BOOK REVIEWS

Meranda and the Legend of the Lake

Family secrets, fantastical beings, and authentic identities rise to the surface in Meranda and the Legend of the Lake, an absorbing middle-grade novel by Calgary-based debut author and pediatric intensive care physician Meagan Mahoney. The ... Read More »

January 18, 2022 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

★ Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century

By Kim Fu

Kim Fu has always revealed a distinct creative vision. Her books – including For Today I Am a Boy, winner of the Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction – are marvels of craftsmanship and daring. ... Read More »

January 17, 2022 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Friends Are Friends, Forever

By Dane Liu and Lynn Scurfield; ill.

From Andrea Wang and Jason Chin’s Watercress to Thao Lam’s The Paper Boat to Chris Naylor-Ballesteros’s The Suitcase, explorations of the immigrant experience with messages about sharing kindness and the importance of love have found ... Read More »

January 12, 2022 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

★ Our Little Secret

By Emily Carrington

Emily Carrington’s debut graphic memoir is a deeply affecting and incisive examination of her experiences of childhood sexual abuse. The illustrated format allows for increased emotional impact in a story that is often difficult to ... Read More »

January 11, 2022 | Filed under: Graphica, Memoir & Biography, Reviews

#BlackInSchool

By Habiba Cooper Diallo

#BlackInSchool, the debut book by author and women’s health advocate Habiba Cooper Diallo, is a damning nonfiction account of the systemic anti-Black racism she observed and experienced during her last three years at a high ... Read More »

January 10, 2022 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

★ When We Lost Our Heads

By Heather O'Neill

In 1967, when Australian author Joan Lindsay’s now-iconic novel Picnic at Hanging Rock was first released, many readers were convinced that her story about a group of female boarding school students who go missing on ... Read More »

January 7, 2022 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The End of Craving: Recovering the Lost Wisdom of Eating Well

By Mark Schatzker

It’s been challenging to read during this global pandemic; I’ve lost my attention span for anything beyond a long-form essay or some short stories, so when I was asked to review two books about “the ... Read More »

January 5, 2022 | Filed under: Food & Drink, Reviews

Shelter: Homelessness in Our Community

By Lois Peterson; Taryn Gee (ill.)

This Orca Think nonfiction book aimed at middle-grade readers is an important and well-intentioned guide to homelessness that provides facts and statistics from across the United States and Canada. Peterson explains the root causes of ... Read More »

January 5, 2022 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

The Next Supper: The End of  Restaurants as We Knew Them,  and What Comes After

By Corey Mintz

January 4, 2022 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs, Reviews

My Words Flew Away like Birds

By Debora Pearson; Shrija Jain (ill.)

Toronto children’s author and librarian Debora Pearson offers a child’s-eye view of the challenges of moving to a new place in My Words Flew Away like Birds. Pearson, who works with newcomer families daily as ... Read More »

January 4, 2022 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

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