You Don’t Have to Die in the End

Anita Daher’s new novel starts off slow and choppy but by the end has you invested and enthralled. Eugenia Grimm’s father died by suicide and her mother left her soon after. One older brother is a ... Read More »

June 1, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

The Girl of Hawthorn and Glass

By Adan Jerreat-Poole

If the last few seasons of publishing are any indication, we’re in the midst of a 21st-century witch craze. Witchery is hot, and it’s popping up across all publishing and entertainment categories: middle-grade graphic novels, ... Read More »

May 14, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

★ Window

By Marion Arbona

Wordless picture books can obviously be experienced alone, while reading them together can be a little more difficult. But in two new releases, the visual stories break from reality to serve as lush springboards for ... Read More »

May 11, 2020 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

At the Pond

By Geraldo Valério

May 11, 2020 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

The Automatic Age

By GMB Chomichuk

The Automatic Age is the first in a series of illustrated novellas by Winnipeg graphic novelist GMB Chomichuk. The story is set in a post-apocalyptic world where robots rule, humans are nearly extinct, and automated ... Read More »

April 30, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

★ Weekend Dad

By Naseem Hrab and Frank Viva (ill.)

Divorced and separated dads, when they appear at all in kids’ stories, tend to be grouchy, distracted, hapless, and/or downright awful. They fare better than stepmoms but are almost never taken seriously. Weekend Dad, by ... Read More »

April 27, 2020 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Tales from Beyond the Brain

By Jeff Szpirglas and Steven P. Hughes (ill.)

For a certain subset of readers who came through their middle-grade years in the 1980s, there are few books as iconic as the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark trilogy, in which author Alvin ... Read More »

April 23, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Tales from the Fringes of Fear

By Jeff Szpirglas and Steven P. Hughes (ill.)

April 23, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

★ Little Cheetah’s Shadow

By Marianne Dubuc

Little kids are great but selfish. This is an objective fact: children, until their brains develop sufficiently to grasp that they are surrounded by people who deserve as much respect and understanding as they do, ... Read More »

April 20, 2020 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ Music for Tigers

By Michelle Kadarusman

From the opening sentence of Music For Tigers, author Michelle Kadarusman signals she is writing a book for thoughtful readers. “The first sound I hear in the forest at the bottom of the world is ... Read More »

April 17, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

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