Anna Carries Water

Anna lives with her family in the beautiful Jamaican countryside. Every evening she and her siblings walk to the spring, where they fill their containers with water for cooking, drinking, and washing. They always walk ... Read More »

November 13, 2013 | Filed under: Picture Books

Once Upon a Memory

By Nina Laden; Renata Liwska, illus.

In their new picture book, American author Nina Laden and Canadian illustrator Renata Liwska aim to gently confront children with the themes of memory and change. Laden’s text, written in rhyming couplets, offers one line ... Read More »

November 13, 2013 | Filed under: Picture Books

Spark

By Kallie George; Geneviève Côté, illus.

Spark is a lovable little dragon with a big problem: he can’t control his fire. His parents try everything they can think of to help: they teach him lessons from a book, they give him ... Read More »

November 13, 2013 | Filed under: Picture Books

Freaking Out: Real-life Stories About Anxiety

By Polly Wells, ed.; Peter Mitchell, illus.

For those who suffer from it, anxiety is a wily beast, constantly nipping at the heels. As Toronto writer and film producer Polly Wells deftly illustrates in Freaking Out, anxiety can be a particularly complex ... Read More »

October 29, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Cat Champions: Caring for Our Feline Friends

By Rob Laidlaw

Cats may have conquered the Internet, but every year thousands still end up homeless in shelters, sanctuaries, and feral colonies. Cat Champions is about some of the people – most of them kids – who ... Read More »

October 29, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Picture Me

By Lori Weber

Author of six previous YA books, Quebec’s Lori Weber returns with a novel that is not only a gripping story but also a bold experiment in narrative form. Picture Me takes what might otherwise have ... Read More »

October 29, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Spotted Dog Last Seen

By Jessica Scott Kerrin

Jessica Scott Kerrin, best known for her lauded Martin Bridge series, is back with another adventure book for boys. In The Spotted Dog Last Seen, readers are introduced to Derek Knowles-Collier, who fears that his ... Read More »

October 29, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Opposite of Geek

By Ria Voros

Fourteen year-old Gretchen Meyer treads lightly through the halls of Carver Green High School with her loyal pal Nemiah, rolling her eyes at the school’s tedious and shallow clique culture. So far she’s managed to ... Read More »

October 29, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

How to Curse in Hieroglyphics

By Lesley Livingston and Jonathan Llyr

Popular YA author Lesley Livingston makes her first foray into middle-grade territory with How to Curse in Hieroglyphics, the first book in the Wiggins Weird series. The supernatural tale, co-authored by Toronto actor and former ... Read More »

October 29, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Home Ice Advantage

By Tom Earle

Shame, embarrassment, and fear often keep us from exposing our psychological baggage to the masses, and the main characters in Tom Earle’s newest middle-grade novel are especially keen to keep their traumas under wraps. Twelve-year-old ... Read More »

October 29, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

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Anna Carries Water

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The Opposite of Geek

How to Curse in Hieroglyphics

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