by boot | Sep 8, 2025
Lovie never thought he looked different until he and his dads moved to Spruce Cove, Newfoundland. Back in Jamaica, Grandma would tend Lovie’s curls with her special hair-taming grease, but no one in Spruce Cove can manage his hair. Over the summer, it dreads in just...
by boot | Sep 8, 2025
A young child donates a cherished can of Zoodelicious to a school food drive. Their excitement turns into confusion and quiet reflection when the same can shows up in their family’s groceries at home. Through this experience, the child begins to understand food...
by boot | Sep 2, 2025
Peel back the history of one city street in North America to reveal the greater story of the land on which we live — from 14,000 years ago, when mammoths roamed the icefields; to the lives of the First Peoples over thousands of years; to the 1600s, when Europeans...
by boot | Jul 22, 2025
A young girl prepares to move from her island home in Jamaica to a new life in Canada. On her last day, she says goodbye to her favorite places, sights and smells, collecting memories and a special shell. While leaving is hard, her first moments in Canada give her a...
by boot | Jul 22, 2025
It’s maple syrup time and an old grandfather tells his granddaughter about the great fire of 1919, when the whole county caught fire and burned for a year. No one knew how it started, and only the snow finally seemed to be able to smother it. But the next spring they...
