The Winter Drey

Around the turn of the previous century, a young C.S. Lewis encountered Longfellow’s ballad about the death of the Norse god Balder, and his life was changed. Many years later, in his autobiography, Lewis wrote, ... Read More »

October 16, 2009

Eanie Meanie Hate Zucchini

By Arnot McCallum; Charles Checketts, illus.

The great thing about children’s doggerel is never having to say you’re sorry. You can be as gross as you like, end every poem with a groaner, and never worry about whether an appropriate message ... Read More »

October 16, 2009 | Filed under: Picture Books

Big Bear Hug

By Nicholas Oldland

This first picture book by artist and filmmaker Nicholas Oldland is a warm-hearted fable for the very young. Issues of conservation, confrontation, and love for all living things are spun together in the humorous and ... Read More »

October 16, 2009 | Filed under: Picture Books

Harry and Horsie

By Katie Van Camp; Lincoln Agnew, illus.

One moonlit night, Harry and his stuffed, equine sidekick Horsie are awake past their bedtime. Unable to sleep, they work together to retrieve Harry’s brand-new Super Duper Bubble Blooper from the shelf. Soon, bubbles of ... Read More »

October 16, 2009 | Filed under: Picture Books

It’s a Snap! George Eastman’s First Photograph

By Monica Kulling; Bill Slavin, illus.

In 1877, George Eastman, a New York banker, took up photography as a hobby, but was frustrated by the expensive, cumbersome, and time-consuming process. After his first photo shoot took so long that his subjects ... Read More »

October 16, 2009

Taken

By Norah McClintock

In Norah McClintock’s latest teen crime novel, a lot of bad things happen to high-schooler Stephanie Rawls. Stephanie lives with her mother in a small town in Ontario, where a serial killer targeting teenage girls ... Read More »

October 16, 2009

Little Black Lies

By Tish Cohen

Tish Cohen’s poor-girl-goes-to-posh-private-school story has the first-person narrator, present-tense mode, and flashback-to-traumatic-event technique that is de rigueur in such works these days. It also has a familiar plot: Sara Black, daughter of her school’s new ... Read More »

October 16, 2009

thinandbeautiful.com

By Liane Shaw

Maddie Nessfield is in teenage hell: guards are watching her every move, and even her Internet access has been taken away. Her parents locked her up, and she has no idea why. After all, wanting ... Read More »

October 16, 2009

Tyranny

By Lesley Fairfield

In Tyranny, author and illustrator Lesley Fairfield documents the struggle of a teenage girl who falls victim to the thinsanity of popular culture. Despite evidence to the contrary, Anna thinks that she’s fat, and what ... Read More »

October 16, 2009 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Poster Boy

By Dede Crane

Graydon Fallon – “Gray” to his friends and family – is living the teenage dream. Though still a virgin, things are looking good with his hot girlfriend Natalie, who lets him get to second base ... Read More »

October 16, 2009

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