Kids’ Books

Walt Whitman’s Secret

Frequent Q&Q reviewer George Fetherling’s third novel is an intriguing look at one of America’s most influential poets. The novel focuses on the last years of Whitman’s life as observed by his real-life friend Horace ... Read More »

March 29, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

Patient Frame

By Steven Heighton

Patient Frame is Kingston-based poet, fiction writer, and essayist Steven Heighton’s fifth collection of poems. As readers of his work have come to expect, this book has tremendous range, covering subjects both personal and political, ... Read More »

March 22, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Poetry

Only in the Movies

By William Bell

How will this fadge? My master loves her dearly; And I (poor monster) fond as much on him; And she (mistaken) seems to dote on me. This is from Twelfth Night, at the point where ... Read More »

March 15, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Minerva’s Voyage

By Lynne Kositsky

With her new novel, Toronto writer Lynne Kositsky has delivered an action-packed adventure that doesn’t let up from its opening scene. When Noah Vaile, a runaway, is kidnapped from the streets of 17th-century Bristol and ... Read More »

March 15, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Last December

By Matt Beam

Authenticity of voice is one of the key components of a successful YA novel. Attuned as they are to the minute linguistic shifts of their all-important peer groups, young readers will spot a misused “dude” ... Read More »

March 15, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Me & Death: An Afterlife Adventure

By Richard Scrimger

When 14-year-old Jim dashes onto a busy Toronto street in hot pursuit of Lloyd, his favourite whipping boy, he’s sure he’s got the situation in hand. After all, the whole west end neighbourhood is terrified ... Read More »

March 15, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Neil Flambé and the Marco Polo Murders

By Kevin Sylvester

With cooking shows proliferating on TV, and with the 2007 hit movie Ratatouille (about a rat that loves to cook), it was probably inevitable that someone would take a stab at creating the sort of ... Read More »

March 15, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

On My Walk

By Kari-Lynn Winters; Christina Leist, illus.

A young, curly-haired kid in overalls heads out for a summer walk with his rambunctious dog and pregnant mom. (It’s not enirely clear whether the kid is a boy or a girl, but “boy” seems ... Read More »

March 10, 2010 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Red Scarf

By Anne Villeneuve

It’s a wonder it took 10 years for Anne Villeneuve’s l’Écharpe rouge to be translated. As a Governor General’s award winner, it should be a prime candidate for an English readership. Besides, there is only ... Read More »

March 10, 2010 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Think Again

By JonArno Lawson; Julie Morstad, illus.

Parents often look at their teenagers and wonder: “What the heck is going on in that head?” The moping, the slouching, the copious amounts of black clothing – all can be attributed, for the most ... Read More »

February 8, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

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