The Unquiet

Mikaela Everett’s science-fiction debut, The Unquiet, takes readers into a cold war between two (almost) identical Earths. The planets are duplicates in every way, except one. The people of Earth 2 know something the residents ... Read More »

August 5, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Asp of Ascension (A Nefertari Hughes Mystery)

By B.R. Myers

Veronica Mars meets Indiana Jones in a fast-paced teen mystery that will appeal to lovers of the supernatural and history buffs. Nefertari “Terry” Hughes wants to keep a low profile at her new school, but ... Read More »

August 4, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Are You Seeing Me?

By Darren Groth

Vancouver-based Australian author Darren Groth’s Are You Seeing Me? tells of 19-year-old twins Perry and Justine, who travel from Australia to North America on a sightseeing trip, not sure what they will find. Perry is ... Read More »

August 4, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Tomorrow is a Chance to Start Over

By Hilary Grist

Tomorrow is a Chance to Start Over is a picture book with accompanying CD, both by Vancouver singer-songwriter Hilary Grist. They tell the story of a dream journey in the tradition of Maurice Sendak’s In ... Read More »

August 4, 2015 | Filed under: Picture Books

Bug in a Vacuum

By Melanie Watt

A googly-eyed bug merrily buzzes around a house. One minute he is literally “on top of the world” (having alighted on a globe), and the next he is sucked into the dark oblivion of a ... Read More »

August 4, 2015 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Specific Ocean

By Kyo Maclear; Katty Maurey (illus.)

In The Specific Ocean, Kyo Maclear, author of the celebrated picture books Virginia Wolf and Julia, Child, teams up with Montreal illustrator Katty Maurey for a tale of inner harmony and connection with the natural ... Read More »

August 4, 2015 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Sometimes I Feel Like a Fox

By Danielle Daniel

Every so often, a picture book comes along that is so beautiful in its simplicity, it breathes a pocket of stillness into our busy lives and inspires thoughtful reflection long after the final page is ... Read More »

August 4, 2015 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ The Nest

By Kenneth Oppel; Jon Klassen (illus.)

Scary stories work best when they are sourced from real fear. That’s why, no matter how fun they may be, movies about giant lizards or regenerated dinosaurs can never compete with CGI-free tales about weirdos ... Read More »

July 9, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

★ The Princess and the Pony

By Kate Beaton

It would be easy to assume, based on this book’s title, that it is nothing more than another bit of inconsequential fluff designed to sate the bottomless appetites of six-year-old girls for all things princess-ified ... Read More »

July 2, 2015 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ A Sense of the Infinite

By Hilary T. Smith

Hilary T. Smith’s path to publication is a kind of cyber-fairytale. Working as an unpaid intern in the publishing industry and needing to make the rent, she started an anonymous blog called “Intern.” Written in ... Read More »

June 25, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

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