A Boy Asked the Wind

By Barbara Nickel; Gillian Newland (illus.)

In this celebration of the winds of the world, poet Barbara Nickel embeds a subtle message of global unity and peace. A young boy asks the wind where it lives and the wind answers by ... Read More »

January 13, 2016 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Angels’ Share

By Garfield Ellis

Everton Dorrill, a 37-year-old marketing executive in Jamaica, is about to make an important presentation when he learns his 67-year-old father, who has been out of his life for decades, has disappeared. From this elementary ... Read More »

January 13, 2016 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

A Profession of Hope: Farming on the Edge of the Grizzly Trail

By Jenna Butler

Research is paramount to the development and operation of an off-grid, organic small farm. So says Jenna Butler who, along with her partner, Thomas, in 2006 established Larch Grove Farm near Barrhead in northern Alberta. ... Read More »

January 13, 2016 | Filed under: Food & Drink, Science, Technology & Environment

Last Words

By Hugh Graham

I for one will never tire of stories about solitary, bookish men lounging around Europe and sleeping with beautiful, mysterious women who are desperate to know what they’re thinking. In the linked short-fiction collection Last ... Read More »

January 11, 2016 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Under the Dusty Moon

By Suzanne Sutherland

In Suzanne Sutherland’s third novel, evocatively described Toronto locales serve as more than mere backdrops– they virtually breathe with life and personality all their own. Sixteen-year-old Vic has had a very atypical childhood. The only ... Read More »

January 11, 2016 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Kyle Goes Alone

By Jan Thornhill; Ashley Barron (illus.)

Parents of small children know that sometimes they seem to move as slowly as sloths, and author Jan Thornhill builds on this truism in her latest book. Three-toed sloth Kyle may only have to go ... Read More »

January 6, 2016 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Strange Light Afar: Tales of the Supernatural from Old Japan

By Rui Umezawa; Mikiko Fujita (illus.)

When it comes to traditional tales – folk and fairy alike – much has been lost to the Disneyfication of our culture. While the animated features are frequently charming (who can resist a calypso-singing crab?), ... Read More »

January 6, 2016 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Memory Serves: Oratories

By Lee Maracle

Lee Maracle’s most recent book is a collection of oratories delivered and performed by the author over a 20-year period. In indigenous culture, oratories are speeches given to transmit knowledge and values preserved through generations. Maracle’s ... Read More »

January 6, 2016 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Awake Beautiful Child

By Amy Krouse Rosenthal; Gracia Lam (illus.)

Toronto illustrator Gracia Lam lends her artistic talent to American author Amy Krouse Rosenthal’s gorgeous and whimsical picture book, which uses the first three letters of the alphabet as the jumping-off point for a series ... Read More »

January 6, 2016 | Filed under: Picture Books

A Dog Day for Susan

By Maureen Fergus; Monica Arnaldo (illus.)

Dogs and picture books might be the most ideal pairing of subject and artistic form. Even film cannot fully capture the twitch of an eyebrow, the slow thump of a tail that crescendos to pure ... Read More »

January 6, 2016 | Filed under: Picture Books

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Quill and Quire

A Boy Asked the Wind

The Angels’ Share

A Profession of Hope: Farming on the Edge of the Grizzly Trail

Last Words

Under the Dusty Moon

Kyle Goes Alone

★ Strange Light Afar: Tales of the Supernatural from Old Japan

Memory Serves: Oratories

Awake Beautiful Child

A Dog Day for Susan

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