Quill and Quire

When You’re Scared

The Invisible Garden

Friends

Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club

★ This One Looks Like a Boy:  My Gender Journey to Life as a Man

★ Be My Love

Soar, Adam, Soar

★ Awâsis and the World-Famous Bannock

Claws of the Panda: Beijing’s Campaign of Influence and Intimidation in Canada

★ A Story about Cancer (with a Happy Ending)

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