Category: cultural

STOLEN WORDS

STOLEN WORDS shows how words reconnect us with people, with culture, with our home language, and with our most precious childhood memories. This simple but stunning picture book was written by Melanie Florence, Illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard, and published by…

HANNAH’S JOURNEY by Carmen Peone

Crazy about horses? How about horse-racing? More specifically, wild racing – cross-country, with few rules and any pushing, shoving or pulling someone off their galloping steed is fair game. HANNAH’S JOURNEY by Carmen Peone is a book any horsewoman of…

Shadow Warrior by Tanya Lloyd Kyi

What’s cooler than girl ninjas? An actual historical female ninja and her cohort of female spies…. Shadow Warrior by Tanya Lloyd Kyi and illustrated by Celia Krampien (Annick Press) covers the historical (and possibly mythical) basis for stories about a…

PRINCESS SOPHIE AND THE SIX SWANS

PRINCESS SOPHIE AND THE SIX SWANS A fable from the Brothers Grimm, retold and illustrated by Kim Jacobs, is a tale about loyalty and perseverance, an old tale retold with simplicity and beauty. Illustrations are a gentle sweep of color…