The Truth About Delilah Blue

In a previous life, Lila Mack had been Delilah Blue Lovett, living out an idyllic childhood in Toronto with her unconventional mother, Elisabeth. Everything changed, however, when at age eight, her father, Victor, whisked her ... Read More »

May 17, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

A Reader on Reading

By Alberto Manguel

In 1998, Alberto Manguel released Into the Looking Glass Wood, a collection of essays that, in its indirect way, pays obeisance to the enduring genius of Lewis Carroll. His new collection, A Reader on Reading, ... Read More »

May 10, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Criticism & Essays

★ The Quiet Book

By Deborah Underwood; Renata Liwska, illus.

How many ways and reasons are there to be quiet? You can be quietly listening to a robin sing or making a wish or dropping your sandwich jelly-side down or taking a first look at ... Read More »

May 10, 2010 | Filed under: Picture Books

After All, You’re Callie Boone

By Winnie Mack

For tween girls who recently watched Canada’s female athletes clean up in Vancouver, swimming fanatic Callie Boone arrives right on time. Callie is 11, and we meet her during her “worst summer ever,” one filled ... Read More »

May 3, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

The Secret Life of Glenn Gould: A Genius in Love

By Michael Clarkson

The title of this addition to the lengthening shelf of books about Glenn Gould carries a slight suggestion of tabloid journalism. The suggestion is not altogether misplaced, given this volume’s subject matter. Many of Gould’s ... Read More »

April 30, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography

The Cambridge History of Canadian Literature

By Coral Ann Howells and Eva-Marie Kröller, eds.

A single-volume history of Canadian literature “from the beginnings” – which here means the first European contact with Native peoples – presents a formidable challenge. The “two women scholars” (their self-description) who have edited this ... Read More »

April 30, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Criticism & Essays

The STU Reader: Poetry, Prose and Fiction by St. Thomas University Writers

By Douglas Vipond and Russell A. Hunt, eds.

St. Thomas University in Fredericton, New Brunswick, offers a liberal arts education, which, given our current obsession with job training, is increasingly rare for post-secondary institutions. The year 2010 marks St. Thomas’s centenary, and this ... Read More »

April 30, 2010 | Filed under: Anthologies, Children and YA Non-fiction

★ Curiosity

By Joan Thomas

The best historical novels effortlessly transport their readers back into the past, while less successful attempts bury the reader in musty research and leave the characters to gather dust. Curiosity, the sophomore effort from Winnipeg-based ... Read More »

April 30, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

Letters from the Lost: A Memoir of Discovery

By Helen Waldstein Wilkes

We all know the appalling statistic: six million Jewish people killed in the Holocaust. But how do we make this staggering figure resonate on a personal level? Helen Waldstein Wilkes knew the number, but until ... Read More »

April 30, 2010 | Filed under: History

★ The Bird Detective: Investigating the Secret Lives of Birds

By Bridget Stutchbury; Julie Zickefoose, illus

The sex lives of birds is an intriguing topic, about which most of us have little or no knowledge. Did you know, for instance, that Australian male superb fairy-wrens court their sweethearts with yellow flowers; ... Read More »

April 30, 2010 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

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