Kids’ Books

Jacob’s Landing

Nova Scotia author Daphne Greer’s latest book focuses on 12-year-old Jacob Mosher, who loses his father but discovers he has grandparents – Pearl and Frank – he didn’t know existed. Almost a year after his ... Read More »

May 25, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Fangirl’s Guide to the Galaxy: A Handbook for Girl Geeks

By Sam Maggs

There was a time, not so long ago, when it was rare to see women at comics conventions unless they were there as invited celebrity guests or brought along by their boyfriends. But the stigma ... Read More »

May 25, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Mad Miss Mimic

By Sarah Henstra

In her debut novel, Ryerson University English professor Sarah Henstra delivers a plot filled with intrigue, romance, and danger set against the backdrop of Victorian London. Her heroine is Leonora Somerville, a 17-year-old heiress who ... Read More »

May 25, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Power Up!: A Visual Exploration of Energy

By Shaker N. Paleja; Glenda Tse (illus.)

In his second book for young readers, Vancouver actor and author Shaker N. Paleja investigates energy: its formation, history, sources, production, and the many ways in which it’s used. The advantages and costs of fossil ... Read More »

May 25, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Wild Ideas: Let Nature Inspire Your Thinking

By Elin Kelsey; Soyeon Kim (illus.)

Elin Kelsey and Soyeon Kim have done it again. Their first collaboration, 2012’s You Are Stardust, was a breath of fresh air, inventive in its theme and gorgeous diorama-based illustration. Wild Ideas is equally delightful ... Read More »

May 25, 2015 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ This is Sadie

By Sara O’Leary; Julie Morstad (illus.)

Sadie is precocious. Sadie is adventurous. Sadie travels the world by ship without ever leaving her bedroom. In This is Sadie, Sara O’Leary and Julie Morstad – the writer and illustrator of the award-winning Henry ... Read More »

May 25, 2015 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Eat, Leo! Eat!

By Caroline Adderson; Josée Bisaillon (illus.)

Every Sunday, young Leo visits his nonna, who serves up a delizioso homemade pasta lunch for her extended family. These meals are clearly a big deal, but Leo wants no part of them. One Sunday, ... Read More »

May 25, 2015 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Butterfly Park

By Elly MacKay

Owen Sound, Ontario, artist and author Elly MacKay caught our eye with her debut picture book, If You Hold a Seed (Running Press Kids/PGC) in 2013. Since then, MacKay has kept busy, releasing her second ... Read More »

May 5, 2015 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ Outstanding in the Rain: A Whole Story With Holes

By Frank Viva

Every actor, the cliché goes, wants to direct. And if an actor becomes famous and powerful enough, chances are that desire will be fulfilled – whether or not talent in front of the camera translates ... Read More »

April 30, 2015 | Filed under: Picture Books