James Mayhew’s "Once Upon a Tune" is a beautiful collection of multicultural folk tales. Recouching traditional tales for young audiences, this illustrated book includes entries like “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” (of Fantasia... Read More

In the graphic novel "The Lions of Leningrad", Russian adolescents fight to survive German attacks, starvation, and Joseph Stalin’s iron-fisted rule. Following a gunshot at a Leningrad concert in 1962, a man is arrested. He recounts... Read More

If the ability to hold two opposing thoughts at the same time and still function is a sign of intellect, what are we to make of Raymond Antrobus’s depth of awareness, originality, and empathy—all turned inside out and refracted into... Read More

With the knowledge that great stories last for generations, Danielle Higley’s entertaining "The Stories Behind the Stories" shares the histories behind twenty-nine iconic children’s books, beginning with the unclear origins of the... Read More

Winnipeg native Carol Harvey Steski’s work has appeared in Room, Prairie Fire, FreeFall, Another Dysfunctional Cancer Poem Anthology, and other publications. Once nominated for The Pushcart Prize, she lives in Toronto with her husband... Read More

In his brief text "On Property", Rinaldo Walcott makes a case for the abolition of property and the criminal justice system. As far as most people, particularly white people, are concerned, abolition was a one-time event that freed... Read More

"Naughty Nonsense, Lascivious Limericks and Much More!" is a zingy collection of limericks that are focused on topics ranging from castling to childhood. David Ellis’s whimsical and amusing poetry collection Naughty Nonsense,... Read More