House Held up by Trees

Beautiful imagery and images abound in former U.S. poet laureate Ted Kooser’s latest book for young readers, which is illustrated by Ontario-born Jon Klassen. A house stands in solitude on a wide expanse of lawn; ... Read More »

April 19, 2012 | Filed under: Picture Books

The French Fry King

By Rogé; Alison Morgan, trans.

Roger the sausage dog is not interested in playing fetch or chasing the mailman. Instead, he spends his time in an existential search for meaning, asking himself important questions such as, “If I had a ... Read More »

April 19, 2012 | Filed under: 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

Night Boy

By Anne Laurel Carter; Ninon Pelletier, illus.

Anne Laurel Carter is probably best known for the controversy surrounding her 2008 YA title, The Shepherd’s Granddaughter. After winning the Candian Library Association’s Book of the Year for Children Award and being included in ... Read More »

April 12, 2012 | Filed under: Picture Books

Larf

By Ashley Spires

Larf is a sasquatch with elongated feet, a head the size of a bison’s, a penchant for red scarves, and a relatively happy life in the woods, where he maintains a regular schedule of jogging, ... Read More »

April 12, 2012 | Filed under: Picture Books

Piggy Bunny

By Rachel Vail; Jeremy Tankard, illus.;

Liam is just like any other little piglet, with one important difference: he doesn’t want to be a pig when he grows up, he wants to be the Easter Bunny. Liam’s down-to-earth siblings have no ... Read More »

April 12, 2012 | Filed under: Picture Books

A Walk in Pirate’s Cove

By Marisa Hochman; Bette Woodland,illus.

“Let’s go off on a pirate walk, / Down by the shining sea.” Thus begins this lovely book (the first from Winnipeg’s 36 Peonies Publishing) that celebrates the simple pleasures of discovering the natural world. ... Read More »

April 12, 2012 | Filed under: Picture Books

Titanic Ashes

By Paul Butler

Acclaimed St. John’s novelist Paul Butler explores class tension and culpability in this short novel, which takes place in 1925, 13 years after the Titanic disaster. Butler employs a psychological approach to imagine how the ... Read More »

March 12, 2012 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

RMS Titanic: Gilded Lives on a Fatal Voyage

By Hugh Brewster

On the eve of the 100th anniversary of the Titanic sinking, best-selling historian Hugh Brewster has produced a book that provides new research on the lives of both the victims and survivors of the world’s ... Read More »

March 12, 2012 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, History

Nina, the Bandit Queen

By Joey Slinger

The humour that kept Joey Slinger employed as a columnist at the Toronto Star for nearly 30 years is on display throughout his second novel. Regrettably missing, however, is the discipline of a novelist; struggle ... Read More »

March 12, 2012 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

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