BOOK REVIEWS

So-Called Normal: A Memoir of Family, Depression, and Resilience

At 12 years old, Mark Henick knew he had mental-health issues: anxiety, depression, insomnia, and suicidal thoughts. At 15, he tried to kill himself. For those familiar with Henick’s wildly popular 2013 TEDx Talk, the ... Read More »

February 25, 2021 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Reviews

★ Annie and the Wolves

By Andromeda Romano Lax

The new novel from Vancouver Island writer Andromeda Romano-Lax, begins with something of a familiar premise: a struggling academic comes into possession of previously unknown archival materials relating to her subject of study, with life-changing ... Read More »

February 25, 2021 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

The Beekeepers: How Humans Changed the World of Bumble Bees

By Dana L. Church

There are many conflicting theories out there on how to nurture future generations of conservationists. The belief in exposing kids to animals in captivity at zoos and marine parks is now widely disputed by animal-welfare ... Read More »

February 25, 2021 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

The Third Man: Churchill, Roosevelt, Mackenzie King, and the Untold  Friendships That Won WWII

By Neville Thompson

The diaries of Canada’s 10th prime minister, William Lyon Mackenzie King, have been used to analyze Canada at a critical time in its history, as well as his own politics and personal life. Neville Thompson, ... Read More »

February 22, 2021 | Filed under: History, Reviews

Sully, Messed Up

By Stephanie Simpson McLellan

The debut middle-grade novel from award-winning picture-book writer Stephanie Simpson McLellan, Sully, Messed Up, begins with a Kafka-esque flourish. Thirteen-year-old Sullivan Brewster – Sully to his friends – wakes on the first morning of Grade ... Read More »

February 22, 2021 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

White Coal City:  A Memoir of Place and Family

By Robert Boschman

A deeply considered life might be laid out as a map, or a series of markings meant to keep record; White Coal City is a memoir made up of many significant moments, historical details, and ... Read More »

February 18, 2021 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Reviews

The Big Bad Wolf in My House

By Valérie Fontaine and Nathalie Dion (ill.); Shelley Tanaka (trans.)

In 2018, almost 19,000 children in Canada were victims of violent acts perpetrated by a family member. The Big Bad Wolf in My House, by Quebec duo Valérie Fontaine and Nathalie Dion (in an English ... Read More »

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

Her Name Was Margaret:  Life and Death on the Streets

By Denise Davy

In January 1993, Denise Davy met a woman whose brief acquaintance would shape the next two-and-a-half decades of her life. Davy, then a reporter for the Hamilton Spectator, was spending the night at a shelter ... Read More »

February 11, 2021 | Filed under: History, Reviews

Kimmy & Mike

By Dave Paddon and Lily Snowden-Fine (ill.)

Recitations are a centuries-old oral storytelling tradition in Newfoundland and Labrador – tall tales and unknown histories connecting community and place, past and present. In Kimmy & Mike, author, storyteller, and former pilot Dave Paddon ... Read More »

February 11, 2021 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

The Rock from the Sky

By Jon Klassen

In his beloved Hat Trilogy, Jon Klassen won young readers over by making them feel like insiders: they always knew more than his flawed animal characters did. The bear in I Want My Hat Back, ... Read More »

February 8, 2021 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

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