Young Readers

Taming Horrible Harry

In Lili Chartrand's Taming Horrible Harry, the monster of the title frightens off a girl reading near his ...

By Carol-Ann Hoyte

Augustine

In Augustine, written and illustrated by Mélanie Watt, a young penguin must leave her South Pole home and ...

By Carol-Ann Hoyte

Christmas Eve Magic

The story of Christmas Eve Magic revolves around a wee pig named Barton who despises Christmas and ...

By Carol-Ann Hoyte

In the Days of Sand and Stars

In the Days of Sand and Stars is a collection of ten stories featuring women of the Bible, like Eve, Sarai ...

By Carol-Ann Hoyte

Raising a Little Stink

Colleen Sydor's humourous tale, Raising a Little Stink (Kids Can Press), illustrates how a little underdog ...

By Carol-Ann Hoyte

The Fragrant Garden

Day's Lee tells stories to teach her nieces and nephews about family history. The Montreal author drew on her ...

By Carol-Ann Hoyte

Home Invasion

In Monique Polak's Home Invasion (Orca Book Publishers), Josh doesn't believe his mother and eccentric ...

By Carol-Ann Hoyte

Caramba

Marie-Louise Gay's Caramba (Groundwood Books) is set in a world where cats fly. But unlike his fellow ...

By Carol-Ann Hoyte

Scaredy Squirrel

In author-illustrator Mélanie Watt's latest book (Kids Can Press), Scaredy Squirrel's fear of real and perceived ...

By Carol-Ann Hoyte