We Want You to Know: Kids Talk About Bullying

Author Deborah Ellis – well known for tackling difficult issues in her work – recently participated in an anti-bullying campaign in her community. She conducted interviews with over 35 young children and teens. Their raw, ... Read More »

June 11, 2010

Watch This Space: Designing, Defending and Sharing Public Spaces

By Hadley Dyer; Marc Ngui, illus.

Public space is important to teens. Perhaps because, unlike grown ups, they usually have no private space to call their own. Yet groups of teens hanging out in public places often raise the suspicions, and ... Read More »

June 11, 2010

★ The Secret of Your Name: Kiimooch ka shinikashooyen

By David Bouchard; Dennis J. Weber, illus.; John Arcand, music

In The Secret of Your Name, David Bouchard – prolific author, literacy advocate, and Member of the Order of Canada – delivers a succinct but powerful account of personal discovery. Although much of his writing ... Read More »

June 11, 2010

Survivor’s Leave

By Robert Sutherland

Reading the latest novel from Ontario-based author Robert Sutherland is like travelling back in time in two ways. Not only is Survivor’s Leave set toward the end of the Second World War, it is also ... Read More »

June 11, 2010

Free as a Bird

By Gina McMurchy-Barber

In her new book, Gina McMurchy-Barber writes about one of the bleaker facets of Canada’s history: the institutional mistreatment of people with disabilities. Free as a Bird chronicles the life of Ruby Jean Sharp, an ... Read More »

June 11, 2010

Fishtailing

By Wendy Phillips

The teen-penned poem is a form so open to wince-inducing recollection that it’s easy to forget just how those rhyming couplets and long lines of “free verse” ring true for the young poets who write ... Read More »

June 11, 2010

Grease Town

By Ann Towell

In her second children’s novel, Ann Towell of Shetland, Ontario, employs a little-known historical event as the foundation for a solid coming of age story featuring complex characters and a nuanced exploration of race and ... Read More »

June 11, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Big Swim

By Cary Fagan

Teetering on the edge of adolescence, Pinky (aka Ethan) is a sensitive, smart kid who likes to write stories, hang out with his older brothers, and generally keep out of trouble. When his parents announce ... Read More »

June 11, 2010

Nieve

By Terry Griggs

Terry Griggs’ genuinely creepy new YA novel will thrill young readers while giving their parents nightmares. Reminiscent of Neil Gaiman’s Coraline and Michael Ende’s Momo, the story follows feisty, independent Nieve, whose parents are freelance ... Read More »

June 11, 2010

Put Me in a Book!

By Robert Munsch; Michael Martchenko, illus.

It’s fairly well known that iconic children’s author Robert Munsch uses real kids and the stories they tell him as inspirations for the characters and situations in his work. His latest effort is no different, ... Read More »

June 11, 2010 | Filed under: Picture Books

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