Gertie’s Leap to Greatness

Anne, Pippi, Ramona, Harriet, Clementine: the precocious, incorrigible, too-bright-for-her-own-good young female character is an established archetype in children’s books. The magical thing about this archetype is that so many young readers relate to it, regardless ... Read More »

September 20, 2016 | Filed under: Picture Books

Are You an Echo? The Lost Poetry of Misuzu Kaneko

By Toshikado Hajiri (ill.); David Jacobson (ed.); Michiko Tsuboi (ed.); Misuzu Kaneko (ed.); Sally Ito (ed.)

Empathy is a dominant theme in the work of celebrated Japanese children’s poet Misuzu Kaneko, who died in 1930. Her poems are about making connections and identifying with others – so much so that she ... Read More »

September 15, 2016 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Liszts

By Júlia Sardà (ill.); Kyo Maclear

Based on its title, and the publishing history of its author, fans of Kyo Maclear might expect The Liszts to be about a child version of the composer. However, with the exception of a visual ... Read More »

September 14, 2016 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

A Mortal Song

By Megan Crewe

With A Mortal Song, author Megan Crewe poses the question: what would happen if a heroine with magical powers, prophesied to save the world, turned out to be a regular old human with no special ... Read More »

September 13, 2016 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Every Hidden Thing

By Kenneth Oppel

With his new novel, Toronto-based YA author Kenneth Oppel takes readers back in time for a high stakes, romantic adventure set against the classic backdrop of a bloody conflict between rival gangs of ... dinosaur ... Read More »

September 8, 2016 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Memoirs of a Sidekick

By David Skuy

In Memoirs of a Sidekick, David Skuy – best known for the young-adult sports titles Rocket Blues, Striker, and the Game Time series – changes tack to examine the dynamics of a middle-school presidential campaign ... Read More »

September 7, 2016 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Hungry Bird

By Jeremy Tankard

From three great talents in Canadian children’s literature come two picture books that highlight some of the more challenging aspects of childhood. In Jeremy Tankard’s Hungry Bird, Bird is hangry. In Hurry Up, Henry by ... Read More »

September 7, 2016 | Filed under: Picture Books

Clara Humble and the Not-So-Super Powers

By Anna Humphrey; Lisa Cinar (ill.)

Naughtiness is the lifeblood of the comic middle-grade novel, but it presents the writer with a problem in this age of didacticism: how can a kid get into energetic and imaginative trouble when adults are ... Read More »

August 23, 2016 | Filed under: Picture Books

When Morning Comes

By Arushi Raina

Forty years after the June 16, 1976, Soweto Student Uprising drew global attention to apartheid’s brutal system of repression, Arushi Raina’s debut novel, set in the weeks leading up to that fateful day, introduces readers ... Read More »

August 23, 2016 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Making it Right: Building Peace, Settling Conflict

By Marilee Peters

In her latest book, Vancouver author Marilee Peters looks closely at the concept of restorative justice. She provides convincing examples of why and how society can move away from the narrative of punishment as the ... Read More »

August 22, 2016 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

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