August 13, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books
When a little girl is repeatedly teased and hurt by a boy in the schoolyard or classroom, a well-meaning adult inevitably brushes off the bully’s behaviour by saying, “He must like you.” In her new ... Read More »
If people weren’t aware of it already, Felicity Huffman’s and Lori Loughlin’s recent escapades highlight how significant it is for some families to see their children gain acceptance to elite colleges. And while these Hollywood ... Read More »
July 30, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books
If people weren’t aware of it already, Felicity Huffman’s and Lori Loughlin’s recent escapades highlight how significant it is for some families to see their children gain acceptance to elite colleges. And while these Hollywood ... Read More »
July 30, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books
Janice Lynn Mather’s second novel for young adults opens with an altercation between a group of teenagers on Pinder Point, one of the few Nassau beaches still open to locals living adjacent to the water. ... Read More »
July 23, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books
A tale as old as time gets a female-centric update in National Book Award winner M.T. Anderson’s third graphic novel. Anderson recounts the ancient Breton legend of Ys, a lavish city swallowed by the ocean. ... Read More »
July 20, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books
Waiting Under Water, a novel by Riel Nason, begins and ends with sea glass. When Hope was eight, she started making sea glass on the beach behind her house in St. David’s, a small town ... Read More »
July 13, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books
The Other Side, the new middle-grade novel from Toronto writer (and frequent Q&Q contributor) Heather Camlot, begins with 12-year-old Liam discovering the body of a girl on the lakeshore near his grandfather’s house in Prince ... Read More »
July 9, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books
Nova Scotia sea-vegetable advocate Taylor Widrig is hoping to lure a new generation into the depths with her debut book. Widrig opens with a series of eight brief mermaid folktales from around the world, including ... Read More »
July 6, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books
Gunnar Tryggvason is entering Grade 12 at his rural Alberta high school. He’s a laid-back wrestler who loves his farm and family. He knows he’s gay but is determined to keep it a secret because ... Read More »
June 29, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books
In her first children’s novel, Michelle Aung Thin – who was born in Myanmar (then called Burma), raised in Canada, and now lives in Australia – paints a vivid picture of the modern Myanmar and ... Read More »
June 25, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books