Puppet

Eva Wiseman’s dark but hopeful YA novels have explored the terrible legacy of the Holocaust in Hungary, the country of her birth. With Puppet, she takes readers to an earlier period in Hungary’s troubled history ... Read More »

March 16, 2009 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Listening

By Margaret Avison

It’s been almost two years since Margaret Avison, one of Canada’s most significant poets, died. Now that her “last poems” have been published, we can stop wondering what she left on her desk. Books of ... Read More »

March 16, 2009 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Poetry

Hurry Up, Nicholas!

By Gilles Tibo; Bruno St-Aubin, illus.; Petra Johansonn, trans.

The powerhouse Quebec-based duo of writer Gilles Tibo and illustrator Bruno St-Aubin team up here for the third in their Nicholas series, aimed at the early elementary set. Previously, in Too Many Books!, Nicholas had ... Read More »

March 16, 2009 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

Mom and Me

By Marla Stewart Konrad

Getting There and Mom and Me are the first two entries in the World Vision Early Reader series. (Grand and I Like to Play are promised.) Both are filled with full-colour images from photographers around ... Read More »

March 16, 2009 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

Getting There

By Marla Stewart Konrad

March 16, 2009 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

The Bears We Know

By Brenda Silsbe; Vlasta van Kampen, illus.

The Bears We Know was originally published in 1989 as an Annikin, a tiny-format picture book designed for small pockets. It has now been reissued in a larger format, fleshed out with new illustrations. The ... Read More »

March 16, 2009 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

When I Visit the Farm

By Crystal Beshara

Crystal Beshara is first and foremost a painter, so it’s not surprising that it is the artwork in this book that shines. As with an impressionist painting, Beshara’s softly coloured illustrations sometimes have the effect ... Read More »

March 16, 2009 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

Oryx and Crake

By Margaret Atwood

When word got around that Margaret Atwood’s 11th novel was going to be a work of speculative fiction‚ her readers probably hoped for the best but feared the worst. The best would be a revisiting ... Read More »

March 16, 2009 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Not Yet: A Memoir of Living and Almost Dying

By Wayson Choy

The new memoir by celebrated novelist Wayson Choy chronicles not one, but two near-death experiences. Employing a spare, restrained approach, Choy depicts a dramatic series of events through an unexpectedly tranquil filter, highlighting themes of ... Read More »

March 9, 2009 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

★ Home Free

By Sharon Jennings

If Sharon Jennings’ Home Free, the first volume in Second Story’s new Gutsy Girl series is a sign of what’s to come, then hurrah. This short, sharp story sets the bar high for its followers: ... Read More »

March 2, 2009 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

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