And What if I Won’t?

Testing the limits of acceptable behaviour is a standard part of growing up. This playful picture book about pushing the boundaries of parental patience opens with Benny initiating a typical standoff with his mother when ... Read More »

March 3, 2015 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Queen’s Shadow: A Story About How Animals See

By Cybèle Young

On the website of Toronto artist and author Cybèle Young, there are images of dozens of tiny sculptures she has made with Japanese paper and various materials. Each of the creations is delicate and dynamic: ... Read More »

March 3, 2015 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Since You’ve Been Gone

By Mary Jennifer Payne

Edie Fraser used to have a perfect life – or so it seemed. Behind the scenes, everything was falling apart, and over the past five years she and her mother have been on the run ... Read More »

March 3, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Tank & Fizz: The Case of the Slime Stampede

By Liam O’Donnell; Mike Deas (illus.)

Slick City in Rockfall Mountain is a quirky community of ogres, trolls, goblins, and other monsters. Named for the goop dredged from the bottom of Fang Harbor, Slick City is a hub of technological and ... Read More »

March 3, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Between Shadows

By Kathleen Cook Waldron

When his grandfather dies, 12-year-old Ari inherits a rustic, rainbow-painted cabin in B.C., along with a lucrative piece of land. The catch? His father and aunt, both strapped for cash, have the power to sell ... Read More »

March 3, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Clover’s Luck: The Magical Animal Adoption Agency (Book 1)

By Kallie George; Alexandra Bolger (illus.)

Clover believes wholeheartedly in luck, but she feels that hers is all bad. First, her best friend, Emma, gets a last-minute spot at summer-long pony camp, but not Clover. Then, while Clover plays with her ... Read More »

March 3, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Colossal Canada: 100 Epic Facts and Feats

By Elizabeth MacLeod; Frieda Wishinsky

Our home and native land has the world’s tallest teepee, grandest beaver dam, longest electric-vehicle-ready highway, biggest caribou herd, and largest dark-sky preserve (an area free of light pollution). All of these facts and more ... Read More »

March 3, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

10 Rivers That Shaped the World

By Merilee Peters; Kim Rosen (illus.)

In her second non-fiction title in less than two years, Vancouver author Marilee Peters examines remarkable waterways and their influence on great moments in history. Peters’ talent is her ability to marry information and story. ... Read More »

March 3, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

★ Under the Visible Life

By Kim Echlin

Feel more. Simple words, but a challenging credo for literary authors to live by. Thankfully, we have Kim Echlin to show us how it’s done. In Under the Visible Life, Echlin (who was shortlisted for ... Read More »

March 2, 2015 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Shadow Scale

By Rachel Hartman

Rachel Hartman’s debut novel, Seraphina, introduced readers to the complex landscape of Goredd, with its political nuances, social hierarchy, religion, and some of the most interesting shape-shifting dragons young-adult literature has seen. By the novel’s ... Read More »

February 27, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

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