Kids’ Books

★ The Dogs

Playwright and author Allan Stratton has written Dora Mavor Moore Award–winning plays, fiction for adults, and, recently, a pair of fantasy books for middle-graders, but he is arguably best known for YA titles such as ... Read More »

January 22, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Chinese Fairy Tale Feasts: A Literary Cookbook

By Judy Chan; Paul Yee; Shaoli Wang (illus.)

Chinese Fairy Tale Feasts: A Literary Cookbook is a delightfully quirky hybrid of fables and recipes that will satisfy those hungry for both knowledge and culinary inspiration. Lauded historian and author Paul Yee creates or ... Read More »

January 8, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

The Lonely

By Ainslie Hogarth

Ainslie Hogarth’s debut novel is morbid, unnerving, and difficult. The majority of readers would do well to heed the warning in the book’s first chapter, issued by protagonist and first-person narrator Easter Deetz: “If you’re ... Read More »

January 7, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

About that Night

By Norah McClintock

There’s very little to connect Elise Diehl and Derek Maugham in five-time Arthur Ellis Award–winning author Norah McClintock’s latest mystery for teen readers. Sure, the police lieutenant’s wife and the 17-year-old high-school student live quite ... Read More »

January 7, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Kissing Frogs

By Alisha Sevigny

In this modern reimagining of The Frog Prince, debut author Alisha Sevigny turns a typical high-school drama on its head by setting it in tropical El Valle de Anton, Panama. Popular high-school senior Jess Stone ... Read More »

January 7, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

On the Edge

By Allison Van Diepen

Life hasn’t been easy for Maddie Diaz, who, at age 11, lost her dad to a heart attack. Her mom’s now in the midst of divorcing husband number two, who’s been nothing but a financial ... Read More »

January 7, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Do Not Open Until Christmas

By Jean Little

Beloved author Jean Little is an expert at creating stories about the inner lives of children, a talent that is on full display in each of these 12 Christmas-themed tales. A pair of twins rebel ... Read More »

January 7, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Any Questions?

By Marie-Louise Gay

Children are natural deconstructionists. Fired up by imaginations perpetually stuck on overdrive, kids will interrogate their environment until they are satisfied they have got to the bottom of things. Which is to say, never. Marie-Louise ... Read More »

January 7, 2015 | Filed under: Picture Books

Princess Pistachio

By Marie-Louise Gay; Jacob Homel trans.

January 7, 2015 | Filed under: Picture Books

Maddy Kettle (Book 1): The Adventure of the Thimblewitch

By Eric Orchard

Creators of fantasy comics are a hard-working bunch, taking on the challenge of making their worlds believable in both words and pictures. In his first outing as a graphic novelist, Toronto cartoonist and illustrator Eric ... Read More »

January 7, 2015 | Filed under: Graphica, Picture Books

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