Books for Young People
Think Again
by JonArno Lawson; Julie Morstad, illus.
Parents often look at their teenagers and wonder: “What the heck is going on in that head?” The moping, the slouching, the copious amounts of...
Chicken, Pig, Cow and the Purple Problem
by Ruth Ohi
Chicken, Pig, and Cow are clay figures created by Girl. Pig is pink, Chicken is yellow, and Cow … well, when Girl made Cow, she...
What’s the Big Idea? Inventions that Changed Life on Earth Forever
by Helaine Becker; Steve Attoe, illus.
Boredom Blasters and The Insecto-Files author Helaine Becker delves into the history of technology in What’s the Big Idea? Split into four chronological sections spanning...
Camp Fossil Eyes: Digging for the Origins of Words
by Mark Abley; Kathryn Adams, illus.
Mark Abley, the author of one other children’s book (Ghost Cat) and two excellent adult books on language, brilliantly combines his talents in Camp Fossil...
Walking Backward
by Catherine Austen
Catherine Austen’s first novel takes the form of a grief journal kept by 12-year-old Josh after his mother dies in a freak accident caused by...
Rough Magic
by Caryl Cude Mullin
Montreal author Caryl Cude Mullin’s newest novel is a riff on Shakespeare’s The Tempest that tells Caliban’s story from cradle to grave. Actually, it starts...
Finn the half-Great
by Theo Caldwell
The stories of Fionn mac Cumhaill (later Anglicized as Finn McCool), mighty hunter and warrior, are one of the cornerstones of Irish mythology, and comprise...
Choir Boats: Volume One of Longing for Yount
by Daniel A. Rabuzzi
The sea voyage narrative dates back to the Odyssey and beyond, and has provided the backbone for countless ballads, poems, legends, oral tales, memoirs, and...
Under the Star
by Jane Yolen; Vlasta van Kampen, illus.
Canada Counts
by Charles Pachter
The enduring appeal of the counting book is that it serves a functional purpose – teaching kids to count – while allowing room for the exploration...
Pop
by Gordon Korman
For decades, Gordon Korman has achieved what many teachers, librarians, and frustrated parents consider the ultimate challenge: getting boys to read books. Korman will continue...
Alego
by Ningeokuluk Teevee; Nina Manning-Toonoo, trans.
Alego, by Inuit artist Ningeokuluk Teevee, received a Governor General’s Literary Award nomination this year in the illustrated book category, and it’s not hard to...
Pierre Le Poof!
by Andrea Beck
Perhaps the classic plot for a kids’ story is about running away from home, getting lost and/or in trouble, and finally getting back to the...
Watcher
by Valerie Sherrard
Life is a mug’s game for Porter Delancy, the 16-year-old protagonist of this engaging work of YA social realism. Stuck in government housing in Toronto...
Perfect Snow
by Barbara Reid
Recipient of many national and international awards for her unique illustrations crafted from Plasticine, Barbara Reid has diversified somewhat in this new and quintessentially Canadian...
The Present Tense of Prinny Murphy
by Jill MacLean
Prinny Murphy is used to life being tough. Her mother is an alcoholic, school bullies hound her every move, and she struggles with reading the...
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