Astronomical Vision: PB’s Comet is Universal in Scope and Appeal
byAnother delightful and quirky picture book offering from Running the Goat Books & Broadsides, PB’s story is sure to charm young listeners
Reviews
Paul Carlucci’s Layered Stories of Life in a Northern Town
byIn The High-Rise in Fort Fierce, Carlucci’s characters are complex and his strength is that he captures how people can be capable of both love and unforgivable brutality
Haligonian Shauntay Grant Shares the Essence of a Place and its People in Africville
byLisa Doucet reviews Shauntay Grant’s Africville, which is a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award, Young People’s Literature – Illustrated Books
Anti-Bullying Lessons Valuable to All Ages
byThe Purple Frog by Angela Jeffreys, reviewed by Bobbi Pike
Trudi Johnson’s Family Secrets and Questions of Identity
byElizabeth Johnston reviews Trudi Johnson’s All Good Intentions: “The issue of identity—how we create a sense of it for ourselves in the present and how much of it is determined by those who have come before us—is one we all grapple with”
Lezlie Lowe Investigates the Universal Need For a Decent Public Washroom
byHer book confidently guides us through the mundane, disgusting, funny and ultimately fascinating world of public washrooms and their messy politics
Acadian Landmarks Across New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and PEI
byJo-Anne Elder reviews L’Acadie en baratte by Diane Carmel Léger (Bouton d’Or Acadie)