The Painted Boy

This may be the best time in publishing history for books featuring dragon tattoos. Charles de Lint’s latest YA fantasy novel tells the story of Jay Li, a Chicago teenager with a massive tattoo of ... Read More »

January 24, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Fishing with Gubby

By Gary Kent; Kim La Fave, illus.

The skill and knowledge of a lifetime spent fishing off Canada’s West Coast lies behind many of the decisions Gubby makes in this down-to-earth account of a summer on a commercial fishing troller. Somewhere between ... Read More »

January 24, 2011 | Filed under: Picture Books

This Is Silly!

By Gary Taxali

Celebrated artist and illustrator Gary Taxali has mastered a style that evokes the posters and advertising design of the 1930s. His first picture book for children is filled with his trademark kooky characters and chunky ... Read More »

January 24, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

In Front of My House

By Marianne Dubuc; Yvette Ghione, trans.

The physical world of a child is relatively small: home, park, school, and the homes of friends and relatives. However, an active imagination provides ample opportunity for dreaming up far-flung realms and exciting new adventures. ... Read More »

January 24, 2011 | Filed under: Picture Books

A Porcupine in a Pine Tree

By Helaine Becker; Werner Zimmerman, illus.

Christmas books often fall into one of two categories: those that set out to capture the emotional or spiritual meaning of the holiday, and those that celebrate the fun. The warm-hearted but not overly sentimental ... Read More »

January 24, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

A Chanukah Noel

By Sharon Jennings; Gillian Newland, illus.

January 24, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

★ Singing Away the Dark

By Caroline Woodward; Julie Morstad, illus.

It seems a parental (and grandparental) duty to inform children about the daily hardships of the past. These conversations often make note of the long-ago, mile-long, snowbound walk to school (usually uphill in both directions). ... Read More »

January 17, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

★ Out of Grief, Singing

By Charlene Diehl

In 1995, Winnipeg native Charlene Diehl suffered a loss no mother should have to bear. Twenty-eight weeks into her pregnancy, she was diagnosed with severe pre-eclampsia and told that her daughter would have to be ... Read More »

January 10, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography

★ Encore Edie

By Annabel Lyon

Annabel Lyon follows up the huge success of her adult novel, The Golden Mean, with a return to children’s fiction and the appealing title character of her 2008 debut in the genre, All-Season Edie. These ... Read More »

January 3, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Imagining Toronto

By Amy Lavender Harris

Imagining Toronto isn’t a study of literary Toronto. Rather, it’s a study of how the city has been described and revealed in and through literature. Amy Lavender Harris, a geographer at York University, gives us ... Read More »

December 20, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Criticism & Essays

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