by Shanda Deziel

Wendy McLeod MacKnight introduces the Beaverbrook Art Gallery to middle-grade readers

Wendy McLeod MacKnight's second book, The Frame-Up (HarperCollins), takes a magical premise – that the subjects in paintings are secretly alive in a world behind their frames – and turns it into an utterly charming ... Read More »

June 20, 2018

Sydney Smith wins prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal

By Shanda Deziel

Nova Scotia's Sydney Smith has won this year's Kate Greenaway Medal for his illustrations in Town is by the Sea, written by Joanne Schwartz (Groundwood Books). The award, along with the Carnegie Medal (won by ... Read More »

June 18, 2018

Chantel Guertin says goodbye to Pippa Greene

By Shanda Deziel

In May, Toronto author and TV beauty expert Chantel Guertin wrapped up her Pippa Greene YA series with the fourth instalment, Golden Hour (ECW Press). For five years, Guertin's entertained with this realistic and engaging ... Read More »

June 13, 2018

Kidlit Fall Preview: Non-fiction, series, and international titles

By Shanda Deziel

Non-fiction To help children understand and navigate the current state of the world, On the News: Our First Talk about Tragedy (Orca, Sept.) – by Jillian Roberts and Jane Heinrichs, ill. – helps explain natural ... Read More »

June 7, 2018

Kidlit Fall Preview: Middle-grade

By Shanda Deziel

Inkling Kenneth Oppel and Sydney Smith, ill. HarperCollins, Sept. Two titans of kidlit come together once again for Inkling, the story of an ink blot that jumps off the page and changes the lives of ... Read More »

June 7, 2018

Kidlit Fall Preview: Young adult

By Shanda Deziel

Sadie Courtney Summers Wednesday Books, St. Martin’s Press/Raincoast Books, Sept. The buzz is building for the latest emotionally scorching novel from Courtney Summers (This Is Not a Test; All the Rage). The titular character is ... Read More »

June 7, 2018

Kidlit Fall Preview: debuts

By Shanda Deziel

Synchro Boy Shannon McFerran Arsenal Pulp Press, Nov. In Synchro Boy, Victoria’s Shannon McFerran follows the athletic and romantic exploits of Bart Lively, a 16-year-old competitive swimmer who is wooed over to the synchronized team. ... Read More »

June 4, 2018

Kidlit Fall Preview: picture books

By Shanda Deziel

Over the Rooftops, Under the Moon JonArno Lawson and Nahid Kazemi, ill. Enchanted Lion Books/Publishers Group Canada, Sept. In the new picture book from poet JonArno Lawson – author of 2015’s award-winning Sidewalk Flowers – ... Read More »

June 4, 2018

Kidlit Fall Preview: Qin Leng’s I Am Small

By Shanda Deziel

Prolific kidlit artist Qin Leng joins the ranks of author-illustrators with her picture book, I Am Small (Kids Can, Oct.). She talks to Q&Q about her inspiration: When I was growing up in Bordeaux, France, ... Read More »

June 4, 2018

My Beautiful Birds wins 2018 Crystal Kite Award for Canada

By Shanda Deziel

The Society of Children's Books Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) has named Suzanne Del Rizzo's My Beautiful Birds the winner of the 2018 Crystal Kite Award for Canada. The Crystal Kite Awards are peer-selected and voted ... Read More »

June 4, 2018

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Wendy McLeod MacKnight introduces the Beaverbrook Art Gallery to middle-grade readers

Sydney Smith wins prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal

Chantel Guertin says goodbye to Pippa Greene

Kidlit Fall Preview: Non-fiction, series, and international titles

Kidlit Fall Preview: Middle-grade

Kidlit Fall Preview: Young adult

Kidlit Fall Preview: debuts

Kidlit Fall Preview: picture books

Kidlit Fall Preview: Qin Leng’s I Am Small

My Beautiful Birds wins 2018 Crystal Kite Award for Canada

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