January 30, 2017 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction
Stay Silent is the second book in Clockwise Press’s Arrivals, a series of narrative non-fiction that share the stories of immigrants and refugees. Author Natalie Hyde tells the story of Paola Gomez, a woman from ... Read More »
In a year when immigration to Canada has reached its highest levels since 1971, and as political talk south of the border focuses heavily on stemming the flow of newcomers, Susan Hughes’s latest book for ... Read More »
December 8, 2016 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction
A new picture book from multiple-award-winning author Marsha Skrypuch and renowned illustrator Brian Deines tells the story of a young boy’s remarkable escape from Vietnam in the early 1980s. The book opens with six-year-old Tuan ... Read More »
December 6, 2016 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books
For her debut children’s title, Toronto author and journalist Katherine Ashenburg returns to the subject of cleanliness, which she first explored in her 2007 adult non-fiction title, The Dirt on Clean: An Unsanitized History. All ... Read More »
November 1, 2016 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction
Like your typical zombie, the concept of Toronto author Helaine Becker’s new book is a no-brainer: take a half-dozen of the most gruesome monsters from movies, myths, and legends, and spell out their scientific plausibility. ... Read More »
October 26, 2016 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction
In the battle of the sexes, there is no denying that women have traditionally come out on the losing side. And since history, as the saying goes, is written by the victors, it’s not surprising ... Read More »
October 25, 2016 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction
Sungju Lee was born in Pyongyang, North Korea. He had an idyllic childhood with a good home, a bright future, and parents who cared deeply for him. But as he describes in his memoir (written ... Read More »
October 13, 2016 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction
In her wide-ranging examination of the world of women’s professional sports, author and sports journalist Kristina Rutherford details the many struggles female professional athletes face. She takes readers through history to the present, showing how ... Read More »
September 29, 2016 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction
In her latest book, Vancouver author Marilee Peters looks closely at the concept of restorative justice. She provides convincing examples of why and how society can move away from the narrative of punishment as the ... Read More »
August 22, 2016 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction
Microbiology might seem like a complex subject to broach with middle-graders, but in her new book, Claire Eamer (winner of the 2013 Lane Anderson Award for science writing in Canada) succeeds in explaining the basics ... Read More »
July 4, 2016 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books