Lucy Unstrung

The transition from girl to young woman is a tricky one, full of embarrassment and uncertainty. Navigating the unknown territory of puberty with as few battle scars as possible is a rite of passage for ... Read More »

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

★ Blood and Iron: Building the Railway

By Paul Yee

When Scholastic’s Dear Canada series began in 2001, its aim was to engage young female readers with Canadian history while providing useful resources for teachers and librarians. In the books, written in the form of ... Read More »

November 17, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

★ Prisoner of Dieppe: World War II

By Hugh Brewster

November 17, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

One Hockey Night

By David Ward; Brian Deines, illus.

With One Hockey Night, David Ward and Brian Deines offer up a sequel to The Hockey Tree, which won a Saskatchewan Young Readers’ Choice award in 2007. In the new book, hockey-loving siblings Owen and ... Read More »

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

Together Forever

By Per-Henrik Gürth

In 2009’s When Wishes Come True, Little Bear yearned to be anything other than a polar bear cub living on barren, white stretches of Arctic ice with Mother Bear. He soon learned, however, that he ... Read More »

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

Hockey Opposites

By Per-Henrik Gürth

Per-Henrik Gürth’s Hockey Opposites is a delightfully cute and playful treatment of hockey for early readers. The book tells the story of a match between two teams made up of typical Gürthian critters such as ... Read More »

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

Viola Desmond Won’t Be Budged!

By Jody Nyasha Warner; Richard Rudnicki, illus.

One day in 1946, hair salon owner Viola Desmond’s car broke down in the town of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. To pass the time while it was being fixed, she went to the movies, only ... Read More »

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

Stanley’s Little Sister

By Linda Bailey; Bill Slavin, illus

Stanley’s back, but in this, the latest in the popular series with the delightfully comic dog’s-eye view of the world, the boisterous canine has to deal with trouble he didn’t cause. Stanley’s trouble takes the ... Read More »

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

Giraffe and Bird

By Rebecca Bender

Giraffe and bird are curmudgeonly enemies who spend their days irritating one another in every possible way. Bird makes funny faces at giraffe, and giraffe sticks out his tongue at bird. Bird prunes his feathers, ... Read More »

November 17, 2010 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Canadian Railroad Trilogy

By Gordon Lightfoot; Ian Wallace, illus.

Gordon Lightfoot wrote one of his best-loved songs, “Canadian Railroad Trilogy,” in Canada’s centennial year, 1967. Lightfoot’s lyrics celebrate the vision and incredible effort that went into building the Canadian Pacific Railroad. They also celebrate ... Read More »

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

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