Getting There

Getting There and Mom and Me are the first two entries in the World Vision Early Reader series. (Grand and I Like to Play are promised.) Both are filled with full-colour images from photographers around ... Read More »

March 16, 2009 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

The Bears We Know

By Brenda Silsbe; Vlasta van Kampen, illus.

The Bears We Know was originally published in 1989 as an Annikin, a tiny-format picture book designed for small pockets. It has now been reissued in a larger format, fleshed out with new illustrations. The ... Read More »

March 16, 2009 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

When I Visit the Farm

By Crystal Beshara

Crystal Beshara is first and foremost a painter, so it’s not surprising that it is the artwork in this book that shines. As with an impressionist painting, Beshara’s softly coloured illustrations sometimes have the effect ... Read More »

March 16, 2009 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

★ Home Free

By Sharon Jennings

If Sharon Jennings’ Home Free, the first volume in Second Story’s new Gutsy Girl series is a sign of what’s to come, then hurrah. This short, sharp story sets the bar high for its followers: ... Read More »

March 2, 2009 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

A Wizard in Love

By Mireille Levert; Marie Lafrance, illus.;

Kids are often thought to be better than adults at dealing with grief, but that doesn’t mean it’s ever easy. Two works by celebrated Montreal author and illustrator Mireille Levert explore the cycle of loss ... Read More »

February 12, 2009 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

The Imaginary Garden

By Andrew Larsen; Irene Luxbacher, illus.

The intense sensory pleasure of a grandparent’s garden is among many people’s earliest memories. And the loss of a garden, like Eden, is one of the most powerful human stories. Nonetheless, grandparents often have to ... Read More »

February 12, 2009 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

★ Timothy and the Dragon’s Gate

By Adrienne Kress

When we first meet him, Timothy Freshwater is a fairly unpleasant character. “Too smart for his own good” and perpetually bored, he’s quick with the backtalk and flip remarks, dismissive of anyone who isn’t as ... Read More »

February 2, 2009 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Black and White

By Eric Walters

Eric Walters’ Black and White is a thoughtful book undermined by a serious flaw. The novel is about two middle school suburban kids. Thomas, 13, is in Grade 8. Denyse, 12, is in Grade 7. ... Read More »

January 20, 2009 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Ship of Lost Souls

By Rachelle Delaney

A pirate ship, a treasure map, and a crew of orphans: how could even the most reluctant young reader resist such a premise? In her first novel, author Rachelle Delaney, a graduate of the MFA ... Read More »

January 5, 2009 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Same Same

By Marthe Jocelyn; Tom Slaughter, illus.

The previous collaborations between Marthe Jocelyn and Tom Slaughter were elegant books that broke concepts of size or quantity down to their essence. Spare in text and image almost to the point of being like ... Read More »

January 5, 2009 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

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