The Merit Birds

If you’re looking for a book about understanding and acceptance, about a character developing a burgeoning sense of cross-cultural commonality, The Merit Birds by Ottawa author Kelley Powell is not it. When his mother applies ... Read More »

April 16, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Prison Boy

By Sharon E. McKay

Set in the slums of an unnamed country, Sharon E. McKay’s latest book tells of Pax, a young boy who lives in a downtrodden orphanage run by a formidable Englishwoman named Bell. Though they don’t ... Read More »

April 15, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Ghost Most Foul

By Patti Grayson

Manitoba author Patti Grayson (Core Samples; Autumn, One Spring) makes her children’s book debut with Ghost Most Foul, which focuses on Grade 8 basketball star Summer Widden. Shortly after being named captain of her team, ... Read More »

April 15, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Incredible Space Raiders from Space!

By Wesley King

On Earth, Jonah Hillcrest is a loner. But after he finds himself aboard a spaceship called the Fantastic Flying Squirrel, he’s recruited into the ranks of the Incredible Space Raiders – an army of children ... Read More »

April 15, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

★ Button Hill

By Michael Bradford

Dekker and his little sister, Riley, have been banished to the country for the summer to live with their boring great-aunt Primrose in the dreary community of Button Hill. Resentful at being taken away from ... Read More »

April 15, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Pirate’s Bed

By Nicola Winstanley; Matt James (illus.)

Humber College writing instructor Nicola Winstanley follows up her lauded debut picture book, Cinnamon Baby (Kids Can Press, 2011), with a tale that includes several pirate tropes: squawking parrots, chattering monkeys, briny sea air, and ... Read More »

April 15, 2015 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Candy Conspiracy: A Tale of Sweet Victory

By Carrie Snyder; Claudia Dávila (illus.)

Candyville is a child’s dream come true, complete with lollipop trees, a root beer river, and sugary confections as far as the eye can see. The reigning monarch, the Juicy Jelly Worm, lives in a ... Read More »

April 15, 2015 | Filed under: Picture Books

Daddy Lenin and Other Stories

By Guy Vanderhaeghe

In a 2011 article in The Globe and Mail, writer Patricia Dawn Robertson calls Guy Vanderhaeghe “Canada’s greatest chronicler of the West,” a reference to the Saskatchewan author’s historical epics The Englishman’s Boy (which won ... Read More »

April 15, 2015 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Confidence

By Russell Smith

Russell Smith’s new collection of short stories won’t leave you feeling wonderful about the human race. His characters reveal themselves to be liars and cheats, manipulators, and careerists, all doing their best to hold things ... Read More »

April 14, 2015 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Born to Walk: The Transformative Power of a Pedestrian Act

By Dan Rubinstein

Dan Rubinstein is obsessed with walking. The journalist and magazine editor’s new book presents a thoroughly researched argument testifying to the fact that walking is good – for our bodies, minds, spirits, societies, economy, creativity, ... Read More »

April 14, 2015 | Filed under: Health & Self-help

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The Merit Birds

Prison Boy

Ghost Most Foul

The Incredible Space Raiders from Space!

★ Button Hill

The Pirate’s Bed

The Candy Conspiracy: A Tale of Sweet Victory

Daddy Lenin and Other Stories

Confidence

Born to Walk: The Transformative Power of a Pedestrian Act

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