BOOK REVIEWS

★ The Sour Cherry Tree

In Naseem Hrab’s picture book The Sour Cherry Tree, grief – an emotion profound in its universality – is depicted in the specific sadness of a young girl mourning the loss of her baba bozorg. ... Read More »

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

★ The Whisper on the Night Wind: The True History of a Wilderness Legend

By Adam Shoalts

Adam Shoalts’s latest book, ominously entitled The Whisper on the Night Wind, begins matter-of-factly with the author uncovering tales about a monster that once stalked the Melville Lake region of Labrador – in particular, the ... Read More »

November 3, 2021 | Filed under: History, Reviews

Growing Up Trans: In Our Own Words

By Dr. Lindsay Herriot; Kate Fry; (eds.)

An anthology written by and for trans youth, Growing Up Trans: In Our Own Words, is full of passionate, heartfelt works on themes from childhood to bodies to mental health. The collection – comprised of ... Read More »

November 2, 2021 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

Praying to the West: How Muslims Shaped the Americas

By Omar Mouallem

Writer, journalist, and filmmaker Omar Mouallem’s Praying to the West: How Muslims Shaped the Americas is a fascinating exploration of the many manifestations of Islam across cultures, traditions, communities, and political lines. Mouallem’s journey takes ... Read More »

November 1, 2021 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Reviews

★ Permanent Astonishment

By Tomson Highway

Shortlisted for the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction, Permanent Astonishment is playwright and novelist Tomson Highway’s brilliant, funny, beautiful account of his childhood in both Canada’s remote North and at the Guy Hill ... Read More »

October 29, 2021 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Native Peoples, Reviews

Avenue of Champions

By Conor Kerr

The debut short-story collection from Métis-Ukrainian writer and educator Conor Kerr, Avenue of Champions, is an account of disenfranchisement and displacement, both historical and contemporary. Its historical roots lie in the late 19th century, “when ... Read More »

October 27, 2021 | Filed under: Fiction: Short, Reviews

Chasing Bats and Tracking Rats: Urban Ecology, Community Science, and How We Share Our Cities

By Cylita Guy; Cornelia Li (ill.)

In her debut nonfiction children’s book, Chasing Bats and Tracking Rats: Urban Ecology, Community Science, and How We Share Our Cities, Toronto ecologist Cylita Guy encourages city kids to get outside, appreciate urban wildlife, and ... Read More »

October 26, 2021 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

All the Quiet Places

By Brian Thomas Isaac

Brian Thomas Isaac’s All the Quiet Places transports the reader across time and space to a, well, quiet corner of the Okanagan Indian Reserve in the southern Interior of British Columbia in 1956. There, six-year-old ... Read More »

October 26, 2021 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

★ Bread & Water

By Dee Hobsbawn-Smith

Food is memory: the snap of a spring pea, the sizzle of bacon, or the scent of freshly baked bread can evoke feelings and meaning in meals, whether they’re eaten alone or in the company ... Read More »

October 20, 2021 | Filed under: Food & Drink, Reviews

★ My Mad Hair Day

By Nathalie Dion

A child wrestles with big emotions caused by hair of tall-tale proportions in the first solo picture book by Montreal artist and Governor General’s Literary Award nominee Nathalie Dion. Malie has a hard time keeping ... Read More »

October 19, 2021 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

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