Kids’ Books

The Great and Awful Summer

Cape Breton and the windswept moors of England have more in common than you might imagine, besides rugged landscape and gorgeous vistas. Mitzi Dale’s new novel, about a young girl named Sarah working at a ... Read More »

April 2, 2007 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Veggies Smeggies

By Sean Moore

Vancouver animator Sean Moore’s second picture book, Veggies Smeggies, revolves around a little boy who monotonously explains to the conniving, vegetable-wielding adults around him why he loathes the green stuff. Only his grandma, with the ... Read More »

April 2, 2007 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

Wanda and the Frogs

By Barbara Azore; Georgia Graham, illus.

In Wanda and the Frogs – the second of what readers can only hope will be a continuing picture book series – the writer/illustrator team of Barbara Azore and Georgia Graham resurrect the vivacious heroine ... Read More »

April 2, 2007 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Boat in the Tree

By Tim Wynne-Jones; John Shelley, illus.

The Boat in the Tree, like most picture books, functions on at least two levels. The overt story, told by a young boy, is seemingly straightforward: “The day Mom and Dad went to pick up ... Read More »

April 2, 2007 | Filed under: Picture Books

In My Backyard

By Margriet Ruurs; Ron Broda, illus.

Readers of In My Backyard will find themselves in a garden that is all the more magical for its realistic portrayal. Ron Broda’s remarkable paper sculptures are hyper-real, delicate, and enchanting rather than computer-animation-cold. The ... Read More »

April 2, 2007 | Filed under: Picture Books

King John of Canada

By Scott Gardiner

A common complaint about CanLit – one that Scott Gardiner addresses in the course of his new novel, King John of Canada – is that Canada’s fiction writers seem completely uninterested in dealing with the ... Read More »

March 22, 2007 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

The Deserter’s Tale: The Story of an Ordinary Soldier Who Walked Away from the War in Iraq

By Joshua Key with Lawrence Hill

Orwell wrote, “Autobiography is only to be trusted when it reveals something disgraceful. A man who gives a good account of himself is probably lying, since any life when viewed from the inside is simply ... Read More »

March 22, 2007 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography

The Volunteer: A Canadian’s Secret Life in the Mossad

By Michael Ross with Jonathan Kay

March 22, 2007 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography

The End of East

By Jen Sookfong Lee

This debut novel by Jen Sookfong Lee offers an eloquent yet predictable look at the multigenerational experiences of a Chinese-Canadian family in Vancouver. While the prose is raw and the creative energy evident, Lee’s novel ... Read More »

March 22, 2007 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

The Strongest Man in the World: Louis Cyr

By Nicolas Debon

The boom in graphic novels for the young is easily understood. Ever since Art Spiegelman’s stunning Maus, published in 1986, expanded the genre to include weighty themes, artists have realized the elastic potential of the ... Read More »

March 5, 2007 | Filed under: Picture Books

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Quill and Quire

The Great and Awful Summer

Veggies Smeggies

Wanda and the Frogs

The Boat in the Tree

In My Backyard

King John of Canada

The Deserter’s Tale: The Story of an Ordinary Soldier Who Walked Away from the War in Iraq

The Volunteer: A Canadian’s Secret Life in the Mossad

The End of East

The Strongest Man in the World: Louis Cyr

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