Ella’s Umbrellas

By Jennifer Lloyd; Ashley Spires, illus.

Ella has an enviable collection of umbrellas. They are colourful and speckled, sparkly and spotty, and she treasures every one. Her favourite, however, is the one that is “robin’s egg blue,” a gift from “kind ... Read More »

April 16, 2010 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Doctrine of Affections

By Paul Headrick

In music, the “doctrine of the affections” is the theory that a composer can elicit involuntary emotions in listeners by utilizing certain techniques, such as large or small intervals between notes (meant to invoke joy ... Read More »

March 31, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Short

The Extinction Club

By Jeffrey Moore

In Jeffrey Moore’s third novel, a recovering addict from Neptune, New Jersey, arrives in a snowy Laurentian town with nothing but a beat-up van, withdrawal hallucinations, and a suitcase full of inherited cash. Fleeing lawsuits, ... Read More »

March 31, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

Walt Whitman’s Secret

By George Fetherling

Frequent Q&Q reviewer George Fetherling’s third novel is an intriguing look at one of America’s most influential poets. The novel focuses on the last years of Whitman’s life as observed by his real-life friend Horace ... Read More »

March 29, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

Patient Frame

By Steven Heighton

Patient Frame is Kingston-based poet, fiction writer, and essayist Steven Heighton’s fifth collection of poems. As readers of his work have come to expect, this book has tremendous range, covering subjects both personal and political, ... Read More »

March 22, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Poetry

Only in the Movies

By William Bell

How will this fadge? My master loves her dearly; And I (poor monster) fond as much on him; And she (mistaken) seems to dote on me. This is from Twelfth Night, at the point where ... Read More »

March 15, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Minerva’s Voyage

By Lynne Kositsky

With her new novel, Toronto writer Lynne Kositsky has delivered an action-packed adventure that doesn’t let up from its opening scene. When Noah Vaile, a runaway, is kidnapped from the streets of 17th-century Bristol and ... Read More »

March 15, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Last December

By Matt Beam

Authenticity of voice is one of the key components of a successful YA novel. Attuned as they are to the minute linguistic shifts of their all-important peer groups, young readers will spot a misused “dude” ... Read More »

March 15, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Me & Death: An Afterlife Adventure

By Richard Scrimger

When 14-year-old Jim dashes onto a busy Toronto street in hot pursuit of Lloyd, his favourite whipping boy, he’s sure he’s got the situation in hand. After all, the whole west end neighbourhood is terrified ... Read More »

March 15, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Neil Flambé and the Marco Polo Murders

By Kevin Sylvester

With cooking shows proliferating on TV, and with the 2007 hit movie Ratatouille (about a rat that loves to cook), it was probably inevitable that someone would take a stab at creating the sort of ... Read More »

March 15, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

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