BOOK REVIEWS

Sea Snooze

By Sarabeth Holden and Emma Pedersen (ill.)

Convincing children to get ready for bed can be an adventure on its own, but the mother in Sea Snooze – also our narrator – is halfway there when the book begins. This richly illustrated ... Read More »

August 14, 2024 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Thyme Travellers: An Anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction

By Sonia Sulaiman (ed.)

In the introduction to Thyme Travellers: An Anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction, a collection of 14 stories by Palestinian writers from Canada and around the world, editor Sonia Sulaiman writes, “Whether you are a Palestinian ... Read More »

August 7, 2024 | Filed under: Fiction: Short, Reviews

Killing Shakespeare

By Koom Kankesan

Killing Shakespeare, the new young adult novel from Toronto writer and teacher Koom Kankesan, begins with a compelling premise: if presented with the opportunity to go back in time, what would three contemporary Scarborough teenagers ... Read More »

August 7, 2024 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

The Widow’s Guide to Dead Bastards

By Jessica Waite

We often turn to guides when things get out of hand or messy and we need something to lead us back to order. A guidebook can offer solutions for regaining control – a guide to ... Read More »

July 31, 2024 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Queer History A to Z: 100 Years of LGBTQ+ Activism

By Robin Stevenson and Vivian Rosas (ill.)

Using an alphabetical list format works well in Robin Stevenson’s latest, informational text, Queer History A to Z. Stevenson, a Stonewall Book Award–winning author, is a prolific chronicler of LGBTQ+-themed fiction and nonfiction for children. ... Read More »

July 31, 2024 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

★ Stasio

By Tamas Dobozy

Stasio, the brilliant and powerful new novel from prize-winning writer Tamas Dobozy (Siege 13, Ghost Geographies), opens with bloodshed. “The children were killed first,” the novel begins, with a brutal understatement that characterizes the book. ... Read More »

July 24, 2024 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

Pillow Talk

By Stephanie Cooke and Mel Valentine Vargas (ill.)

Pillow Talk offers a heartwarming and unique riff on Whip It–style girl power with the story of a fictional sports league, the Pillow Fight Federation (PFF). At its heart is Grace Mendes, a college student ... Read More »

July 24, 2024 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

★ SOS Water

By Yayo

In this fable-like picture book, Lalo, a sailor, meets a goldfish that is abandoned atop a pile of bulging, black plastic garbage bags on a sidewalk by the port. Striking up a conversation, Rosa confides ... Read More »

July 17, 2024 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Lockjaw

By Matteo L. Cerilli

Nothing bad ever happens in Bridlington, not under the watchful eye of police Captain Reilly and his model-citizen son, Caleb. No kids get hurt, ostracized, or killed, and those who dare say otherwise, like the ... Read More »

July 10, 2024 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

★ Art of Camouflage

By Sara Power

In her debut short story collection, Art of Camouflage, Sara Power explores what it means for women and girls to be at their lowest point, and how they can emerge from such depths. Through subtle ... Read More »

July 3, 2024 | Filed under: Fiction: Short, Reviews

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