August 4, 2015 | Filed under: Picture Books
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 »
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
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
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
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
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
War in My Town is a departure for Ontario teacher E. Graziani. Her first book, Alice of the Rocks, was a fantasy-romance, while her latest is non-fiction: part memoir, part family narrative, and part history. ... Read More »
June 25, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books
Truman Tucker, the protagonist of the new graphic novel from Norah McClintock and illustrator Steven P. Hughes, is in high school. With his parents out of town, he makes tentative plans to have his girlfriend, ... Read More »
June 25, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books
Griffin Ondaatje’s tale about a timid young motorcycle-jacket-clad mosquito named Dinnn is a light and entertaining allegory about overcoming fear, being true to yourself, and finding your wings. The youngest of a brood of 400 ... Read More »
June 24, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books
Julia Collins does not want to have sex with her boyfriend, Jeremy. Not yet. At 16, she doesn’t feel ready and she has a lot of other things going on in her life. Her father ... Read More »
June 24, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books