Noisy Poems for a Busy Day

By Robert Heidbreder; Lori Joy Smith, illus.

Hanging around young children makes poets of us all. It is a serious stuffed shirt who can resist riffing on a kid’s name, inventing noises, repeating phrases, asking ridiculous questions, or dredging up shards of ... Read More »

October 18, 2012

Rainbow Shoes

By Tiffany Stone; Stefan Czernecki, illus.

October 18, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Industry news

The Scratch on the Ming Vase

By Caroline Stellings

The Scratch on the Ming Vase has all the makings of a good mystery adventure story. Protagonist Nicki Haddon (a.k.a. Fu Yin) is a 16-year-old kung fu champion and modern-day Nancy Drew in the making. ... Read More »

October 18, 2012

That One Spooky Night

By Dan Bar-el; David Huyck, illus.

It’s not just free candy and costumes that spur kids to start getting excited about Halloween sometime in mid-January, it’s also the idea that, on this one night, the rules don’t apply and anything can ... Read More »

October 18, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Not With a Bang

By Gail Sidonie Sobat

Alberta author Gail Sidonie Sobat’s latest offering is the tale of an unlikely pair who discover that age is no barrier to friendship. After being convicted for marijuana possession, Jan is ordered to work in ... Read More »

October 18, 2012

The Darkest Corner of the World

By Urve Tamberg

Estonia suffered a complex and violent history during the 20th century. After a short period of independence, the republic was invaded by the Soviet Union in 1940, by Nazi Germany in 1941, and again by ... Read More »

October 18, 2012

Seven (The Series): Between Heaven and Earth

By Eric Walters

The prolific Eric Walters is known for action-adventure novels that appeal to boys, and his latest project, Seven (The Series), is no exception. The series comprises seven books, each written by a different author, linked ... Read More »

October 18, 2012

★ The Friday Society

By Adrienne Kress

There’s plenty to like about Toronto author Adrienne Kress’s YA debut. The steampunk adventure novel, set in Edwardian London, follows the lives of three very different teenage girls, each of whom works for an important ... Read More »

October 18, 2012

Kamik: An Inuit Puppy Story

By Donald Uluadluak; Qin Leng, illus.

Inhabit Media’s mandate is to promote the traditional Inuit culture of Nunavummiut (residents of Nunavut) and make it accessible to readers in the rest of the country. The publishing house, which has offices in Iqualuit ... Read More »

October 18, 2012 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony in Eight Fits

By Lewis Carroll; Oleg Lipchenko, illus.

The works of Lewis Carroll are an illustrator’s dream. In the century-and-a-half since he wrote his enduring masterpieces, artists as disparate as Arthur Rackham, Mervyn Peake, Tove Jansson, Salvador Dali, and Ralph Steadman have taken ... Read More »

October 18, 2012 | Filed under: Picture Books

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