Ocean Speaks: How Marie Tharp Revealed the Ocean’s Biggest Secret

When it comes to the current state of picture books, portrayals of important historical women are in ample supply. Three new titles communicate the impact of their subjects to young readers while taking a fresh ... Read More »

July 16, 2020 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

When Emily Was Small

By Lauren Soloy

July 16, 2020 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ Where Are You, Agnes?

By Tessa McWatt and Zuzanna Celej (ill.)

July 16, 2020 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Waiting Under Water

By Riel Nason

Waiting Under Water, a novel by Riel Nason, begins and ends with sea glass. When Hope was eight, she started making sea glass on the beach behind her house in St. David’s, a small town ... Read More »

July 13, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

The Imago Stage

By Karoline Georges; Rhonda Mullins (trans.)

The epigraph to Daniel J. Boorstin’s essential 1961 book The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America is a quote from the Swiss playwright Max Frisch: “Technology … the knack of so arranging the world ... Read More »

July 13, 2020 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

The Other Side

By Heather Camlot

The Other Side, the new middle-grade novel from Toronto writer (and frequent Q&Q contributor) Heather Camlot, begins with 12-year-old Liam discovering the body of a girl on the lakeshore near his grandfather’s house in Prince ... Read More »

July 9, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

The Diamond House

By Dianne Warren

How does one measure the worth of a life? By deeds done or money earned? The number of family and friends one holds close? Years lived? And how do these measurements differ when applied to ... Read More »

July 9, 2020 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

Speechless

By Anne Simpson

A novel about a white woman claiming to speak for a Black woman comes burdened with the pre-existing trope of the “white saviour complex,” a belief system rooted in colonization’s “civilizing” efforts of trade, religion, ... Read More »

July 6, 2020 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

The Mermaid Handbook: A Guide to the Mermaid Way of Life, Including Recipes, Folklore, and More

By Taylor Widrig and Briana Corr Scott (ill.)

Nova Scotia sea-vegetable advocate Taylor Widrig is hoping to lure a new generation into the depths with her debut book. Widrig opens with a series of eight brief mermaid folktales from around the world, including ... Read More »

July 6, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

★ Son of Happy

By Cary Fagan and Milan Pavlović (ill.)

This heartwarming story begins with a young boy begrudgingly attending a birthday party at his best friend Teddy’s house. Happy the Clown makes balloon animals for the guests – all except the mopey boy who ... Read More »

July 2, 2020 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

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Ocean Speaks: How Marie Tharp Revealed the Ocean’s Biggest Secret

When Emily Was Small

★ Where Are You, Agnes?

Waiting Under Water

The Imago Stage

The Other Side

The Diamond House

Speechless

The Mermaid Handbook: A Guide to the Mermaid Way of Life, Including Recipes, Folklore, and More

★ Son of Happy

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