Liam is 12 years old when two men break into his house and kill both his parents as they sleep. After seeing one of the murderers – the Mole – Liam is in danger, too. ... Read More »
January 9, 2007 | Filed under: Book news
When 16-year-old Dylan's mind tries to ignore the clear signals from her body – i.e., the groin of the title – it has ways of making sure she gets the message. The boy she’s dating ... Read More »
January 9, 2007 | Filed under: Book news
At first glance, This Side of the Sky (originally Le ciel tombe à côté, a 2003 Mr. Christie’s Award-winner and GG nominee) looks like an “issues” novel, with its themes of child abuse, racism, and ... Read More »
January 9, 2007
Picture book illustration can, at its finest, transport you right into the heart of a story’s emotion and momentum. How anyone can achieve that transmogrification with the lumpish medium of Plasticine is an artistic mystery. ... Read More »
January 9, 2007 | Filed under: Picture Books
These two new books are both about pro hockey, both are for young readers in primary to middle grades, both are also available in French, and both will have wide appeal for their intended readers. ... Read More »
January 9, 2007
Creatures Great and Small is a book that uses every possible surface to inform and impress the reader. The text presents interesting facts about some of the world’s largest and smallest animals, while the book’s ... Read More »
January 9, 2007
June Callwood: A Life of Action is straight-ahead juvenile biography. The bland writing, though initially off-putting, is redeemed by rich detail and insight into the life of this brilliant Toronto activist and writer. Toronto teacher-librarian ... Read More »
January 9, 2007
I was all set to hate Kim Cattrall’s book Being a Girl. The little I’d seen of her hit TV show Sex and the City left me disgusted, and the fact that Cattrall’s photographs are ... Read More »
January 9, 2007
In 1956, Bobbie Kalman was nine and living in Mosonmagyaróvár, Hungary, a town made infamous when the state police opened fire on unarmed protestors during the Hungarian Revolution. Kalman records her memories of that day ... Read More »
January 8, 2007
It may seem paradoxical to call a book about forest fires gentle, but that’s exactly what Fire! is. Written in simple, short, descriptive sentences, Celia Godkin’s prose sounds like poetry. Page spreads that show fire ... Read More »
January 8, 2007
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