BOOK REVIEWS

★ The Line in the Sand

The Line in the Sand by Toronto author-illustrator Thao Lam is a wordless picture book that speaks volumes about how conflict can arise from misconstrued communication and mistaken perspectives. A seven-eyed, squid-like being blithely wanders ... Read More »

December 12, 2022 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

By Zoulfa Katouh

Zoulfa Katouh’s As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow begins in a supermarket in the Syrian city of Homs. Salama Kassab, the protagonist, buys everything the supermarket has to offer – three shrivelled lemons and ... Read More »

December 7, 2022 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Welcome, Dark

By Charis St. Pierre and Rachel Wada (ill.)

Calling to mind the quiet, restrained loveliness of picture books such as The Night Is Deep and Wide and Before Morning, Charis St. Pierre and Rachel Wada bring readers Welcome, Dark. In the genre of ... Read More »

December 5, 2022 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

The Power of Story: On Truth, the Trickster, and New Fictions for a New Era

By Harold R. Johnson

“Come sit by the fire” has long been an invitation to hear a story, to gather as a community as the light dims to listen and learn together. Two of our master storytellers, Harold R. ... Read More »

November 30, 2022 | Filed under: Criticism & Essays, Native Peoples, Reference

Laughing with the Trickster: On Sex, Death, and Accordions

By Tomson Highway

November 30, 2022 | Filed under: Criticism & Essays, Native Peoples, Reference

Cocoa Magic

By Sandra Bradley and Gabrielle Grimard (ill.)

Cocoa Magic is a gentle, nostalgic story that uses chocolate as a metaphor for caring and generosity. Daniel, the nephew of the Cocoa King of 1920s Charlottetown, begins each day by helping his uncle in ... Read More »

November 30, 2022 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ Night of the Raven, Dawn of the Dove

By Rati Mehrotra

Young bodyguard Katyani bears the responsibility of protecting the kingdom of Chandela’s royal line – a weighty enough task to shoulder even without monsters lurking at every turn and an inescapable life-debt she doesn’t truly ... Read More »

November 28, 2022 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Isolated Incident

By Mariam Pirbhai

An anonymous individual approaches a nondescript storefront in a strip mall in Toronto’s Rexdale neighbourhood that houses a mosque. They smash its windows, its entrance door, and dent the sign above it. With red ... Read More »

November 23, 2022 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Late, Great Endlings: Stories of the Last Survivors

By Deborah Kerbel and Aimée van Drimmelen (ill.)

An endling is the last known surviving individual animal of a species. Sadly, as the Earth enters its sixth mass extinction, there are now more than enough endlings to inspire an entire book. The Late, ... Read More »

November 23, 2022 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

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