★ The Master’s Apprentice

By Rick Jacobson; Laura Fernandez and Rick Jacobson, illus.

When Marco is accepted as a junior apprentice to young Michelangelo Buonarroti, he is excited and fearful. His father, a chemist, has trained him to mix his secret formulas for artists’ colours, but Marco knows ... Read More »

March 12, 2008 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Winston of Churchill: One Bear’s Battle Against Global Warming

By Jean Davies Okimoto; Jeremiah Trammell, illus.

Winston of Churchill is a brilliant book. Great fun to read and look at, it painlessly teaches children a number of important facts. With captivating wit, author Jean Davies Okimoto explores global warming, Manitoba geography, ... Read More »

March 6, 2008 | Filed under: Picture Books

Wonder Kids

By Charis Cotter

Many child prodigies have lived sad lives, peaking early and ultimately failing to outdistance their plodding contemporaries. Often they have been performers whose extraordinary abilities were exploited by their families for profit or glory. Happily, ... Read More »

March 6, 2008

Maple Leaf Forever? The Warts & All Story of Canada’s Confederation

By Paul Keery; Michael Wyatt, illus.

The innovative minds at JackFruit Press know the secret to engaging kids in their own country’s history: take the subject out of the school textbooks and turn it into a tale teeming with conspiracy, bravery, ... Read More »

March 6, 2008

The Third Eye

By Mahtab Narsimhan

Mahtab Narsimhan brings imagery from her native India to the story of Tara, an Indian girl who battles an evil monster/magician in order to retrieve her family and save her village. Tara’s mother and beloved ... Read More »

March 6, 2008 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Rosie and Buttercup

By Chieri Uegaki; Stephane Jorisch, illus.

At first, Rosie is very taken with her new little sister, Buttercup. But before long, she begins to resent Buttercup’s messy intrusion into her life and tries to give her away. So begins this unexceptional ... Read More »

March 6, 2008 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Mattland

By Hazel Hutchins and Gail Herbert; Dusan Petricic, illus.

What can a kid do when he’s moved over and over again, and the place he’s moved to now is the very worst of all? Matt is so angry he could throw a stick, but ... Read More »

March 6, 2008 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Sugar: A Bittersweet History

By Elizabeth Abbott

Everyone knows too much sugar is bad for you. But after reading Elizabeth Abbott’s brilliant and assiduously researched Sugar, the truth of exactly how bad will become clear. Abbott takes a spoonful of sugar and ... Read More »

March 3, 2008 | Filed under: History

Under Pressure: Rescuing Childhood from the Culture of Hyper-Parenting

By Carl Honore

With Under Pressure, Carl Honoré, author of In Praise of Slow, aims his sights on the youngest members of society. Using research studies and hundreds of interviews, he has pulled together a comprehensive look at ... Read More »

February 25, 2008 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

★ The Boys in the Trees

By Mary Swan

It’s a common criticism of Canadian fiction that many of our authors produce bleak and depressing books. Mary Swan fits this rather unflattering profile, but in her case, it works. Her first novel, The Boys ... Read More »

February 4, 2008 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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