June 25, 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 »
Despite its continued appeal and popularity, traditional fantasy has begun to feel somewhat exhausted, its material and approaches worn beyond overfamiliarity. So many quests, so many swords, so many destinies. Thankfully, a number of writers ... Read More »
June 22, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books
Despite its continued appeal and popularity, traditional fantasy has begun to feel somewhat exhausted, its material and approaches worn beyond overfamiliarity. So many quests, so many swords, so many destinies. Thankfully, a number of writers ... Read More »
June 22, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books
Anita Daher’s new novel starts off slow and choppy but by the end has you invested and enthralled. Eugenia Grimm’s father died by suicide and her mother left her soon after. One older brother is a ... Read More »
June 1, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books
If the last few seasons of publishing are any indication, we’re in the midst of a 21st-century witch craze. Witchery is hot, and it’s popping up across all publishing and entertainment categories: middle-grade graphic novels, ... Read More »
May 14, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books
The Automatic Age is the first in a series of illustrated novellas by Winnipeg graphic novelist GMB Chomichuk. The story is set in a post-apocalyptic world where robots rule, humans are nearly extinct, and automated ... Read More »
April 30, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books
For a certain subset of readers who came through their middle-grade years in the 1980s, there are few books as iconic as the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark trilogy, in which author Alvin ... Read More »
April 23, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books
For a certain subset of readers who came through their middle-grade years in the 1980s, there are few books as iconic as the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark trilogy, in which author Alvin ... Read More »
April 23, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books
From the opening sentence of Music For Tigers, author Michelle Kadarusman signals she is writing a book for thoughtful readers. “The first sound I hear in the forest at the bottom of the world is ... Read More »
April 17, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books
An alien crash-lands on Earth. The creature – who is childlike, goofy, and more than a little weird looking – quickly befriends a human boy, who helps the visitor evade some government-agent types looking to ... Read More »
April 2, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books