Young Readers

Here Comes the Bride

In Beatrice Masini's modern fairytale, Here Comes the Bride, Filomena is a plain seamstress who's ever the ...

By Andrea Belcham

Topsy-Turvy Town

Author and illustrator Luc Melanson pays homage to the grand imaginative powers of children with Topsy-Turvy ...

By Andrea Belcham

When Stella Was Very, Very Small

Marie-Louise Gay turns back the clock on her popular redheaded heroine with When Stella Was Very, Very ...

By Andrea Belcham

Chester’s Masterpiece

The ever-amusing battle between creator and creation continues in Chester's Masterpiece by author and ...

By Andrea Belcham

Lord of the Sky

When Linda Zeman-Spaleny arrived in British Columbia from the Czech Republic as a girl, she admired the totem ...

By Andrea Belcham

When Wishes Come True

In Per-Henrik Gürth's When Wishes Come True, Little Bear looks out at the Arctic tundra dancing with ...

By Andrea Belcham

Walking Backward

Twelve-year-old Josh has a great summer ahead of him, with marathon Civilization sessions, soccer games, ...

By Andrea Belcham

Junkyard Dog

In Monique Polak's Junkyard Dog, Justin's having a rough time: his mom walked out on him and his unemployed ...

By Andrea Belcham

Far From Home

Far From Home by Frieda Wishinsky is the eleventh book in the Canadian Flyer Adventures series, ...

By Andrea Belcham

The Banana Story of Agony

Part graphic novel, part children's picture book, Lesley Johnson's The Banana Story of Agony is a ...

By Andrea Belcham

Bird Child

"Once there was a tiny girl with wobbly arms and legs, all skin and bones like a newly hatched bird," begins this ...

By Andrea Belcham