Arlene Perly Rae (born 1949) is a Canadian journalist, literary critic and author.
[citation needed] Perly Rae was a longtime reviewer of children's literature for the Toronto Star.
[2] and her interest in the welfare of children has led her to be a part of the national Campaign Against Child Poverty.
[3] She has also been on the boards of publisher McClelland and Stewart, the Stratford Festival, and World Literacy of Canada, as well as on the Steering Committee for the United Way of Greater Toronto.
The family are members of Holy Blossom Temple, a Reform Jewish congregation in Toronto.