Community Soup

In this Stone Soup—flavoured story, a Kenyan school is busy with lunchtime preparations. While the teachers stir the broth, students pick vegetables from the community garden. Kioni is late – she’s looking for her goats, ... Read More »

May 21, 2013 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Dark

By Lemony Snicket; Jon Klassen, illus.

The Dark is a fantastic collision of literary phenomena: Lemony Snicket and Caldecott Medal winner Jon Klassen (This Is Not My Hat), who together create a story evoking the spooky old poem “In a Dark, ... Read More »

May 21, 2013 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ The Day My Mom Came to Kindergarten

By Maureen Fergus; Mike Lowery, illus.

Being a kid in kindergarten is tough, especially when your mom comes to spend the day at school. But in this delightful role-reversal tale, it’s Mom who acts out while her daughter hangs her head ... Read More »

May 21, 2013 | Filed under: Picture Books

Travelling Light

By Peter Behrens

Most of this collection’s 23 short stories were published in Peter Behrens’ first book, 1987’s Night Driving; in an author’s note, Behrens says he revised “but tried to avoid rewriting” them. A cynic might suggest ... Read More »

April 29, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Short

Branded by the Pink Triangle

By Ken Setterington

From retired Toronto librarian Ken Setterington, whose publishing credits include the picture book Mom and Mum Are Getting Married! (illustrated by Alice Priestley) and the reference book A Guide to Canadian Children’s Books in English, ... Read More »

April 23, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

★ In the Tree House

By Andrew Larsen; Dušan Petricic, illus.

Scene: two children stand in the late afternoon sunlight comparing shadows. The little brother says, “Look! I’m long!” His older sister replies, “I’m longer.” Siblings give us our first experience of the tyranny of comparison. ... Read More »

April 23, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

Danny, Who Fell in a Hole

By Cary Fagan; Milan Pavlovic, illus.

In celebrated author Cary Fagan’s latest middle-grade novel, young Danny is presented with a dire and confusing situation: his father announces he is moving to New York City to become an opera singer, and his ... Read More »

April 23, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Still at War

By Jean Booker

The protagonist of Jean Booker’s new novel is a girl named Ellen who lives in a small town in England shortly after the end of the Second World War. Though the conflict is over, life ... Read More »

April 23, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

An Infidel in Paradise

By S.J. Laidlaw

First-time author S.J. Laidlaw draws heavily on her experiences living in Pakistan (she now resides in Toronto) to examine the struggles of a troubled teen thrust into the unfamiliar – and sometimes dangerous – world ... Read More »

April 23, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

What’s Going on at the Time Tonight?

By Gerald Mercer; Holly DeWolf, illus.

Long before modern distractions like video games and television, Newfoundlanders spent their evenings sharing stories and playing music. Whether they took place in homes or community halls, these parties, called “times,” were filled with song, ... Read More »

April 23, 2013 | Filed under: Picture Books

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Community Soup

The Dark

★ The Day My Mom Came to Kindergarten

Travelling Light

Branded by the Pink Triangle

★ In the Tree House

Danny, Who Fell in a Hole

Still at War

An Infidel in Paradise

What’s Going on at the Time Tonight?

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