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What’s the Big Idea? Inventions that Changed Life on Earth Forever

By Helaine Becker; Steve Attoe, illus.

Boredom Blasters and The Insecto-Files author Helaine Becker delves into the history of technology in What’s the Big Idea? Split into four chronological sections spanning 4,000 years, the book examines groundbreaking innovations and highlights a ... Read More »

January 27, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Walking Backward

By Catherine Austen

Catherine Austen’s first novel takes the form of a grief journal kept by 12-year-old Josh after his mother dies in a freak accident caused by someone putting a garter snake in her car. The mystery ... Read More »

January 27, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

★ Chicken, Pig, Cow and the Purple Problem

Chicken, Pig, and Cow are clay figures created by Girl. Pig is pink, Chicken is yellow, and Cow … well, when Girl made Cow, she had only purple clay left for the spots, so Cow ... Read More »

January 4, 2010 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Under the Star

By Jane Yolen; Vlasta van Kampen, illus.

The enduring appeal of the counting book is that it serves a functional purpose – teaching kids to count – while allowing room for the exploration of just about any theme the authors choose, as well ... Read More »

January 4, 2010 | Filed under: Picture Books

Canada Counts

By Charles Pachter

The enduring appeal of the counting book is that it serves a functional purpose – teaching kids to count – while allowing room for the exploration of just about any theme the authors choose, as well ... Read More »

January 4, 2010 | Filed under: Picture Books

Alego

By Ningeokuluk Teevee; Nina Manning-Toonoo, trans.

Alego, by Inuit artist Ningeokuluk Teevee, received a Governor General’s Literary Award nomination this year in the illustrated book category, and it’s not hard to see why. Typical of Groundwood, the book is a thoroughly ... Read More »

January 4, 2010 | Filed under: Picture Books

Pierre Le Poof!

Perhaps the classic plot for a kids’ story is about running away from home, getting lost and/or in trouble, and finally getting back to the comfort and security of home. This is the story of ... Read More »

January 4, 2010 | Filed under: Picture Books

Wrong Bar

By Nathaniel G. Moore

At one point in Nathaniel G. Moore’s debut novel, the narrator, Charles Haas, speculates about how his existence might be described if it were a work of fiction. The passage that follows is a parody ... Read More »

January 4, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

The Honey Locust

By Jeffrey Round

Toronto writer and playwright Jeffrey Round’s fourth book, The Honey Locust, begins in medias res, with seasoned photojournalist Angela Thomas dodging bullets to escape the wartorn Bosnian village in which she is trapped. Her partner ... Read More »

January 4, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

A Pleasant Vertigo

By Egidio Coccimiglio

It’s a debate that rages on: is the novella a genre with distinct characteristics or simply an idiosyncratic, underutilized length? Is it a short story grown too big for its britches, or a novel run ... Read More »

January 4, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

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