Kids’ Books

★ Boo Hoo Bird

Bird suffers a nasty bonk on the head while playing catch with his pal, Raccoon. When he starts to cry, Raccoon takes him to visit all their animal friends, one by one, hoping someone can ... Read More »

January 5, 2009 | Filed under: Picture Books

Izzy: The Passionate Life and Turbulent Times of Izzy Asper, Canada’s Media Mogul

By Peter C. Newman

This year the machinery mythologizing the high rollers of capitalism is grinding mightily, with the focus turning to media magnates. Donald Trump still holds court on television’s The Apprentice; there’s a new biography of William ... Read More »

December 15, 2008 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography

Horror Story and Other Horror Stories

By Robert Boyczuk

Despite its playfully generic title, only a handful of the 19 stories in this debut collection are traditional tales of horror involving monsters, vampires, or murderous evil spirits. Instead, it is an anthology of genre-bending ... Read More »

December 15, 2008 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Short

What Stirs

By Margaret Christakos

What Stirs is the seventh collection from Toronto-based poet and teacher Margaret Christakos. While there are a few individual poems in the book, this is primarily a set of sequences. Christakos employs an unspecified roster ... Read More »

December 11, 2008 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Poetry

Godblog

By Laurie Channer

The publicity bumph for Toronto author Laurie Channer’s debut novel promises an edgy narrative in the vein of Douglas Coupland. It’s fine to aim high, but Godblog does not come remotely close to dethroning Canada’s ... Read More »

December 11, 2008 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

The Octonauts & the Frown Fish

By Meomi

The Octonauts & the Frown Fish is the third installment in a series of picture books created by the Vancouver/L.A.-based design duo Meomi, whose trendy Pokemon-meets-Brueghel-meets-Hello Kitty sensibility has made their commercial work a worldwide ... Read More »

December 10, 2008 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Littlest Sled Dog

By Michael Kusugak; Vladyana Krykorka, illus.

The Littlest Sled Dog is the ninth collaboration between Inuit storyteller Michael Kusugak and Czech-born illustrator Vladyana Krykorka. Like several of their earlier works, this one is set in Kusugak’s hometown of Rankin Inlet. The ... Read More »

December 10, 2008 | Filed under: Picture Books

When Elephants Fight: The Lives of Children In Conflict In Afghanistan, Bosnia, Sri Lanka, Sudan and Uganda

By Adrian Bradbury and Eric Walters

In Deborah Ellis’s most recent book, Off to War (Groundwood), she presents the real-life stories of Western children of soldiers who are serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. Though the stories are heartfelt, poignant, and disturbing, ... Read More »

December 4, 2008 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

★ Amelia Earhart: The Legend of the Lost Aviator

By Shelley Tanaka; David Craig, illus.

Seventy years after her disappearance, Amelia Earhart continues to excite our imaginations. In Amelia Earhart: The Legend of the Lost Aviator, award-winning writer Shelley Tanaka explores the famed aviator’s life, recounting her remarkable achievements both ... Read More »

December 4, 2008 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Big Little Monkey

By Carole Lexa Schaefer; Pierre Pratt, illus.

At home in Mango Tree, Big Little Monkey wakes early and wants to play. But since his family isn’t ready to get up, he decides he’s big enough to go off and play by himself. ... Read More »

December 4, 2008 | Filed under: Picture Books

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