“To the sea, to the sea, who or what waits here for me?” asks the refrain of this ode to Canada’s left coast. Summer is waiting, as it turns out, and with it all the ... Read More »
August 16, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books
When a child is yearning for a different reality, how do they make a change? How much is in their power and how much must they rely on others? Mimi in Qin Leng’s I Am ... Read More »
August 13, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books
When a child is yearning for a different reality, how do they make a change? How much is in their power and how much must they rely on others? Mimi in Qin Leng’s I Am ... Read More »
August 13, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books
Michelle Barker’s new novel is set in 1980s German Democratic Republic. After losing both her parents in an industrial accident, Lena Altmann is committed to a mental institution to “get well.” Upon her release, she’s ... Read More »
August 9, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction
Caroline Pignat’s Poetree is a departure from her previous work. It’s not that she is a stranger to poetry; her Governor General’s Literary Award winner The Gospel Truth was written in free verse, and poetry ... Read More »
August 2, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books
The Princess Dolls is a gentle story about friendship, set against the backdrop of 1942 Vancouver. The faraway war in Europe casts deep shadows into the lives of two best friends, Esther and Michi, whose ... Read More »
July 30, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books
In Fifteen Point Nine, the bullying that 15-year-old Agatha Murphy and others endure at the hands of “Those Girls” and “Idiot Boys” is physical, degrading, and unconscionable. The aggressors see Susan as overweight, Carson as ... Read More »
July 26, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction
Environmentalism has long held a place in literature for children. It has been over 40 years since Dr. Seuss’s Lorax first spoke for the trees. New York–based writer Kirsten Hall (The Gold Leaf) carries on ... Read More »
July 19, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books
Was there a fight? A murder? An accident? As Donovan lies in a hospital bed, his girlfriend, Beatrice, tries to piece together what has happened to him. The Ruinous Sweep is a story with parallel ... Read More »
July 16, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction
Isabelle Laflèche’s YA novel Bonjour Girl tells the story of Clementine Liu, newly arrived from Paris to New York City to begin her sophomore year at the elite Parsons School of Design. The novel embraces ... Read More »
July 16, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction
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