Maddy’s Amazing African Birthday

By Megan K. Williams; Allessandro Vallecchi and Maddalena Vallecchi Williams, photog.

For her 10th birthday, Maddy Williams got a pretty overwhelming surprise present from her globetrotting photographer uncle: a trip to Tanzania. She flew over and spent two weeks driving around in a jeep with her ... Read More »

February 17, 2009

Advice for Italian Boys

By Anne Giardini

Former National Post columnist (and daughter of beloved CanLit icon Carol Shields) Anne Giardini has hit her stride with her second novel. While her debut, The Sad Truth About Happiness, may have been praised, it ... Read More »

February 17, 2009 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Overqualified

By Joey Comeau

Toronto writer Joey Comeau’s second novel consists of 40 job application cover letters, each addressed to a different potential employer and signed with the novelist’s own name. Though his desire for gainful employment may be ... Read More »

February 17, 2009 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Animal Aha! Thrilling Discoveries in Wildlife Science

By Diane Swanson

The best part of all animal science books for kids are the “fun facts.” These are the little rewards for getting through all the boring science parts, and are usually “fun” in direct proportion to ... Read More »

February 17, 2009

The Virgin’s Tale

By Sherri Smith

Sherri Smith opens her debut novel with an eerie scene: a woman buried alive and left to suffocate alone in her tomb. The 400+ pages that follow tell her story — and the claustrophobia never ... Read More »

February 17, 2009 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Follow That Map! A First Book of Mapping Skills

By Scot Ritchie

The Internet, and digital technology in general, has made huge changes to the way we get from point A to point B. There are countless sites online, well-known to kids of all ages, that provide ... Read More »

February 17, 2009

★ Death Was in the Picture

By Linda L. Richards

Imagine that Sam Spade’s secretary had to solve the mystery of the Maltese Falcon because Spade was too drunk to leave the office and you have the basic conceit of B.C. author Linda L. Richards’ ... Read More »

February 17, 2009 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ The Sudden Disappearance of Seetha

By Andrea Gunraj

Andrea Gunraj has written a sparkling first novel – part of Knopf Canada’s New Face of Fiction series – about a Caribbean family riven by economic hardship, fatherlessness, and fierce sibling rivalry. The titular Seetha ... Read More »

February 17, 2009 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

A Walk Through a Window

By KC Dyer

“Educational time travel” describes this story of a girl’s summer sojourn in Charlottetown, P.E.I. When her parents decide to renovate their Toronto house, Darby is sent to hang out with unfamiliar grandparents. There she has ... Read More »

February 17, 2009

Fishing for Bacon

By Michael Davie

The “Bacon” in the title of this enjoyable comic debut from Calgary author Michael Davie is Bacon Sobelowski, an unprepossessing young man just out of high school and wondering what to do with his life. ... Read More »

February 17, 2009 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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