Kids’ Books

Jewels and Other Stories

As Canadians, we frequently pride ourselves on our social tolerance and inclusiveness. The cultural mosaic has become one of the country’s foundational myths, and our three most populous urban centres – Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal ... Read More »

April 6, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Short

The Cube People

By Christian McPherson

The title of Ottawa writer Christian McPherson’s debut novel has a double meaning. Most obviously, it refers to the hero, Colin MacDonald, and his fellow cubicle dwellers, who work as code monkeys for the fictional ... Read More »

April 6, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

When Apples Grew Noses and White Horses Flew: Tales of Ti-Jean

By Jan Andrews; Dusan Petricic, illus.

Ti-Jean is the lovable everyman hero of many traditional stories that originated in France and were transferred to Canada centuries ago. In this collection of tales, Jan Andrews brings him to life for a new ... Read More »

April 4, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Strutting It! The Grit Behind the Glamour

By Jeanne Beker

If you have any interest in fashion (and probably even if you don’t), you know of Jeanne Beker. The fashion media icon is back with a third title for teens, following The Big Night Out ... Read More »

March 30, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Blink & Caution

By Tim Wynne-Jones

Blink and Caution are a pair of teens living on the streets of Toronto. One morning, Blink, who exists on pilfered breakfasts from fancy hotels, gets off on the wrong floor of the wrong building ... Read More »

March 30, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Undergrounders

By David Skuy

David Skuy, author of the popular trilogy of Charlie Joyce hockey novels, returns to Canada’s national winter sport with his first stand-alone novel. This sensitively written and compelling book tells the story of Mouse, an ... Read More »

March 30, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Held

By Edeet Ravel

Seventeen-year-old Chloe Mills is in Greece on a summer volunteer work program when she is abducted by a couple who blindfold her, drug her, and take her by plane to another country. Worst case scenarios ... Read More »

March 30, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Fly Boy

By Eric Walters

Fly Boy tells the story of David “Robbie” McWilliams, an Ontario boarding school student who lies about his age to follow his father into the RCAF during the Second World War. As McWilliams works his ... Read More »

March 30, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

★ Better Than Weird

By Anna Kerz

Anna Kerz’s first novel, The Mealworm Diaries, focused on the trials of Jeremy, a boy from Nova Scotia, as he adapted to a new life in Toronto after his father’s death. In Better Than Weird, ... Read More »

March 30, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

★ Better Together

By Sheryl Shapiro and Simon Shapiro; Dusan Petricic, illus.

In this amusing concept book, Toronto husband-and-wife team Sheryl and Simon Shapiro explore the idea of mixtures, both edible (like oil and vinegar for salad dressing) and otherwise (like blue and yellow paints to make ... Read More »

March 30, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

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