Claws of the Panda: Beijing’s Campaign of Influence and Intimidation in Canada

Recent events in the news have rendered Claws of the Panda, the new book by journalist Jonathan Manthorpe, even more timely and important than it might have been mere months ago. In the wake of ... Read More »

January 24, 2019 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs, Reviews

★ A Story about Cancer (with a Happy Ending)

By India Desjardins and Marianne Ferrer (ill.)

While India Desjardins and Marianne Ferrer’s story about cancer may not be a suspenseful one (see the title’s parenthesis), it is in no way predictable in its approach to the subject matter. It’s the story ... Read More »

January 24, 2019 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ Divided Loyalties

By Nilofar Shidmehr

“I arrive in Tehran two days after my brother called to inform me about Dad’s death,” says Maana Khanoom at the opening of the title story in the new collection by Iranian-Canadian poet and ... Read More »

January 21, 2019 | Filed under: Fiction: Short, Reviews

Gardening with Emma: Grow and  Have Fun

By Emma Biggs and Steven Biggs; Rob Hodgson (ill.)

Emma Biggs acquired her green thumb as a preschooler, watering plants and making mud stew in her dad’s Toronto garden. (Her dad is plant aficionado Steven Biggs, author of Grow Gardeners: Kid-Tested Gardening with Children). ... Read More »

January 21, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

Hell and Damnation: A Sinner’s Guide to Eternal Torment

By Marq de Villiers

In the movie Event Horizon, the crew of a rescue vessel is dispatched to the far reaches of space to investigate the eponymous ship, which vanished without a trace and has reappeared as mysteriously. It ... Read More »

January 17, 2019 | Filed under: History, Reviews

Skateboard Sibby

By Clare O'Connor

In two new middle-grade novels about modern tweendom – with LGBTQ themes – feisty young protagonists face grown-up problems with strength and conviction. Skateboard Sibby introduces readers to a self-assured 11-year-old girl who has been ... Read More »

January 14, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Sapphire the Great and the Meaning of Life

By Beverley Brenna; Tara Anderson (ill.)

January 14, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Crown of Feathers

By Nikki Pau Preto

Nicki Pau Preto’s debut fantasy, Crown of Feathers, opens 16 years after the fall of the legendary Phoenix Riders, fierce warriors who rode their mythical mounts into battle. The war saw two royal sisters battle ... Read More »

January 10, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Wings of Olympus

By Kallie George

Wings of Olympus is a combination of classic horse story, mythic fantasy, and meditation on the power of love. And once Kallie George’s adventure story finds its focus, it twines together fate, kindness, and horses ... Read More »

January 10, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Misfit: autistic. gay. immigrant. changemaker.

By Andreas Souvaliotis

“Why were [my employers] paying me for the amount of time and freedom I gave up to be at work each day instead of paying me for what I produced?” This sentence, the rallying cry ... Read More »

January 10, 2019 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Reviews

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