BOOK REVIEWS

★ Nightmare Jones

By Shannon Bramer and Cindy Derby (ill.)

Shannon Bramer’s Nightmare Jones begins with a poem about the eponymous character who visits town with “a bit of blood on his shoe” and “a snag of branch in his hair,” setting the tone for a series ... Read More »

October 29, 2025 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Call Me Gray

By Andrew Larsen and Bells Larsen; Tallulah Fontaine (ill.)

Andrew Larsen’s latest picture book, Call Me Gray, was co-written with his child and musician Bells Larsen and illustrated by Tallulah Fontaine. This accessible picture book sensitively depicts the anxiety of coming out to a parent ... Read More »

October 22, 2025 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Qallupilluit: The Takers of Children

By Louise Flaherty and Neil Christopher; Megan Kyak-Monteith (ill.)

Set on Baffin Island, this young adult story begins with David and his parents arguing about both homework and housework. David, sick of quarrelling, runs off and decides to visit the beach during spring breakup, ... Read More »

October 15, 2025 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

★ As the Earth Dreams: Black Canadian Speculative Stories

By Terese Mason Pierre (ed.)

Ten contemporary Black writers show up boldly on the pages of a new anthology of short fiction, As the Earth Dreams: Black Canadian Speculative Stories. Traditionally published speculative fiction, with a few exceptions such as ... Read More »

October 8, 2025 | Filed under: Anthologies, Fiction: Short, Reviews

Time Surfers

By Kevin Sylvester

As its title suggests, time travel plays a major role in Kevin Sylvester’s latest middle-grade tale, and yet, like his 2024 award-winning time-travel story Apartment 713, Time Surfers also aims for more than merely a ... Read More »

October 8, 2025 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Bloodied Bodies, Bloody Landscapes: Settler Colonialism in Horror

By Laura Hall

Even the most ardent fans have a complex relationship with horror. The genre often deals in difficult subject matter, particularly the lived experiences of marginalized and traumatized characters, and opens up darker, and at times ... Read More »

October 1, 2025 | Filed under: Criticism & Essays, Indigenous Peoples, Media, Reviews

Sem’s Map

By Rebecca Thomas and Azby Whitecalf (ill.)

Sem’s Map by Mi’kmaw author Rebecca Thomas, with illustrations by Plains Cree artist Azby Whitecalf, introduces readers to ways of thinking about place names and maps that may be different from what they’re used to. ... Read More »

October 1, 2025 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Hemo Sapiens

By Emily A. Weedon

Early in Emily A. Weedon’s Hemo Sapiens, we are introduced to Luke Stockton, a no-nonsense homicide detective trying and failing to balance the impending birth of his first child with an increasingly complicated murder investigation. ... Read More »

September 24, 2025 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

Seabird

By Michelle Kadarusman

Governor General's Award finalist Michelle Kadarusman brings an inspiring tale that centres her proud Indonesian heritage in the historical middle grade retelling, Seabird. Readers are introduced to Raden Adjeng Kartini, a real 19th century female ... Read More »

September 24, 2025 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

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