BOOK REVIEWS

The Best Way to Get Your Way

By Tanya Lloyd Kyi and Chanelle Nibbelink (ill.)

The Best Way to Get Your Way by Vancouver author Tanya Lloyd Kyi is a rousing introduction to the art of debate and offers a crash course in critical thinking. Pairs of fictional tween speakers ... Read More »

May 31, 2023 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

The Most Beautiful Thing I Have Ever Seen

By Nadia Devi Umadat and Christine Wei (ill.)

A little girl moves from her war-torn home country, location unnamed, to live in a place she’s never been before. After arriving, the girl, her mother, and her sister all adjust to life in a ... Read More »

May 29, 2023 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Tracking Giants: Big Trees, Tiny Triumphs, and Misadventures in the Forest

By Amanda Lewis

When Amanda Lewis, a burnt-out book editor, and “completionist,” set out to visit all the Champion trees in British Columbia, she was also tracking something lost during a “difficult” relationship with her goal-and-checklist life. Academic ... Read More »

May 24, 2023 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Science, Technology & Environment

The Secret Pocket

By Peggy Janicki and Carrielynn Victor (ill.)

With her ‘Utsoo (grandmother), ‘Utsiyan (grandfather), and other family members, Mary reminisces about the wonderful times in her early childhood of feeling loved and cherished. This was before she, along with her sister and her ... Read More »

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

The Care and Keeping of Grandmas

By Jennifer Mook-Sang and Yong Ling Kang (ill.)

After decades of decline, multi-generational households are on the rise in North America. In part the result of the crazily high cost of living, this trend, in Canada at least, is also due to an ... Read More »

May 17, 2023 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

The Melancholy of Summer

By Louisa Onomé

With her latest YA contemporary novel, The Melancholy of Summer, Louisa Onomé continues her streak of books that should be made immediately into teen movies. The parents of Nigerian Canadian Summer Uzoma, 17, have disappeared, ... Read More »

May 15, 2023 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Fire Weather: The Making of a Beast

By John Vaillant

Early on in Fire Weather: The Making of a Beast, John Vaillant makes one thing very clear – “there has never been a better time to be a fire.” The latest book from the ... Read More »

May 10, 2023 | Filed under: History, Reviews, Science, Technology & Environment

★ 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

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