Come Back to Earth, Esther!

The title character in Come Back to Earth, Esther! is often admonished for having her head in the clouds. Though she is an “ordinary girl” who loves jumping rope and chocolate spread, her heart belongs ... Read More »

December 9, 2019 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

From Where I Stand: Rebuilding Indigenous Nations for a Stronger Canada

By Jody Wilson-Raybould

Jody Wilson-Raybould’s career has included many posts in law and political office, including being the first Indigenous person to serve as minister of justice and attorney general of Canada. In From Where I Stand: Rebuilding ... Read More »

December 9, 2019 | Filed under: Criticism & Essays, Reviews

Gorgeous War: The Branding War Between the Third Reich and the United States

By Tim Blackmore

In his new book, author Tim Blackmore compares the way Germany and the U.S. branded themselves during the Second World War. One country was an evil dictatorship; the other a celebrated democracy. Given this reality, ... Read More »

December 5, 2019 | Filed under: History, Reviews

Fatherless: A Memoir

By Keith Maillard

Keith Maillard never knew his father. He was just a baby when his parents split up, and he grew up with the same two stories from his mother: “‘He was a good dancer,’ was the ... Read More »

December 5, 2019 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Reviews

Voice of Rebellion: How Mozhdah Jamalzadah Brought Hope to Afghanistan

By Roberta Staley

Singer and media personality Mozhdah Jamalzadah brought a vibrant personality and fresh cultural lens to citizens in Afghanistan by way of The Mozhdah Show, an Oprah-style television program that aired in the country during the ... Read More »

December 2, 2019 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Reviews

★ Little Blue Encyclopedia (for Vivian)

By Hazel Jane Plante

The debut novel from Hazel Jane Plante is not easily categorizable. Little Blue Encyclopedia (for Vivian) is an unapologetically original amalgamation of many disparate elements: a rough draft of an encyclopedia cataloguing a fictional television ... Read More »

December 2, 2019 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

Possess the Air: Love, Heroism, and the Battle for the Soul of Mussolini’s Rome

By Taras Grescoe

In Possess the Air, author Taras Grescoe takes us on a tour of Rome in the early years of fascist Italy. While the main focus is on people who resisted, the unexpected character is the ... Read More »

December 2, 2019 | Filed under: History

What’s Up, Maloo?

By Geneviève Godbout

Pits of despair and intense euphoria feel wildly different, although both can disconnect us from reality. Two new picture books, one about the lowest low and one about the highest high, examine how easy it ... Read More »

November 28, 2019 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ King Mouse

By Cary Fagan and Dena Seiferling (ill.)

November 28, 2019 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ When Molly Drew Dogs

By Deborah Kerbel and Lis Xu (ill.)

Anxiety comes in all shapes and sizes. For Molly Akita – the protagonist in Deborah Kerbel’s new picture book – it takes the form of a pack of stray dogs running wild in her head, ... Read More »

November 25, 2019 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

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