Kids’ Books

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As a character, the foster child has powerful potential in fiction, combining 19th-century orphan tropes with contemporary neglected-child realism. Notable foster children in books include the iconic Galadriel in Katherine Paterson’s The Great Gilly Hopkins ... Read More »

April 16, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Merit Birds

By Kelley Powell

If you’re looking for a book about understanding and acceptance, about a character developing a burgeoning sense of cross-cultural commonality, The Merit Birds by Ottawa author Kelley Powell is not it. When his mother applies ... Read More »

April 16, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Prison Boy

By Sharon E. McKay

Set in the slums of an unnamed country, Sharon E. McKay’s latest book tells of Pax, a young boy who lives in a downtrodden orphanage run by a formidable Englishwoman named Bell. Though they don’t ... Read More »

April 15, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Ghost Most Foul

By Patti Grayson

Manitoba author Patti Grayson (Core Samples; Autumn, One Spring) makes her children’s book debut with Ghost Most Foul, which focuses on Grade 8 basketball star Summer Widden. Shortly after being named captain of her team, ... Read More »

April 15, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Incredible Space Raiders from Space!

By Wesley King

On Earth, Jonah Hillcrest is a loner. But after he finds himself aboard a spaceship called the Fantastic Flying Squirrel, he’s recruited into the ranks of the Incredible Space Raiders – an army of children ... Read More »

April 15, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

★ Button Hill

By Michael Bradford

Dekker and his little sister, Riley, have been banished to the country for the summer to live with their boring great-aunt Primrose in the dreary community of Button Hill. Resentful at being taken away from ... Read More »

April 15, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Pirate’s Bed

By Nicola Winstanley; Matt James (illus.)

Humber College writing instructor Nicola Winstanley follows up her lauded debut picture book, Cinnamon Baby (Kids Can Press, 2011), with a tale that includes several pirate tropes: squawking parrots, chattering monkeys, briny sea air, and ... Read More »

April 15, 2015 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Candy Conspiracy: A Tale of Sweet Victory

By Carrie Snyder; Claudia Dávila (illus.)

Candyville is a child’s dream come true, complete with lollipop trees, a root beer river, and sugary confections as far as the eye can see. The reigning monarch, the Juicy Jelly Worm, lives in a ... Read More »

April 15, 2015 | Filed under: Picture Books

Uncertain Soldier

By Karen Bass

How does it feel to be surrounded by people who see you as the enemy? How do you protect yourself when you aren’t sure whom to trust? The protagonists of Uncertain Soldier, Karen Bass’s wonderful ... Read More »

March 26, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Red Bicycle: The Extraordinary Story of One Ordinary Bicycle

By Jude Isabella; Simone Shin (illus.)

Inspired by the work of organizations that send donated bicycles to countries around the world, two new picture books explore the life-changing gift of mobility. In a Cloud of Dust offers a glimpse into the ... Read More »

March 26, 2015 | Filed under: Picture Books

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