Children and YA Fiction

This is Daniel Cook at the Farm

Children’s TV shows do not always translate well to print. Happily, the four books published under the Daniel Cook rubric have not only managed to survive the transition, they show a marked improvement upon the ... Read More »

January 8, 2007 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

Tales from Parc la Fontaine

By Roslyn Schwartz

The work of Roslyn Schwartz, the Montreal-based creator of the Mole Sisters, has been praised for the way it incorporates large ideas into small vignettes for the preschool crowd. The first book in her new ... Read More »

January 8, 2007 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

★ The Birdman

By Veronika Martenova Charles; Annouchka Gravel Galouchko & Stéphan Daigle

The first thing that must be said about The Birdman is that the illustrations, by Montrealers Annouchka Gravel Galouchko and her partner, Stéphan Daigle, are gorgeous. With intricate Gustav Klimt-style patterns filling every brilliantly coloured ... Read More »

October 2, 2006 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

Ice Time: The Story of Hockey

By Michael McKinley

Familiar scene: Mother and foot-dragging boy appear at the librarian’s desk. “He doesn’t read,” announces the mother, “but he likes sports. Can you recommend some sports stories?” In this situation, I am dutiful. I pick ... Read More »

September 13, 2006 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Our Game: A History of Hockey in Canada

By Dave Stubbs; Neal Portnoy, illus.

September 13, 2006 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Little Black Book for Girlz: A Book on Healthy Sexuality

By St. Stephen's Community House

This book, written by a group of teens from St. Stephen’s Community House (with help from staff and outside experts), is a resource for seekers of sexual knowledge, with some minor flaws. Although it’s aimed ... Read More »

September 13, 2006 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Backyard Birds: An Introduction

By Robert Bateman with Ian Coutts; Robert Bateman, illus.

Stillness is a blessing too often absent from the lives of today’s children. After a moment of stillness to tune your attention outward, quiet the inner commotion, and drink in the world through wide-open senses, ... Read More »

November 14, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Rancour

By James McCann

Vampires, werewolves, and teenage angst – the supernatural has often been worked into teen tales, but rarely in quite the way that Vancouver author James McCann has done in his first novel. Alix is a ... Read More »

October 14, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Gretsky’s Game

By Mike Leonetti; Greg Banning, illus.

For all their abundance, there are roughly two types of hockey-themed kids’ books: those that are steeped in the game – its culture, myths, players, traditions – and those that merely use hockey as a ... Read More »

October 14, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

Terry Fox: A Story of Hope

By Maxine Trottier

Twenty-five years ago Terry Fox dipped his artificial leg into the Atlantic Ocean and began his Marathon of Hope. To mark the anniversary, children’s author Maxine Trottier has compiled the first authorized account for children ... Read More »

October 14, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

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