A Few Blocks

Anyone who has provided “landing helicopter” sounds for a hovering spoonful of food knows that, when it comes to a child’s stubborn refusal to eat, walk, quiet down, or whatever, transforming the request into an ... Read More »

July 27, 2011 | Filed under: Picture Books

Tooter’s Stinky Wish

By Brian Cretney; Peggy Collins, illus.

Tooter looks like an ordinary skunk, but there’s a problem: he can’t spray. What good’s a skunk that doesn’t stink? Tooter’s attempts to remedy the situation (through research, diet, technology, and, finally, wishing) just get ... Read More »

July 27, 2011 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Flute

By Rachna Gilmore; Pulak Biswas, illus.

Waters rising uncontrollably, sweeping a child’s parents away before her horrified eyes – the recent disasters in Japan and elsewhere have made such images all too familiar. Ottawa author Rachna Gilmore tempers the horror of ... Read More »

July 27, 2011 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Dear Baobab

By Cheryl Foggo; Qin Leng, illus.

Two new picture books provide heartwarming takes on adoption, new homes, and new beginnings. Though different in style and presentation, both offer reassurance that love and the human spirit can thrive even under the most ... Read More »

July 27, 2011 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Hangman in the Mirror

By Kate Cayley

The heroine of Kate Cayley’s first novel can’t catch a break. Born into abject poverty in 18th-century New France, Françoise Laurent is orphaned when the measles claims her drunken parents. She hits on some luck ... Read More »

July 27, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Medusa Plot: Cahills vs. Vespers, Book One

By Gordon Korman

Since 2008, millions of young readers have followed Dan and Amy Cahill around the globe and through 10 volumes of the thrilling, multi-author 39 Clues series. After the final book’s amazing conclusion, the Cahills were ... Read More »

July 27, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Whole Truth

By Kit Pearson

As Kit Pearson’s Depression-era novel begins, Polly and Maud are newly orphaned. Their father has just drowned, and their mother died before nine-year-old Polly was old enough to remember her. The two are now travelling ... Read More »

July 27, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Big City Otto

By Bill Slavin

A sentimental elephant is an unlikely hero for a graphic novel, but Otto is the unwitting leading “man” in this comic adventure, the first instalment of a new series. Cursed with the proverbial good memory, ... Read More »

July 27, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

★ Once Every Never

By Lesley Livingston

Fantasy author Lesley Livingston is well-known for weaving magic into her narratives. With her new novel, the author of the Wondrous Strange trilogy has done something that goes beyond magical – in fact, it may ... Read More »

July 27, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

My Name is Elizabeth!

By Annika Dunklee; Matthew Forsythe, illus.

Elizabeth really likes her name. And what’s not to love? It has nine letters and makes lots of good sounds. Even the Queen is named Elizabeth. But what Elizabeth loves most is that the name ... Read More »

July 27, 2011 | Filed under: Picture Books

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