The Curiosity of School: Education and the Dark Side of Enlightenment

There is a lot about school that is curious, as Zander Sherman outlines in his provocative examination of the history of formal education. Finnish students, for instance, consistently rank at or near the top of ... Read More »

August 27, 2012 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Wishes

By Jean Little; Geneviève Côté, illus.

A few times a year at my daughter’s elementary school, students troop into the gymnasium for what I like to call the Awarding of the Abstract Nouns. One by one, kids are called up to ... Read More »

August 23, 2012 | Filed under: Picture Books

Bella’s Blessings

By Brenda Stokes; Trisha DesRosiers, illus.

August 23, 2012 | Filed under: Picture Books

Tecumseh

By James Laxer; Richard Rudnicki, illus.

The bicentennial of the War of 1812 has spawned a publishing boom on the subject. Tecumseh is Toronto writer and professor James Laxer’s second such book to be released in the same month (the first, ... Read More »

August 23, 2012

Lighting Our World: A Year of Celebrations

By Catherine Rondina; Jacqui Oakley, illus.

Fire and light are essential components of many significant celebrations, illuminating Chinese New Year, Cinco de Mayo, Diwali, Christmas, and Ramadan as well as numerous occasions in between. In Lighting Our World, author Catherine Rondina ... Read More »

August 23, 2012

Pieces of Me

By Darlene Ryan

Pieces of Me tells the story of Maddie, a teenaged girl who runs away from home to escape her mother’s abusive boyfriend. After managing on her own for a few weeks, she forms a bond ... Read More »

August 23, 2012

Shade and Sorceress: The Last Days of Tian Di, Book One

By Catherine Egan

When we meet 12-year-old Eliza Tok, she seems like an ordinary girl playing hooky with her best friend. But nothing is as it appears in Catherine Egan’s debut novel for young readers. Though temporarily settled, ... Read More »

August 23, 2012

Eldritch Manor

By Kim Thompson

There’s something wonderfully strange about the retirement home down the street that entices 12-year-old Willa Fuller, all nerves and knobby knees, into taking up the post of housekeeper for the summer. It’s not long before ... Read More »

August 23, 2012

Enemy Territory

By Sharon E. McKay

Sharon E. McKay doesn’t shy away from tackling tough subjects. Having delved into the Afghan war, the Holocaust, and the First World War in previous books, McKay takes on the challenge of crafting a delicately ... Read More »

August 23, 2012

Starling

By Lesley Livingston

A modern spin on ancient mythology – a mix of Norse, Greek, and Egyptian – is at the centre of the latest supernatural offering from Toronto writer Lesley Livingston. In the first book of a ... Read More »

August 23, 2012

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