Behind the Scenes: The Racehorse

Nikki Tate is the award-winning author of many novels for young people, including the popular StableMates series. In this detailed, attractive guide to the world of horse racing, she demonstrates not only her extensive knowledge ... Read More »

June 25, 2008 | Filed under: Book news, Bookselling, Industry news

Concrete Reveries: Consciousness and the City

By Mark Kingwell

There is a new urban game in town called parkour. An invention of French youth, parkour is the art of jumping, tumbling, and diving in public spaces, up and down steps, across roofs, through plazas ... Read More »

June 25, 2008 | Filed under: Reference

Alien Invaders: Species That Threaten Our World

By Jane Drake and Ann Love; Mark Thurman, illus.

The enormous interest during the last 10 years in global warming, green politics, and the environment is a hugely positive development. But all too often, young readers view environmental issues through a narrow “humans bad/nature ... Read More »

June 25, 2008

Out on a Limb

By Gail Banning

Twelve-year-old Rosie McGrady and her family are being kicked out of their apartment by developers and facing homelessness when they discover that they’ve inherited an enormous treehouse built by Rosie’s long-estranged great-great-grandfather on his estate. ... Read More »

June 25, 2008

This Little Puppy

By Dennis Lee; Nora Hilb, illus.

At a certain age, the urge to read and the urge to chew are much the same thing. The teething reader is lucky this season, with a buffet of board books to choose from. Marthe ... Read More »

June 25, 2008 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Rocking Chair

By Dennis Lee; Nora Hilb, illus.

At a certain age, the urge to read and the urge to chew are much the same thing. The teething reader is lucky this season, with a buffet of board books to choose from. Marthe ... Read More »

June 25, 2008 | Filed under: Picture Books

Skin Room

By Sara Tilley

Sara Tilley’s debut novel is many of the things its catalogue bumph claims – unflinching, sharply realized, as evocative as poetry. Or at least half of the novel is, anyway. Tilley relates – with a ... Read More »

June 25, 2008 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

No Beautiful Shore

By Beverly Stone

Set on a small island off the coast of Newfoundland, Beverly Stone’s first novel is a melancholy tale. The narrative follows two teenage girls who aspire to move to Toronto and start their lives anew: ... Read More »

June 25, 2008 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Mountain Girl, River Girl

By Ting-Xing Ye

In Mountain Girl, River Girl, writer Ting-xing Ye (author of A Leaf in the Bitter Wind) explores the harsh realities of life in contemporary China. Focusing on the fast friendship between Pan-pan and Shui-lian – ... Read More »

June 25, 2008

Freefall

By Wendy A. Lewis

Told alternately in the voices of 17-year-old Airin Grace Marks (a namesake of the title character in Margaret Atwood’s Alias Grace) and 19-year-old Ry Truman, Freefall deals with tough issues in a compelling and sensitive ... Read More »

June 25, 2008

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