Kids’ Books

Yesno

UN, Dennis Lee’s previous collection of poetry for adults, represented a significant stylistic departure not only for Lee but for English Canadian poetry in general. Unlike the long, often prosy lines of Civil Elegies, a ... Read More »

April 4, 2007 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Poetry

The Breakdown So Far

By M.A.C. Farrant

This collection of (very) short stories and literary snapshots is billed as “an unsparing critique” of North American mall culture. It is unsparing. It’s also sometimes witty and clever. Unfortunately, it’s often so busy sneering ... Read More »

April 4, 2007 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Short

The Mysterious Adventures of Pauline Bovary

By Edeet Ravel

The New York Times’s recent declaration that trends are the new trend left me worried. How can I hold up my head as a Q&Q columnist if I don’t start recognizing some trends? Approaching despair, ... Read More »

April 2, 2007 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Thrilling Life of Pauline de Lammermoor

By Edeet Ravel

April 2, 2007 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Rich by Thirty: A Young Adult’s Guide to Financial Success

By Leslie Scorgie

Leslie Scorgie grew up in a home where money was “very tight” – but by the time she was 17, she was giving financial advice on Oprah. Now 23, she works in finance, owns her ... Read More »

April 2, 2007 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Strike a Pose: The Planet Girl Guide to Yoga

By Karen Birkemoe; Heather Collett, illus

Until now, most yoga books for kids have been written for adults who intend to teach young students. Strike a Pose fills a gap in the market, offering a succinct overview of yoga and a ... Read More »

April 2, 2007 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Healing Our World: Inside Doctors Without Borders

By David Morley

While writing about the victims of tsunamis, earthquakes, famines, and – worst of all – civil wars, frustration and discouragement must sometimes be close to the surface. But as hard as it must be to ... Read More »

April 2, 2007 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

The Great and Awful Summer

By Mitzi Dale

Cape Breton and the windswept moors of England have more in common than you might imagine, besides rugged landscape and gorgeous vistas. Mitzi Dale’s new novel, about a young girl named Sarah working at a ... Read More »

April 2, 2007 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Veggies Smeggies

By Sean Moore

Vancouver animator Sean Moore’s second picture book, Veggies Smeggies, revolves around a little boy who monotonously explains to the conniving, vegetable-wielding adults around him why he loathes the green stuff. Only his grandma, with the ... Read More »

April 2, 2007 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

Wanda and the Frogs

By Barbara Azore; Georgia Graham, illus.

In Wanda and the Frogs – the second of what readers can only hope will be a continuing picture book series – the writer/illustrator team of Barbara Azore and Georgia Graham resurrect the vivacious heroine ... Read More »

April 2, 2007 | Filed under: Picture Books

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