What the Snakes Wrote

By Hazel Hutchins; Tina Holdcroft, illus.

Dislike is too strong a word to describe my reaction to Hazel Hutchins’ What the Snakes Wrote; ambivalence may be better. There’s nothing wrong with the book, but there’s nothing particularly right about it either. ... Read More »

February 21, 2013 | Filed under: Picture Books

Little Jack Horner Live from the Corner

By Helaine Becker; Mike Boldt,illus.

Jack Horner ventures into the limelight when he enters a talent show. The aspiring musician exudes a retro hipster vibe with his frilly collar and cuffs, knickers, and horn-rimmed glasses. Jack’s song choice, however, proves ... Read More »

February 21, 2013 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Other Side of Midnight: Taxicab Stories

By Mike Heffernan

Newfoundland writer Mike Heffernan seems to be documenting the experiences of his home province’s working class one book at a time. His first was the best-selling Rig: An Oral History of the Ocean Ranger Disaster, ... Read More »

February 21, 2013 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Honour on Trial: The Shafia Murders and the Culture of Honour Killings

By Paul Schliesmann

Listening to the tragic news story in the summer of 2009, it was clear that something was very wrong. A car containing the bodies of four women had been found submerged in a lock station ... Read More »

February 21, 2013 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Liquor, Lust and the Law: The Story of Vancouver’s Penthouse Nightclub

By Aaron Chapman

Contrary to what the Chamber of Commerce would have you believe, the three most important cultural institutions in Vancouver are MacLeod’s Books, the Sylvia Hotel, and the Penthouse Nightclub. Aaron Chapman’s lively history of the ... Read More »

February 21, 2013 | Filed under: History

The Metro Dogs of Moscow

By Rachelle Delaney

Cosseted, purebred family dogs, going on “walkies” dressed in little coats, apparently long with all their hearts to be stray mutts – to be lean and scruffy, to have tough, ill-mannered, inappropriate friends, to live ... Read More »

February 21, 2013

Every Wolf’s Howl

By Barry Grills

The well-meaning among us who adopt a dog from a shelter have, at one point or another, all experienced the nagging doubt that we can actually take full responsibility for that beast in the cage. ... Read More »

February 21, 2013 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

★ War Brothers: The Graphic Novel

By Sharon E. McKay; Daniel Lafrance, illus.

Adapted from her 2009 novel of the same name, Prince Edward Island author Sharon E. McKay’s graphic novel version of War Brothers, illustrated by Daniel Lafrance, is a harrowing journey into the heart of an ... Read More »

February 21, 2013

★ If You Hold a Seed

By Elly MacKay

This touching, romantic debut, written and illustrated by Elly MacKay, presents a story about the life cycle of birth, growth, and renewal through simple text and atmospheric illustrations. A young boy plants a seed near ... Read More »

February 21, 2013 | Filed under: Picture Books

Soldier of Christ: The Life of Pope Pius XII

By Robert A. Ventresca

The papacy of Pius XII (1939–’58) will forever be viewed through the lens of the Holocaust, in particular his refusal to publicly condemn German actions against the Jews during the war. However, historian Robert Ventresca ... Read More »

February 21, 2013 | Filed under: History

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