The Most Magnificent Thing

Having retired her much-loved Binky the Space Cat series, Saskatoon author-illustrator Ashley Spires turns her attention to a girl and her dog in her latest picture book. The inseparable pair plays, eats, explores, and relaxes ... Read More »

March 12, 2014 | Filed under: Picture Books

Letter Lunch

By Elisa Gutiérrez

In Letter Lunch, Vancouver illustrator and graphic designer Elisa Gutiérrez uses collage and comics-style panels to tell the simple story of a boy and girl attempting to assemble the ingredients for a meal. It quickly ... Read More »

March 12, 2014 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ The Boundless

By Kenneth Oppel

While Kenneth Oppel may be known for his brisk plots and inventive premises, he reveals himself as a modern-day Farley Mowat in his latest effort, an all-Canadian thriller set in the late 18oos against the ... Read More »

March 7, 2014 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

★ Here Comes Destructosaurus!

By Aaron Reynolds; Jeremy Tankard, illus.

Life with a preschool-aged boy in the house is always eventful. Little guys have a well-earned reputation for not always being the best behaved members of the family, and it can sometimes feel like living ... Read More »

March 7, 2014 | Filed under: Picture Books

Blue Gold

By Elizabeth Stewart

In January 2012, NPR’s This American Life broadcast what was, for a time, its most popular episode ever. Wanting to expose the dark side of the Apple computer cult, it ran a reworked excerpt from ... Read More »

February 18, 2014 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Worm

By Elise Gravel

From Elise Gravel, winner of the 2012 Governor General’s Literary Award for illustration, comes the Disgusting Critters series, an amusing group of books for beginning readers that successfully mixes fact and humour to introduce youngsters ... Read More »

February 18, 2014 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

The Fly

By Elise Gravel

February 18, 2014 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Above All Else

By Jeff Ross

Victoria’s Orca Book Publishers expands its Sports series with two new titles: Above All Else, which follows the drama on and off the soccer pitch, and Underhand, a lacrosse story involving two brothers. Aimed at ... Read More »

February 18, 2014 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Underhand M.J. McIsaac

By M.J. McIsaac

February 18, 2014 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Graves of Ice: The Lost Franklin Expedition

By John Wilson

With almost 40 books to his credit, John Wilson is no stranger to writing historical fiction and non-fiction for young readers. For this latest instalment in Scholastic’s Our Canada series, Wilson uses his considerable knowledge ... Read More »

February 18, 2014 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

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