Dear George Clooney, Please Marry My Mom

Most readers want fiction that is populated by likeable characters, but in the right hands, an unlikable character can add a bracing note of dissonance to a story. Sarah N. Harvey’s Death Benefits features Arthur ... Read More »

November 17, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Growing Up Ivy

By Peggy Dymond Leavey

Three young women make their difficult ways through three historical periods in a trio of new middle-grade novels. Though the settings and situations vary, all three novels show that the figure of Anne Shirley casts ... Read More »

August 30, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Paris in the Spring with Picasso

By Joan Yolleck; Marjorie Priceman, illus.

“There is no place more beautiful than Paris,” thinks Guillaume Apollinaire as he strolls along the city streets of Joan Yolleck and Marjorie Priceman’s bubbly picture book. This is a fanciful trip back to Apollinaire’s ... Read More »

August 30, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

★ I Know Here

By Laurel Croza; Matt James, illus.

Laurel Croza spent her early childhood moving with her family from dam project to dam project in northern Saskatchewan. In I Know Here, she distills that experience into a simple, achingly beautiful picture book. The ... Read More »

August 30, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

Grease Town

By Ann Towell

In her second children’s novel, Ann Towell of Shetland, Ontario, employs a little-known historical event as the foundation for a solid coming of age story featuring complex characters and a nuanced exploration of race and ... Read More »

June 11, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Willow’s Whispers

By Lana Button; Tania Howells, illus.

Learning to assert yourself is not really about having a big voice, it’s about using the one you have – such is the lesson of Lana Button’s first picture book. Willow is all too familiar ... Read More »

June 11, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

Topsy-Turvy Town

By Luc Melanson

There are few things as charming as the deeper reaches of a child’s imagination. Quebec illustrator and children’s author Luc Melanson draws on this adorable quality in his newest picture book. A little boy leads ... Read More »

April 19, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

Only in the Movies

By William Bell

How will this fadge? My master loves her dearly; And I (poor monster) fond as much on him; And she (mistaken) seems to dote on me. This is from Twelfth Night, at the point where ... Read More »

March 15, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Minerva’s Voyage

By Lynne Kositsky

With her new novel, Toronto writer Lynne Kositsky has delivered an action-packed adventure that doesn’t let up from its opening scene. When Noah Vaile, a runaway, is kidnapped from the streets of 17th-century Bristol and ... Read More »

March 15, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Last December

By Matt Beam

Authenticity of voice is one of the key components of a successful YA novel. Attuned as they are to the minute linguistic shifts of their all-important peer groups, young readers will spot a misused “dude” ... Read More »

March 15, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

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Dear George Clooney, Please Marry My Mom

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★ I Know Here

Grease Town

Willow’s Whispers

Topsy-Turvy Town

Only in the Movies

Minerva’s Voyage

Last December

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