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Listen to the Squawking Chicken: When Mother Knows Best, What’s a Daughter to Do? A Memoir (Sort Of) by Elaine Lui

02 Dec, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Audio, Canadian, Canadian Asian Pacific American, Chinese American, Hong Kongese, Memoir, Nonfiction

Toronto-based Elaine Lui, better known as Lainey, has built one of the most powerful careers in entertainment by harvesting gossip; her immensely successful blog, LaineyGossips, is a leading industry standard, she's seen regularly on Canadian screens (and beyond) as a reporter for etalk and co-host...

Gustave by Rémy Simard, illustrated by Pierre Pratt, translated by Shelley Tanaka

12 Oct, by SIBookDragon in Canadian, Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific

As much as Gustave tends toward dark (both in illustrations and initial narrative content), it's even more so about hope ...

Even More Bad Parenting Advice by Guy Delisle, translated by Helge Dascher

10 Oct, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Canadian, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Memoir, Nonethnic-specific, Translation

Even when we old folks have only the noblest intentions, our parenting skills don't always live up to the 'skill' part, ahem. Canadian French comic master Guy Delisle humorously mines his own follies, and gives us the perfect opportunity to keep laughing with him, and even more...

Don’t by Litsa Trochatos, illustrated by Virginia Johnson

04 Oct, by SIBookDragon in Canadian, Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific

If you like to giggle and guffaw – and really, who doesn't?! – have I got a book for you! "Don't start a food fight with an octopus." Why? Well ...

Jellaby: The Lost Monster and Jellaby: Monster in the City by Kean Soo, foreword by Kazu Kibuishi (Lost) and Raina Telgemeier (City)

19 Sep, by SIBookDragon in Canadian, Canadian Asian Pacific American, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Middle Grade Readers

While her classmates are book reporting on Dr. Seuss, Portia chooses more precocious fare: "Reason and Emotion: Classical and Romantic Philosophies in Tom Stoppard's Arcadia"! So maybe exploring "contrast between logic and emotion" doesn't exactly endear her to the other 10-year-old kids. And even if the teacher recognizes...

Shoplifter by Michael Cho

12 Sep, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Canadian, Canadian Asian Pacific American, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Korean American

Aaarrrggghhh! These days, I seem to be in the wrong place all the time. Lucky DC-area folks: Do NOT NOT NOT miss Canadian Korean graphic artist Michael Cho at SPX 2014: Small Press Expo in Bethesda, Maryland, tomorrow and Sunday, September 13 and 14, 2014. Make your...

The Lion and the Bird by Marianne Dubuc, translated by Claudia Z. Bedrick

11 Sep, by SIBookDragon in Canadian, Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Translation

Fall is upon us once again, and Lion is out in his garden, raking leaves, turning soil, getting ready for the winter ahead. "Oh! Poor little thing!" he notices: Bird has fallen from the sky, his wing broken. Bandaged and revived, Bird watches as his flock...

The Blind Boy & the Loon retold by Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, illustrated by Alethea Arnaquq-Baril and Daniel Gies

28 Aug, by SIBookDragon in Canadian, Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Native American/First Nations/Indigenous Peoples

"This is the story of a cruel mother, her daughter, and her blind son." That 'cruel' is fair warning that this is not a happily-ever-after fairy tale. It is, however, "one of the most ancient and commonly told [stories] in Inuit history," filmmaker/creator Alethea Arnaquq-Baril writes in...

Mr. Frank by Irene Luxbacher

05 Aug, by SIBookDragon in Absolute Favorites, Canadian, Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific

Canadian author/artist Irene Luxbacher found the inspiration for her latest title from her own "childhood memories of watching her father at work in his tailor shop." That reality clearly infuses her story with heart-warming poignancy, highlighting multi-generational family bonds. "Mr. Frank was a tailor," the book begins. Throughout the...

Soldier Doll by Jennifer Gold

12 Jun, by SIBookDragon in Canadian, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Young Adult Readers

Canadian lawyer/author Jennifer Gold’s debut novel starts with such promise: a contemporary teenager's discovery of the eponymous "soldier doll" is interwoven with the doll's near-century-long journey from Europe to the U.S. to Vietnam, landing in a garage sale in Toronto to be bargained for a mere...

Someone Knows My Name by Lawrence Hill

10 Jun, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, African, Audio, Black/African American, Canadian, Fiction

Let's start with the bottom line: read this. [Or listen – narrator Adenrele Ojo is superb.] I guarantee this stupendously epic, unforgettably affecting story of Aminata Diallo will haunt you long after you finish. Born in 1745, Aminata is 11 when she's violently abducted from her...

Frog Music by Emma Donoghue

20 May, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Audio, Canadian, Fiction

So much happens in the first few pages, you might need to re-read them a few times before moving on. Blanche is covered in blood, while Jenny lies dead. "Not quite a month ago," Blanche was again screaming because of Jenny, this time having just been thrown to the...

The Shadow Mother by Seán Virgo, illustrated by Javier Serrano Pérez

11 May, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Canadian, European, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Young Adult Readers

Confession: this post appears today only because of the word "Mother" in the title. In the U.S. and many countries around the world, the second Sunday in May is designated "Mother's Day" [check out this comprehensive chart for a Mother's Day near you!]. So here's the warning: if you're...

Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress by Christine Baldacchino, illustrated by Isabelle Malenfant

06 May, by SIBookDragon in Canadian, Children/Picture Books, Fiction

As much as he likes to paint, do puzzles, and sing the loudest during circle time, Morris' favorite part of going to school is the dress-up center. There he dons the tangerine dress, marvels at its swish and crinkle, and loves that the bright color...

This One Summer by Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki

25 Apr, by SIBookDragon in Canadian, Canadian Asian Pacific American, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Young Adult Readers

Canadian cousins Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki’s first collaboration, Skim, won enough major awards to make their second title an eagerly anticipated publishing event. Get ready because This One Summer hits shelves May 6. And here's the bottom line: Summer is spectacular without a chance of sophomoric slump in sight. "Okay. Awago Beach is...

Moon at Nine by Deborah Ellis

21 Apr, by SIBookDragon in Canadian, Fiction, Iranian, Middle Grade Readers, Young Adult Readers

At 15, Farrin is the privileged only child in a tense, unhappy, albeit very wealthy family. Her father runs a construction company that takes advantage of illegal, desperate Afghan workers to make big profits. As successful as he might be, Farrin's mother continuously laments that she has...

Not My Girl by Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton, illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard

16 Apr, by SIBookDragon in Canadian, Children/Picture Books, Memoir, Native American/First Nations/Indigenous Peoples, Nonfiction

Christy Jordan-Fenton and her mother-in-law Margaret Pokiak-Fenton began publishing stories in 2010 about the older Pokiak-Fenton's difficult childhood as a young Inuit child growing up in Canada's Northwest Territories. Their four books in four years are comprised of two titles for middle grade readers, Fatty Legs and A Stranger at Home, which were then...

I Know Here and From There to Here by Laurel Croza, illustrated by Matt James

07 Apr, by SIBookDragon in Canadian, Children/Picture Books, Fiction

Absolutely no doubt that you could read either of these titles separately and find two engaging standalone stories. But read them together and you're guaranteed a much more satisfying experience that reveals Kathie's love of frogs, the significance of "[only] me in grade three" meeting someone...

Norman, Speak! by Caroline Adderson, illustrated by Qin Leng

17 Feb, by SIBookDragon in Canadian, Canadian Asian Pacific American, Children/Picture Books, Fiction

When a young boy and his parents go to the animal shelter, they return home with a brown-and-white dog with a stump for a tail because he's the "saddest." "'No one knows his real name,'" the shelter employee explains, "'Norman is what we call him.'"...

A User’s Guide to Neglectful Parenting by Guy Delisle, translated by Helge Dascher

29 Nov, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Canadian, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Memoir, Translation

After traveling and drawing the world – Pyongyang, Shenzhen, Burma, Jerusalem – comic master extraordinaire Guy Delisle turns inward to his own family with a tongue-in-cheek look at the challenges of being a parent trying to keep his kids safe, supported, loved ...

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