★ Inkling

Late one night a blob of ink rises from Mr. Rylance’s sketchbook. The ink leaves the pages completely, leaps off the desk into the comic artist’s studio, and then slips into the bedroom of his ... Read More »

August 20, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

Kens

By Raziel Reid

High school has never been so high – or so fake, gay, and deadly – as it is for the teens of Willows, Wisconsin, in Raziel Reid’s latest YA novel, Kens. This follow-up to his ... Read More »

August 17, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Confessions of a Teenage Leper

By Ashley Little

Issues around self-image and self-identity have always been a key element in adolescent development, on both individual and social levels. Two new YA books examine these questions through the experiences of high-school seniors. These aren’t ... Read More »

August 16, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Story of My Face

By Leanne Baugh

August 16, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

A West Coast Summer

By Carol Evans (ill.); Caroline Woodward

“To the sea, to the sea, who or what waits here for me?” asks the refrain of this ode to Canada’s left coast. Summer is waiting, as it turns out, and with it all the ... Read More »

August 16, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

I Am Small

By Qin Leng

When a child is yearning for a different reality, how do they make a change? How much is in their power and how much must they rely on others? Mimi in Qin Leng’s I Am ... Read More »

August 13, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

Mustafa

By Marie-Louise Gay

When a child is yearning for a different reality, how do they make a change? How much is in their power and how much must they rely on others? Mimi in Qin Leng’s I Am ... Read More »

August 13, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

The House of One Thousand Eyes

By Michelle Barker

Michelle Barker’s new novel is set in 1980s German Democratic Republic. After losing both her parents in an industrial accident, Lena Altmann is committed to a mental institution to “get well.” Upon her release, she’s ... Read More »

August 9, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Poetree

By Caroline Pignat; François Thisdale (ill.)

Caroline Pignat’s Poetree is a departure from her previous work. It’s not that she is a stranger to poetry; her Governor General’s Literary Award winner The Gospel Truth was written in free verse, and poetry ... Read More »

August 2, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Princess Dolls

By Ellen Schwartz; Mariko Ando (ill.)

The Princess Dolls is a gentle story about friendship, set against the backdrop of 1942 Vancouver. The faraway war in Europe casts deep shadows into the lives of two best friends, Esther and Michi, whose ... Read More »

July 30, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

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