Thomas Neill Cream’s early life was uneventful – born in Scotland in 1850 and raised in Quebec City – and he progressed through medical school at McGill and in Great Britain; he then worked in ... Read More »
Toronto journalist Julia De Laurentiis Johnston’s biographies of intrepid women celebrates a refreshingly diverse group of accomplished trailblazers from around the world and throughout history. The succinct and spirited entries are organized into five sections: ... Read More »
June 29, 2021 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books
What Strange Paradise, the powerful new novel from Omar El Akkad, begins with a stark and disturbingly familiar image: “The child lies on the shore. All around him the beach is littered with the wreckage ... Read More »
June 28, 2021 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews
Over a year into a global pandemic that continues to shape our daily lives, this new middle-grade graphic novel from Whitney Gardner takes a timely look at what it means to be kept apart from ... Read More »
June 24, 2021 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books
Marginalized people in her orbit might picture Cheri DiNovo as a pollinating bee, buzzing from one bloom to the next, never in a straight line. The more comfortable and powerful people who are challenged by ... Read More »
June 23, 2021 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Reviews
The summer after high school is innately a period of transition, but most graduates teetering on the precipice of adulthood face far less harrowing circumstances than Charlotte Romer. The Last Time I Saw Her, a ... Read More »
June 22, 2021 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books
Shortly after finishing her PhD, finding herself “burnt out and restless,” Alison Dean convinced a friend to go to a kickboxing class with her at a neighbourhood gym. Both were new to the practice – ... Read More »
June 21, 2021 | Filed under: Reviews, Sports, Health & Self-help
The only kid at Eagle Shores Trailer Park in 1978, 11-year-old Truly is persuaded into opening a lemonade stand by her neighbour and grandmother figure, Andy El, so she has something to keep her occupied. ... Read More »
June 17, 2021 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books
Man at the Airport is a testament to the power of one man’s quest for asylum, and how social media has the ability to harness that power – but this book is much more than ... Read More »
June 16, 2021 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Reviews
There has been a welcome boom in children’s nonfiction and biographical picture books over recent years. It is terrific to not only see more sports biographies being published but also iconic athletes and trailblazers of ... Read More »
June 15, 2021 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books
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