Lenny Bruce Is Dead

The elegiac tone of Jonathan Goldstein’s first novel, Lenny Bruce Is Dead, doesn’t have much to do with the death of the iconoclastic, detatched comic of the title. Rather, Josh, who lives in Montreal, is ... Read More »

January 22, 2009 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

Focus on Flies

By Norma Dixon

“Flies are more than just mooches who spread disease,” declares the jacket copy for Focus on Flies by Vancouver’s Norma Dixon. Any child who has been exposed to enough nature shows and animal books knows ... Read More »

January 21, 2009

Stanley’s Beauty Contest

By Linda Bailey; Bill Slavin, illus.

Browse the kids’ section at your local bookstore and you might conclude that picture books are entirely populated by animals. Human children do occasionally appear, but the bestselling ones tend to feature mice, squirrels, and ... Read More »

January 20, 2009 | Filed under: Picture Books

Bradley McGogg, the Very Fine Frog

By Tim Beiser; Rachel Berman, illus.

January 20, 2009 | Filed under: Picture Books

Have You Ever Seen a Duck in a Raincoat?

By Etta Kaner; Jeff Szuc, illus.

Is it a science book or a picture book? That’s the question that comes to mind when reading the newest offering from teacher-turned-writer Etta Kaner. At first glance, the book presents itself as a picture ... Read More »

January 20, 2009

You Are Weird: Your Body’s Peculiar Parts and Funny Functions

By Diane Swanson; Kathy Boake, illus.

Don’t let the wacky title or madcap illustrations fool you: veteran science writer Diane Swanson takes on a serious task in her new book, You Are Weird. Most kids are well aware that the human ... Read More »

January 20, 2009

Black and White

By Eric Walters

Eric Walters’ Black and White is a thoughtful book undermined by a serious flaw. The novel is about two middle school suburban kids. Thomas, 13, is in Grade 8. Denyse, 12, is in Grade 7. ... Read More »

January 20, 2009 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Snakes and Ladders

By Shaun Smith

Q&Q contributing editor Shaun Smith’s first YA novel is very aptly titled, as it is a dark coming-of-age story that involves its fair share of both real and figurative snakes and ladders. It is 1971, ... Read More »

January 20, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Arctic Visions: Pictures from a Vanished World

By Fred Bruemmer

Between 1964 and 1995, Montreal-based photographer Fred Bruemmer spent part of each year living among the Inuit in the Arctic. Bruemmer was enthralled by the “magic and majesty” of the land itself – “its rugged ... Read More »

January 19, 2009 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

Having Faith in the Polar Girls’ Prison

By Cathleen With

Trista, the 15-year-old protagonist of Cathleen With’s debut novel, is a psychically damaged native girl from a small town in the Northwest Territories. Currently incarcerated in a youth facility awaiting trial, she keeps her newborn ... Read More »

January 19, 2009 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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