November 12, 2015 | Filed under: Picture Books
In All Year Round (originally published in 2012 as La ronde des mois), a young child offers a poetic ode to the pleasures of the seasons. Like a “giant,” he tromps through January’s winter-white forest ... Read More »
It’s not uncommon for even the most politically active adults to feel powerless about global events. Given this, how can we expect youth to deal with this same emotion when faced with difficult circumstances in ... Read More »
November 11, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction
It’s not uncommon for even the most politically active adults to feel powerless about global events. Given this, how can we expect youth to deal with this same emotion when faced with difficult circumstances in ... Read More »
November 11, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction
In the first instalment of his new series, Kevin Sylvester turns his attention from the kitchen capers of Neil Flambé to an adventure set in space. With Earth’s resources dwindling, the Melming Mining company launches ... Read More »
November 11, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction
Isabelle Arsenault takes the standby concept of an abecedarian and turns it on its head via whimsy, droll humour, and a unique twist. The stars here are the illustrations, which use the NATO phonetic alphabet ... Read More »
November 11, 2015 | Filed under: Picture Books
Vancouver author-illustrator and visual-effects animator Jami Gigot’s debut picture book celebrates children’s fascination with the moon. Conveyed in minimal and lucid text, the story tells of a young girl’s affinity for the celestial body. The ... Read More »
November 11, 2015 | Filed under: Picture Books
Taking over from Donald Uluadluak, who wrote the first Kamik story, Inuit Elder Matilda Sulurayok draws on her memories of traditional dog rearing in this wonderful companion volume featuring young Inuit boy Jake and his ... Read More »
November 11, 2015 | Filed under: Picture Books
The narrator of Young Man with Camera is T—, a 13-year-old street photographer who chooses to leave his full name out of the narrative because “I know someone will come along and twist a normal ... Read More »
November 11, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction
Ah, love. It changes us. Not only did it prompt U.K.-born, Canadian-raised author Amy Alward to take her new husband’s name, it also seems to have influenced her writing. As Amy McCulloch, Alward published two ... Read More »
November 11, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction
Tania Howells adds author to her illustrator cred with this bright, colourful introduction to triangles, rectangles, and their other-angled (and non-angled) brethren. Using a school play to frame her tale, Howells gives each shape a ... Read More »
November 11, 2015 | Filed under: Picture Books