Book Review
We Are the Wackadoodles
by Aleena Ortiz
In the picture book We Are the Wackadoodles: It’s Nice to Be Kind, parents showcase and discuss the merits of kindness. In T. A. Duggan’s picture book We Are the Wackadoodles: It’s Nice to Be Kind, goodwill toward others wins the...
Book Review
Dialogues with the Wise Woman
by Aleena Ortiz
An insightful therapist is a vehicle for provocative ethical and psychological conversations in the allegorical novel "Dialogues with the Wise Woman". In Richard Todd Devens’s spiritual novel "Dialogues with the Wise Woman", a gambling...
Book Review
Peaceful Waters
by Aleena Ortiz
A novel about healing, "Peaceful Waters" follows as a woman seeks the personal power of accepting a great loss. In Anne Hutcheson’s novel "Peaceful Waters", a woman deals with the unexpected loss of her boyfriend. Donovan committed...
Book Review
Battle for the Truth
by Aleena Ortiz
The religious text "Battle for the Truth" makes familiar arguments about God-sized holes in scientific theories. Taking a familiar religious approach, H. D. Chiou’s book "Battle for the Truth" contrasts the theory of evolution with...
Book Review
The Weather Woman
by Aleena Ortiz
In Sally Gardner’s fantastical novel "The Weather Woman", gender, societal recognition, and family inheritance lead to precarious circumstances in Victorian London. Neva, whose parents neglect her, can read the weather with perfect...
Book Review
Savage Bred
by Aleena Ortiz
In Victoria McCombs’s high seas adventure novel "Savage Bred", betrayal and family sail hand-in-hand. As the third book of the Royal Rose Chronicles starts, Ontario, the pirate ship’s former first mate, has become captain; the...
Book Review
Dr. Rosie Helps the Animals
by Aleena Ortiz
In the inspiring picture book "Dr. Rosie Helps the Animals", a veterinarian’s daughter dreams about treating animals in need herself. Jennifer Welborn’s picture book "Dr. Rosie Helps the Animals" encourages awareness of animal...
Book Review
Overrepresented
by Aleena Ortiz
The sobering social science book "Overrepresented" shares potent information about Canada’s legal and cultural oppression of Indigenous people. Social worker Annette L. Vermette’s social science book "Overrepresented" discusses the...