Vaunda Micheaux Nelson’s excellent book "Small Shoes, Great Strides" covers how, in November of 1960, Leona Tate, Gail Etienne, and Tessie Prevost made history by going to first grade—as the first Black students at a public school in... Read More

The mother of a transgender child grows to accept her son in Élodie Durand’s graphic novel "Transitions". Anne is a biology researcher. With her husband, she raises their two boys plus her child from her previous marriage. Then... Read More

Written for those who have been trapped by fear-based high-control religions, the self-help book "When Religion Hurts You" points the way to freedom. Laura E. Anderson survived long-term religious abuse herself. Here, she indicts... Read More

As if plucked from dreamscapes, the swirling paint illustrations of this picture book will sweep children away into a magical tale about the power of books. A curious bear sets out in search of a place to belong, bringing only her copy... Read More

In their exciting speculative book "How We Ended Racism", Justin Williams and Shelly Tygielski envision a future in which racism is unknown. Born of the need to do more than just talk about their despair and outrage over COVID-19 and the... Read More

"Red Harvest" is a gripping historical graphic novel covering the oppression and starvation of Ukrainian farmers under Soviet rule. Framed by the memories of Mykola, a Ukrainian immigrant to Canada, the book recounts Josef Stalin’s... Read More

In Shannon Takaoka’s charming novel "The Totally True Story of Gracie Byrne", a struggling girl finds a magical journal that lets her rewrite her own life. In 1987—a period captured via references to music, fashion, and... Read More

"Five Hieroglyphs" is an entertaining mystery novel in which a sensitive teenager comes into his own during a fortuitous trip to Egypt. In Stephen T. Person’s engrossing mystery novel "Five Hieroglyphs", a teenage blogger who is... Read More