Playing It Forward: 50 Years of Women and Sport in Canada

By Guylaine Demers; Lorraine Greaves; Marion Lay; Sandra Kirby; eds.

Since February 2008, The Feminist History Society has made it their mission to rigorously document the Canadian feminist movement between the years 1960 and 2010. The goal is that, each year, society members receive a ... Read More »

November 19, 2014 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

By the Book: Stories and Pictures

By Diane Schoemperlen

Although most widely known for her novels and short-story collections, Diane Schoemperlen won the Governor General’s Literary Award for fiction in 1998 for Forms of Devotion: Stories and Pictures, in which prose and found images ... Read More »

November 19, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Alphabetique: 26 Characteristic Fictions

By Kara Kosaka; Molly Peacock; illus.

November 19, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Skandalon

By Julie Maroh

French graphic novelist Julie Maroh’s first book, Blue is the Warmest Color, was a poignant take on young lesbian love that inspired the Palme d’Or–winning film. Maroh breaks out the full palette in her follow-up, ... Read More »

November 19, 2014 | Filed under: Graphica

Because I am a Girl: I Can Change the World

By Jen Albaugh; Rosemary McCarney

Both of these books feature beautiful faces on their covers. Because I am a Girl invites us in with a shyly smiling African child, dressed in colourful printed fabrics, her arm raised as though volunteering ... Read More »

November 19, 2014 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

Dreaming in Indian: Contemporary Native American Voices

By Lisa Charleyboy (ed.); Mary Beth Leatherdale (ed.)

November 19, 2014 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

Branching Out: How Trees are a Part of Our World

By Joan Marie Galat; Wendy Ding (illus.)

In her latest title for young readers, Edmonton author Joan Marie Galat creates non-fiction for children that demonstrates her passion for the subject matter as well as an understanding of what kids are interested in ... Read More »

November 19, 2014 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

Take Shelter: At Home Around the World

By Dani Tate-Stratton; Nikki Tate

More than 40 million people live in underground houses in China’s neighbouring Northern provinces of Shaanxi and Shanxi. To put that in perspective: Canada’s population is approaching 35 million. This is one of many fascinating ... Read More »

November 19, 2014 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

Bone Deep: A Peggy Henderson Adventure

By Gina McMurchy-Barber

The third, highly flawed, book in Gina McMurchy-Barber’s Peggy Henderson Adventure series moves the archaeologically themed action from land to sea. After touring the Vancouver Maritime Museum and meeting an enthusiastic young guide, 13-year-old Peggy, ... Read More »

November 19, 2014 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

When Everything Feels Like the Movies

By Raziel Reid

In When Everything Feels Like the Movies, DailyXtra.com columnist Raziel Reid tells the story of a genderqueer 15-year-old struggling to survive junior high. According to Jude, the school’s population can be divided into three categories: ... Read More »

November 19, 2014 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

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