★ An Inuksuk Means Welcome

Two gorgeous new picture books celebrate the beauty of Canadian landscapes and the fascinating creatures and people who inhabit them. In West Coast Wild, Deborah Hodge focuses on the birds, fish, and other animals that ... Read More »

September 11, 2015 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ The Scorpion Rules

By Erin Bow

In the future as described by Erin Bow in her stunning and harrowing new novel, the political becomes very personal. Following the melting of the polar ice caps, large portions of the world have flooded, ... Read More »

September 11, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Loula and Mister the Monster

By Anne Villeneuve

After overhearing her mother say she just can’t live with that “MONSTER” anymore, Loula is sure her large, misbehaving dog, Mister, is in danger of being thrown out “like an old pair of shoes.” With ... Read More »

September 11, 2015 | Filed under: Picture Books

Nowhere Wild

By Joe Beernink

In Joe Beernink’s Nowhere Wild, a global pandemic has wiped out all but those who possess natural immunity to the disease. Transportation is cut off, food supplies vanish, and many desperate survivors let their basest ... Read More »

September 11, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Night Children

By Sarah Tsiang; Delphine Bodet (illus.)

Little ones may be even more reluctant to settle into bed once they hear what the Night Children get up to after dark. In Sarah Tsiang’s poetic tale, the mischievous kids (drawn by French illustrator ... Read More »

September 11, 2015 | Filed under: Picture Books

My Life Before Me

By Norah McClintock

Series are a popular choice for many young readers. Familiar elements – tone, setting, character, theme – welcome you back in the next book, offering a world in which you already feel comfortable. Orca Book ... Read More »

September 11, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Trouble is a Friend of Mine

By Stephanie Tromly

Former Los Angeles screenwriter Stephanie Tromly, now based in Winnipeg, marks her YA debut with an action-packed novel about teenager Zoe Webster, who finds herself downgraded from Manhattan living to a small town in upstate ... Read More »

September 11, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Leading Lines

By Chantel Guertin

The third novel in the Pippa Green series maintains the fun yet poignant standard set by author Chantel Guertin in the previous instalments. Though things aren’t great in Pippa’s life, Guertin never allows her story ... Read More »

September 11, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Heartache and Other Natural Shocks

By Glenda Leznoff

Playwright and artist Glenda Leznoff sets her sexy, honest story about a love triangle between three teens against the backdrop of the early 1970s and the FLQ crisis. Trouble begins when Jules Epstein’s anglophone mother ... Read More »

September 11, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction