Case Files: 40 Murders and Mysteries Solved by Science

Winnipeg author and former science teacher Larry Verstraete has built a solid career on creating high-impact non-fiction for young readers, garnering two Silver Birch awards in the process. In his latest book, he uses scientific ... Read More »

November 15, 2011

★ Kamakwie: Finding Peace, Love and Injustice in Sierra Leone

By Kathleen Martin

Invited by World Hope Canada to accompany a team of doctors and nurses visiting Kamakwie, a village in the West African country of Sierra Leone, Halifax author Kathleen Martin discovered stories of love, hope, and ... Read More »

November 15, 2011

Under the Mound

By Cynthia Heinrichs

Vancouver author Cynthia Heinrichs’ second book is a radical departure from her picture-book debut, Mermaids. Using Norse sagas, runes carved on an ancient Orkney tomb, and generous doses of imagination, Heinrichs has crafted a long, ... Read More »

November 15, 2011

End of Days

By Eric Walters

Prolific author Eric Walters’ latest novel describes humanity’s impending destruction by an asteroid on a collision course with Earth. It is not the collision that is the focus, however, so much as the undoing of ... Read More »

November 15, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Bernadette in the Doghouse

By Susan Glickman; Mélanie Allard, illus.

The second book in the Lunch Bunch series follows schoolgirl super-scientist Bernadette Inez O’Brian Schwartz into complicated territory. Instead of trying to solve a tricky experiment, she has to navigate the more complex terrain of ... Read More »

November 15, 2011

★ Escape Velocity

By Robin Stevenson

The title of Robin Stevenson’s latest book for YA readers refers to “the speed an object has to travel to escape Earth’s gravitational pull.” But for 15-year-old Lou Summers, it has another connotation. It is ... Read More »

November 15, 2011

Seal Song

By Andrea Spalding, Pascal Milelli, illus.

After spending the day fishing with his father at the cannery wharf, Finn likes to escape to a secret cove to go swimming with the seals. When he discovers a young seal trapped in a ... Read More »

November 15, 2011 | Filed under: Picture Books

Ankylosaur Attack

By Daniel Loxton; Daniel Loxton and Jim W.W. Smith, illus.

Dinosaur books usually default to the tooth-and-claw scenario we’ve been visualizing for these terrible lizards for over a century. Dinosaur-on-dinosaur violence underpinned the very first stop-motion films made about them and, even today, no dino ... Read More »

November 15, 2011 | Filed under: Picture Books

Juba This, Juba That

By Helaine Becker, Ron Lightburn, illus.

Toronto author Helaine Becker draws on catchy Nigerian “juba” rhythms for her latest picture book. The varied rhymes and hand-clapping games were brought to North America by West African slaves, who transformed them into work ... Read More »

November 15, 2011 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Dogs Don’t Eat Jam and Other Things Big Kids Know

By Sarah Tsiang; Qin Leng, illus.

Author Sarah Tsiang and illustrator Qin Leng return with a charming picture book every bit as delightful as their well-received 2010 release, A Flock of Shoes. Their new work is a nostalgic reflection on growing ... Read More »

November 15, 2011 | Filed under: Picture Books

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Case Files: 40 Murders and Mysteries Solved by Science

★ Kamakwie: Finding Peace, Love and Injustice in Sierra Leone

Under the Mound

End of Days

Bernadette in the Doghouse

★ Escape Velocity

Seal Song

Ankylosaur Attack

Juba This, Juba That

★ Dogs Don’t Eat Jam and Other Things Big Kids Know

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