In the ripping fantasy yarns Airborn and Skybreaker, Kenneth Oppel took readers to the skies. In the third book of the trilogy, Starclimber, we head for the heavens, with Canada racing to be the first ... Read More »
November 3, 2008
The familiar theme of leaving the nest is perhaps appropriate for a first picture book, and Calgary’s Tera Johnson and Toronto illustrator Tania Howells are both trying out their wings with this story. Berkeley the ... Read More »
November 3, 2008 | Filed under: Picture Books
In the barnyard, everyone is having babies, and the babies are asking plenty of questions. The lamb asks her mother, “Who are you?” and is told, “I am your mother.” She then asks: “Who am ... Read More »
November 3, 2008 | Filed under: Picture Books
Don Gillmor’s delightfully alarming new picture book begins with the absurd premise that a boy could eat up so much of the world that “The earth wasn’t even round any more. It was shaped like ... Read More »
November 3, 2008 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books
Deborah Ellis is no stranger to the world of politically themed young adult fiction. Her latest book, Lunch with Lenin, is a powerful and skillfully executed collection of short stories about the impact of drugs, ... Read More »
November 3, 2008 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction
Irene Watts’s Good-Bye Marianne is the story of an 11-year-old Jewish girl living in Berlin in the late 1930s. Over the course of several weeks, Marianne witnesses a murder, is barred from attending school, discovers ... Read More »
October 29, 2008 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Graphica
The editors of YES Mag are back with their fourth non-fiction title for young readers. And like their previous books – which include The International Space Station and Science Detectives – Robots is a lively ... Read More »
October 29, 2008 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction
Author Deborah Ellis has built a reputation on writing stories that bring attention to the plight of the world’s marginalized children. She often visits developing or war-torn countries, sometimes at great risk to herself, to ... Read More »
October 29, 2008 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction
Teenager Will Lightfoot steals his father’s antique motorcycle and crashes spectacularly into an alternate world – the Perilous Realm, the place where all stories begin. And, as Will soon discovers, perilous it is – it’s ... Read More »
October 29, 2008 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction
Fifteen-year-old Alexandria Hyatt wears Gucci and Prada, gets her hair coiffed by Mr. Henri, owns a Pomeranian pup named Sprout who serves as both companion and fashion accessory, and has her filthy-rich parents wrapped around ... Read More »
October 29, 2008 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction
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