Children and YA Fiction

★ The Opposite of Tidy

The most recent offering from West Coast YA powerhouse Carrie Mac relates the experiences of 15-year-old Juniper (“Junie”) as her mother’s hoarding goes from problematic to potentially life-threatening. When Mom’s salvation arrives via an offer ... Read More »

April 19, 2012 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Oscar

By Jordan Troutt; Sarah Preston, illus.

The latest offering from Jordan Troutt and Sarah Preston (the author-illustrator team who collaborated on 2008’s The Naming Book of Rascally Rhymes) will likely please most young listeners, but it may drive some parents mad. ... Read More »

April 19, 2012 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

Doors in the Air

By David Weale; Pierre Pratt, illus.

Written in Seussian rhyming couplets, Charlottetown author David Weale’s Doors in the Air begins with a small boy itemizing the various parts of his house and its contents, employing alliteration that makes reading it aloud ... Read More »

April 19, 2012 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

Torn Apart: The Internment Diary of Mary Kobayashi

By Susan Aihoshi

It may shock some young readers (and even some adults) to discover that Canada’s history includes a period during which the government branded thousands of citizens “enemy aliens” and sent them to internment camps. The ... Read More »

April 12, 2012 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

★ The Green Man

By Michael Bedard

What makes a good ghost story? The ones we remember usually feature a troubled soul, an unfinished tale, a receptive listener, and, above all, a specific and fully realized place: a location for spirits to ... Read More »

February 15, 2012 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The World in Your Lunch Box: The Wacky History and Weird Science of Everyday Foods

By Claire Eamer; Sa Boothroyd, illus.

A cross between a science experiment and history project, The World in Your Lunch Box humorously and informatively dissects a week’s worth of lunches, taking a close look at the food kids love the most. ... Read More »

February 15, 2012 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Time Snatchers

By Richard Ungar

In Richard Ungar’s first middle-grade novel (following a successful series of picture books), 13-year-old Caleb is part of a team of highly trained time-travelling thieves “adopted” as young children by a man they call Uncle. ... Read More »

December 21, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Birthday Suit

By Olive Senior; Eugenie Fernandes, illus.

In this spirited romp, Jamaican-Canadian poet Olive Senior tells the tale of four-year-old Johnny, who just can’t seem to keep his clothes on. To his mother’s dismay, no outfit can contain his exuberant nakedness, not ... Read More »

December 21, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

★ The Legend of the Fog

By Qaunaq Mikkigak and Joanne Schwartz; Danny Christopher, illus.

Inhabit Media, a publishing start-up specializing in Inuit-themed books, scored a 2011 Q&Q Book of the Year with The Qalupalik, the tale of a boy who must trick his way out of the clutches of ... Read More »

December 21, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

Nowhere Else on Earth: Standing Tall for the Great Bear Rainforest

By Caitlyn Vernon

Concern about our impact on the environment has come to the forefront in recent years. While many people take steps to support conservation, most tend to carry on without taking action. Not so for environmental ... Read More »

October 19, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

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