Kids’ Books

★ A Soldier’s Sketchbook: The Illustrated First World War Diary of R.H. Rabjohn

With the country in the midst of sesquicentennial fever, publishers are making an effort to ensure that another important anniversary isn’t overlooked: the centennial of the First World War battle of Vimy Ridge. Three new ... Read More »

April 10, 2017 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

The Vimy Oaks: A Journey to Peace

By Brian Deines (ill.); Linda Granfield

April 10, 2017 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Meatless? A Fresh Look at What You Eat

By Julie McLaughlin (ill.); Sarah Elton

Meat eater, flexitarian, vegetarian, vegan: there are as many names for one’s eating preference these days as there are varieties of fruit. And where our food comes from is becoming as important to some as ... Read More »

April 10, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

Maud: A Novel Inspired by the Life of L.M. Montgomery

By Melanie J. Fishbane

For those of us who grew up enthralled with Lucy Maud Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables, details about Montgomery herself always seemed superfluous. Wasn’t Anne enough? A character vivid and realized, her life story so ... Read More »

April 3, 2017 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Kings of the Court

By Alison Hughes

Edmonton author Alison Hughes’s latest book for young readers (her back catalogue includes picture books and other middle-grade and YA titles) tells the story of the Gladiators, a junior-high basketball team whose bully of a ... Read More »

April 3, 2017 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

★ Bertolt

By Jacques Goldstyn

During a 30-year career as a geologist, Jacques Goldstyn whiled away his spare time drawing comics for children’s science magazines. Since then he has written and illustrated numerous books in his native French, including the ... Read More »

April 3, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

Hannah and the Magic Eye

By Tyler Enfield

With his fast-paced new novel, Edmonton writer and photographer Tyler Enfield introduces young readers to the harrowing world of archaeological treasure hunts, Dan Brown–style, but with a thought-provoking and humanist twist. When 12-year-old Hannah Dubuisson ... Read More »

March 27, 2017 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Liam Takes a Stand

By Josh Holinaty (ill.); Troy Wilson

Lister and Lester, identical twins and determined competitors, open up rival lemonade stands. The twins’ younger brother, Liam, just wants to hang out and have fun with them, but his offers of free labour are ... Read More »

March 27, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

Finding Jade (Daughters of Light, Book 1)

By Mary Jennifer Payne

Mary Jennifer Payne embarks on an ambitious and creative project with this first instalment in a series, and nearly accomplishes her aim. The year is 2030 and our protagonist, Jasmine (Jazz) Guzman, lives in Toronto. ... Read More »

March 20, 2017 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

★ The Alphabet Thief

By Bill Richardson; Roxanna Bikadoroff (ill.)

The title character in Bill Richardson and Roxanna Bikadoroff’s new book looks one part Carmen Sandiego and two parts Blue Meanie, and acts in precisely the manner her name suggests. She appears fleetingly; mostly we ... Read More »

March 20, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

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