Young Readers

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

Split

In Lori Weber’s Split, Sandra’s life begins unravelling when her mother abandons the family, leaving Sandra ...

By Carol-Ann Hoyte

Birdhouses

Renée Schwarz’s Birdhouses (Kids Can Press) teaches readers how to construct eye-catching dwellings for ...

By Carol-Ann Hoyte

Bearcub and Mama

Bearcub and Mama by Sharon Jennings (Kids Can Press) celebrates growing up and the mother-and-child bond. ...

By Carol-Ann Hoyte