BOOK REVIEWS

Hold That Thought!

By Bree Galbraith; Lynn Scurfield (ill.)

Plenty of picture books teach young children how to share toys, but Hold That Thought! by British Columbian writer Bree Galbraith and Ontario-based illustrator Lynn Scurfield aims to demonstrate how kids can share ideas. The ... Read More »

August 18, 2021 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

The Singing Forest

By Judith McCormack

The passage of time can shroud awareness of past horrors. What then happens when an atrocity is unearthed decades after the fact? Judith McCormack’s latest novel, The Singing Forest, confronts this question. Two Belarusian boys ... Read More »

August 17, 2021 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

The Hill

By Ali Bryan

For more than 60 years, girls have lived in peace on the Hill, an island shaped like a girl resting on her side. Sent by the mysterious Colony, they arrive in boats as infants and ... Read More »

August 16, 2021 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

A Womb in the Shape of a Heart: My Story of Miscarriage and Motherhood

By Joanne Gallant

Being human means being made up of countless invisible, uncontrollable processes: muscles contracting, neurons firing, cells dividing. Each of these processes has the potential to go catastrophically wrong, and many of us carry in us ... Read More »

August 11, 2021 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Reviews

The Wild Ones

By Nafiza Azad

Nafiza Azad’s sophomore novel, The Wild Ones, is a powerful, unapologetically feminist YA fantasy. “We have the temerity to be not just women, but women of color,” the eponymous group declares. “We will not be ... Read More »

August 10, 2021 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

The Weight of Sand: My 450 Days Held Hostage in the Sahara

By Edith Blais; Katia Grubisic (trans.)

In December 2018, Canadian Edith Blais vanished. The 34-year-old had been travelling for some time with her Italian companion, Luca Tacchetto, on their way to pursue a volunteer work opportunity in Togo. Then, while driving ... Read More »

August 10, 2021 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Reviews

Fired Up about Consent

By Sarah Ratchford

Sarah Ratchford, a feminist, journalist, and author from New Brunswick, hopes their new survivor-informed nonfiction book, Fired Up about Consent, will help young people “learn to have healthy, mutually satisfying sex lives.” Divided into four ... Read More »

July 15, 2021 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

Feel Ways: A Scarborough Anthology

By Adrian De Leon; Natasha Ramoutar; Téa Mutonji; eds.

In the anthology Changing the Face of Canadian Literature (Guernica Editions), editor Dane Swan discusses the diversity and breadth of Canadian literature, writing in the preface: “Congratulations Canada, you finally have a literature that looks ... Read More »

July 14, 2021 | Filed under: Anthologies, Reviews

Us, Now: Stories from the Quilted Collective

By Ayse Sule Akinturk et al.

July 14, 2021 | Filed under: Anthologies, Reviews

★ Hello, Rain!

By Kyo Maclear and Chris Turnham (ill.)

In rhymes and books for children, rain tends to be a source of ennui or disappointment – an unwelcome event requiring the rejigging of plans. Rain is commanded to go away and come again another ... Read More »

July 13, 2021 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

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