Review by Dainy Bernstein Black people have a long history in Britain, but so many of their stories are unknown to most of us. Alison Hammond, together with Emma Norry, set out to change that in Black in Time, which introduces us to Black Britons from the age of the Romans right up to the … Continue reading #IntlYALitMonth Review: Black in Time
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#IntlYALitMonth Review: Death at the Voyager Hotel
Review by Karla Edwards Death at the Voyager Hotel is a whodunit novel by Kwei Jones-Quartey set in the bustling city of Accra, West Africa. The book provides a rich and intricate portrayal of life and culture in Accra and is full of suspense and fascinating characters. Jones-Quartey's novels offer insight into various aspects of … Continue reading #IntlYALitMonth Review: Death at the Voyager Hotel
#WORLDKIDLIT WEDNESDAY: Baby and Dubdub
Relatable characters, conversational storytelling, and the madcap humor that everyday situations may sometimes lead to—these are the core elements of a story that Khyrunnisa tends to pull out from her writer's hat. Baby and Dubdub is no different. It tells the tale of a boy named Rohan, who wants a pet dog more than anything … Continue reading #WORLDKIDLIT WEDNESDAY: Baby and Dubdub
#IntlYALitMonth Review: Diary of a Young Naturalist
Review by Beth Kemp Dara McAnulty's Diary of a Young Naturalist is beautiful, following the teenage naturalist through a year of his life (aged 13-14) as he and his family move from County Fermanagh to County Down in Northern Ireland. From Spring – as he wakens to the blackbird’s call – through a Summer in … Continue reading #IntlYALitMonth Review: Diary of a Young Naturalist
#IntlYALitMonth Review: Funeral Songs for Dying Girls
Review by Tânia Cerqueira Please note: I am a non-Indigenous reader who grew up in Portugal, a country known for its colonial exploitation and genocide. Funeral Songs for Dying Girls by Cherie Dimaline (author of The Marrow Thieves [2017] and its sequel, Hunting by Stars [2021]) is a poignant and beautifully written story that explores the … Continue reading #IntlYALitMonth Review: Funeral Songs for Dying Girls
#IntlYALitMonth Review: Sweet Bean Paste
Review by Luke Tillier Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa is a wonderful and contemplative story, providing the reader with a rich group of characters who form deep and meaningful friendships across the course of the story. The use of language by Sukegawa and Alison Watts (translator) is beautiful, and the description of the taste … Continue reading #IntlYALitMonth Review: Sweet Bean Paste
#IntlYALitMonth Review: The Merciless Ones
Review by Abigail Lee Namina Forna's The Merciless Ones picks up six months after the gripping conclusion of the first book, The Gilded Ones, where we join Deka as she continues on her mission to reinstate the four mother goddesses to their rightful positions of power. Despite their earlier victories, the battle against the oppressive … Continue reading #IntlYALitMonth Review: The Merciless Ones
#IntlYALitMonth Spotlight: The Association for Children’s Literature in South Asia
A fledgling group with big dreams, The Association for Children’s Literature in South Asia (ACLiSA) was created in 2020 by a group of five children’s literature scholars from India. It started out as a Facebook group for sharing information in children’s literature studies before launching as a website aclisa.in in 2021, with the intention to … Continue reading #IntlYALitMonth Spotlight: The Association for Children’s Literature in South Asia
#IntlYALitMonth Review: Who Owns the Clouds?
Review by Jelena Pataki Šumiga Who Owns the Clouds is a graphic novel for young readers, written by Mario Brassard, illustrated by Gérard Dubois, and translated by Yvette Ghione. Replete with dark colours interspersed at times with flashes of red, the illustrations depict the topic and the psychological state of its protagonist, Mila, even before … Continue reading #IntlYALitMonth Review: Who Owns the Clouds?
#IntlYALitMonth Review: Inkheart
Review by Dainy Bernstein Most booklovers have sometimes wished they could meet the characters they read about. But for Meggie, who gets to experience book characters coming to life, that wish becomes more of a nightmare than a dream come true. Her father, Mo, accidentally learns that he can bring characters to life when he … Continue reading #IntlYALitMonth Review: Inkheart
Global Literature in Libraries Initiative 