Starring Shapes!

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

★ The Adventures of Miss Petitfour

By Anne Michaels; Emma Block (illus.)

Petit fours are tiny cakes iced in pastel colours. They’re beautiful, festive, decorative, and hard to make. The Adventures of Miss Petitfour is a collection of five stories decorated with delicious language and fanciful illustrations ... Read More »

October 15, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Snap!

Is there anything better than a fresh box of crayons when you’re a kid? For little Evan, the first crayon to snap is heartbreaking, until he realizes that instead of one brown crayon, now he ... Read More »

October 14, 2015 | Filed under: Picture Books

A Beginner’s Guide to Immortality: From Alchemy to Avatars

By Maria Birmingham; Josh Holinaty (illus.)

In this humorous but informative non-fiction title for middle graders, Maria Birmingham takes a look at the various ways in which humans have tried to escape death – permanently – throughout the ages. Incorporating science, ... Read More »

October 14, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

An Inheritance of Ashes

By Leah Bobet

In Inheritance of Ashes by Leah Bobet is fantastic in the true sense of the word. Bobet’s unrestrained imagination deftly fashions an odd but remarkable story in a world that is beautiful and barely comprehensible. ... Read More »

October 14, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Seven Dead Pirates

By Linda Bailey

Vancouver author Linda Bailey, a two-time winner of the Crime Writers of Canada’s Arthur Ellis Award for her funny, fast-paced Stevie Diamond mysteries, delivers a resonant, well-paced middle-grade adventure in Seven Dead Pirates. When Lewis ... Read More »

October 14, 2015 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Blackthorn Key

By Kevin Sands

Toronto author Kevin Sands holds two degrees in theoretical physics, so naturally his first novel is about … 17th-century alchemy. Not just alchemy, but also dark conspiracies, political intrigue, mysterious codes, murder, and early treatments ... Read More »

October 14, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Blue Vase

By Katarina Jovanovic; Josée Bisaillon (illus.)

Countless books have tackled the subject of bullying, in all its forms. Whether verbal, physical, emotional, or social, when one child is forced to endure abuse by another (or many others), the effects can be ... Read More »

October 14, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Exposed (The Retribution Trilogy)

By Judith Graves

Young Raven had to learn survival skills quickly when her meth-addled parents abandoned her as a child. In Exposed, we meet Raven a few weeks before her 16th birthday, when she’s working as a skilled ... Read More »

October 14, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

250 Hours

By Colleen Nelson

Colleen Nelson’s 250 Hours is the story of two people whose lives intersect at a crucial juncture. Sara Jean has just finished high school and spends her days caring for her bedridden grandmother. Jess is ... Read More »

October 14, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

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