BOOK REVIEWS

If Walls Could Speak: My Life in Architecture

While still an adolescent living in Israel, Moshe Safdie once received a report card in which his teacher wrote: “Moshe is unable to control his spirits.” Now, in his 80s, Safdie still cannot be contained, ... Read More »

November 22, 2022 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture, Memoir & Biography

★ Beautiful You, Beautiful Me

By Tasha Spillett-Sumner and Salini Perera (ill.)

Beautiful You, Beautiful Me is a vibrantly illustrated picture book written by award-winning Inninewak (Cree) and Trinidadian author Tasha Spillett-Sumner. The book follows Izzy, a young Black girl who worries about the differences between her ... Read More »

November 21, 2022 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ More Than Money: How Economic Inequality Affects Everything

By Hadley Dyer and Mitchell Bernard; Paul Gill (ill.)

Take a quick scroll through almost any Facebook comments section and one thing quickly becomes clear: the general population lacks a solid understanding of social and political structures, not to mention economics and personal finances. ... Read More »

November 16, 2022 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

What We Talk About When We Talk About Dumplings

By John Lorinc (ed.) and Meegan Lim (ill.); Karon Liu (intro.)

Sometimes when we talk about dumplings, we argue. What We Talk About When We Talk About Dumplings is a collection of essays from journalists, food historians, and other writers for whom dumplings are a ... Read More »

November 15, 2022 | Filed under: Criticism & Essays, Food & Drink

I’m the Girl

By Courtney Summers

Since the death of their mother to cancer, 16-year-old Georgia Avis has been living with her older brother for more than a year and doing whatever it takes to make ends meet. She dreams of ... Read More »

November 15, 2022 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

In the Key of Dale

By Benjamin Lefebvre

Sixteen-year-old Dale Cardigan is a musical prodigy, plain and simple. He aced his latest Royal Conservatory exam. He plays the organ at the local church for pocket money. He plays piano at his lesbian friends’ ... Read More »

November 14, 2022 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

In the Name of Wild: One Family, Five Years, Ten Countries, and a New Vision of Wildness

By Phillip and April Vannini with Autumn Vannini

“Wild” and “wildness” have been used, and overused, to describe everything from adventure parks to cosmetics companies, and because of this it has become a challenge to define the words. Wilderness depicted in overhead ... Read More »

November 9, 2022 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment, Travel

My Indian Summer

By Joseph Kakwinokanasum

Family doesn’t always mean blood, and blood doesn’t always mean family – 12-year-old Hunter, who is desperate to follow his older sister out of the tiny British Columbia town of Red Rock and escape his ... Read More »

November 9, 2022 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Water Love

By Natalie Hodgson and Rajean Willis; Sahle Robinson (ill.)

The “giver of life” characteristic of water is proverbial. Yet for many people of African descent, particularly those in the diaspora, the water we swim in carries a darker history of enslavement and death. It ... Read More »

November 9, 2022 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Rain Rising

By Courtne Comrie

Rain idolizes her 18-year-old brother, Xander (or as she likes to call him, X). Both intelligent and athletic, X has a scholarship to attend an elite high school where he plays on the football team ... Read More »

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

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