Fishing with Grandma by Susan Avingaq and Maren Vsetula; illustrated by Charlene Chua This beautifully told story takes two children and the reader on an ice fishing adventure. Anaanatsiaq (grandma) teachers her grandchildren how to layer for warmth, test the ice for safety, drill holes in the ice and prepare fishing lines to jig. After […]
Cross posted on TPL Teens. What?! A Word Out bookclub featuring an amazing graphic novel set in our very own Toronto? I know, I know, you want the details right… Brian Lee O'Malley's "Scott Pilgrim: Precious Little Life" is #1 of a series of 6 graphic novels. Set in Toronto, Scott even visits TPLs Wychwood Branch and […]
Cross posted on TPL Teens. I loved this book for a number of reasons: 1. It is about Jack the Ripper, the world's first serial killer and the Pinkerton Detective Agency (I love Historical Fiction) 2. It features impossible gadgets & underground subways 3. It had many short chapters so I could fit them into my busy life easily. […]
Allan Stratton, acclaimed author and playwrite, took some time out of his busy schedule to answer some questions for Word Out!. What are your favourite three books? Tom Jones, Wuthering Heights, Crime and Punishment. Tom Jones is hilarious with a rich, beautifully constructed plot and bright, vivid characters. It takes maybe fifty pages to […]
Tory is a graphic novelist who just published her first novel. Mirror Mind is a personal story of her experience growing up with a learning disability. We met at her studio on Markham Street in Mirvish Village. Check out the final cut: In the interview Tory tells us that her favorite branch is Lillian […]
I just sucked up "Amiri & Odette: a love story" by Walter Dean Myers, paintings by Javaka Steptoe. A modern take on Swan Lake, this graphic novel is a ballet, fairy tale, and novel in verse all wrapped up together. I am also reading Myer's new book "Lockdown" about a boy in a juvenile delinquent […]