BOOK REVIEWS

★ Sandy Toes: A Summer Adventure

By Shauntay Grant and Candice Bradley (ill.)

In this well-crafted picture book, a little Black boy and his sister enjoy a perfect day at the beach with their parents. They splash in the surf, play in the sand, chase after a kite, ... Read More »

May 10, 2023 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Egyptian Lullaby

By Zeena M. Pliska and Hatem Aly (ill.)

Everything changes for a young girl when her dad’s Auntie Fatma comes for a visit from Egypt. Fatma has brought with her memories of a place that the girl once considered home. The constant Arabic ... Read More »

May 8, 2023 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ Above Discovery

By Jennifer Falkner

“Because one half of me is my mother, I know she too would stand at the edge,” the narrator of “Climbing Mt. Sinai” thinks, as she gazes up at the fabled mountain. Across her debut ... Read More »

May 3, 2023 | Filed under: Fiction: Short, Reviews

★ The Trauma Beat: A Case for Re-Thinking the Business of Bad News

By Tamara Cherry

Hours after Kim Hancox learned that her husband, Toronto Detective Constable Bill Hancox, had been stabbed to death while on duty, reporters and camera crews began massing on her front lawn. They knocked on her ... Read More »

May 3, 2023 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture, Media, Memoir & Biography, Reviews

Green Papayas

By Nhung N. Tran-Davies and Gillian Newland (ill.)

Told from the perspective of a young child who visits their dying grandmother in the hospital, Green Papayas is the story of a family across generations and oceans. As the child and their mother and ... Read More »

May 3, 2023 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Sixties Girl

By MaryLou Driedger

When scheduling demands dictate that 11-year-old Will Sanders will have to spend Wednesday afternoons at his grandmother’s apartment, the last thing he wants to do is tell his friends. At his old school, knowledge that ... Read More »

May 1, 2023 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Old Gods

By Conor Kerr

Delving into his Métis heritage, Conor Kerr explores the collision of the natural and human-made worlds in his second book of poetry, Old Gods. The overall tone of the collection is anger, softened slightly by ... Read More »

April 26, 2023 | Filed under: Indigenous Peoples, Poetry, Reviews

If It Gets Quiet Later On, I Will Make a Display

By Nick Thran

If It Gets Quiet Later On, I Will Make a Display, the wonderfully odd new collection from Fredericton writer, editor, and poet Nick Thran, is ostensibly rooted in the world of bookstores and booksellers, but ... Read More »

April 26, 2023 | Filed under: Anthologies, Criticism & Essays, Fiction: Short, Memoir & Biography, Poetry, Reviews

★ Funeral Songs for Dying Girls

By Cherie Dimaline

Métis author Cherie Dimaline blends horror, humour, and romance in the poignant YA novel Funeral Songs for Dying Girls. Winifred Blight and her dad live in a small apartment over the Winterson Cemetery crematorium with ... Read More »

April 26, 2023 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Garden Wonders: A Guidebook for Little Green Thumbs

By Sarah Grindler

Young readers will find inspiration and tips for starting their own garden in Garden Wonders, which addresses the different elements a novice gardener will need to consider. It literally begins from the ground up, starting ... Read More »

April 24, 2023 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

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