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Wrong Bar

By Nathaniel G. Moore

At one point in Nathaniel G. Moore’s debut novel, the narrator, Charles Haas, speculates about how his existence might be described if it were a work of fiction. The passage that follows is a parody ... Read More »

January 4, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

The Honey Locust

By Jeffrey Round

Toronto writer and playwright Jeffrey Round’s fourth book, The Honey Locust, begins in medias res, with seasoned photojournalist Angela Thomas dodging bullets to escape the wartorn Bosnian village in which she is trapped. Her partner ... Read More »

January 4, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

A Pleasant Vertigo

By Egidio Coccimiglio

It’s a debate that rages on: is the novella a genre with distinct characteristics or simply an idiosyncratic, underutilized length? Is it a short story grown too big for its britches, or a novel run ... Read More »

January 4, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

The Cousin

By John Calabro

It’s a debate that rages on: is the novella a genre with distinct characteristics or simply an idiosyncratic, underutilized length? Is it a short story grown too big for its britches, or a novel run ... Read More »

January 4, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

The Rocket

By Mike Leonetti; Greg Banning, illus.

In 1955, Queen Elizabeth was given the puck with which Maurice Richard scored his record-breaking 325th goal. While in the schoolbook version of history, Canadians tend to go in for heroes in sensible shoes, like ... Read More »

December 17, 2009 | Filed under: Picture Books

Proud as a Peacock, Brave as a Lion

By Jane Barclay; Renné Benoit, illus.

In 1955, Queen Elizabeth was given the puck with which Maurice Richard scored his record-breaking 325th goal. While in the schoolbook version of history, Canadians tend to go in for heroes in sensible shoes, like ... Read More »

December 17, 2009 | Filed under: Picture Books

Jack the Bear

By Christina Leist

Jack the Bear is Christina Leist’s first attempt at writing for children; she has, however, illustrated several other children’s books, and is an accomplished graphic artist. Her illustrations here are drawn on recycled paper shopping ... Read More »

December 17, 2009 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Maggie Can’t Wait

By Frieda Wishinsky; Dean Griffiths, illus.

Many readers first met Frieda Wishinsky’s delightful heroine in 2002’s Give Maggie a Chance, but both those new to and familiar with Maggie will warm to this latest story. Here we find the little cat ... Read More »

December 17, 2009 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Pirate and the Penguin

By Patricia Storms

In The Pirate and the Penguin, Toronto cartoonist and illustrator Patricia Storms presents her own humorous version of the traditional tale of two characters who are unhappy with their lives and find contentment when they ... Read More »

December 17, 2009 | Filed under: Picture Books

Of Hockey and Hijab: Reflections of a Canadian Muslim Woman

In 2002, The Globe and Mail asked columnist Sheema Khan to share her personal insights on Islam and Muslim life in the wake of 9/11. Of Hockey and Hijab, a compilation of these essays, is ... Read More »

December 14, 2009 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs

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