Both of these books feature beautiful faces on their covers. Because I am a Girl invites us in with a shyly smiling African child, dressed in colourful printed fabrics, her arm raised as though volunteering ... Read More »
November 19, 2014 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books
Both of these books feature beautiful faces on their covers. Because I am a Girl invites us in with a shyly smiling African child, dressed in colourful printed fabrics, her arm raised as though volunteering ... Read More »
November 19, 2014 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books
In her latest title for young readers, Edmonton author Joan Marie Galat creates non-fiction for children that demonstrates her passion for the subject matter as well as an understanding of what kids are interested in ... Read More »
November 19, 2014 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books
More than 40 million people live in underground houses in China’s neighbouring Northern provinces of Shaanxi and Shanxi. To put that in perspective: Canada’s population is approaching 35 million. This is one of many fascinating ... Read More »
November 19, 2014 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books
The third, highly flawed, book in Gina McMurchy-Barber’s Peggy Henderson Adventure series moves the archaeologically themed action from land to sea. After touring the Vancouver Maritime Museum and meeting an enthusiastic young guide, 13-year-old Peggy, ... Read More »
November 19, 2014 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books
In When Everything Feels Like the Movies, DailyXtra.com columnist Raziel Reid tells the story of a genderqueer 15-year-old struggling to survive junior high. According to Jude, the school’s population can be divided into three categories: ... Read More »
November 19, 2014 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books
In this first entry of a projected series, L.M. Falcone offers up a light comic mystery. Max Monroe is staying with his grandfather, Harry, when he hears crying in Harry’s coach house. The weeper turns ... Read More »
November 19, 2014 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books
Versatile author Caroline Adderson astutely captures the range of emotions and perspectives of young adolescents as they awaken to a grown-up world in her latest effort for middle-grade readers. In A Simple Case of Angels, ... Read More »
November 19, 2014 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books
With more than 100,000 copies sold of the original books in Seven (The Series), it is no surprise that Orca Book Publishers is releasing a second offering of seven more books featuring the same characters ... Read More »
November 19, 2014 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books
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