Young Readers

Polar Skater

Lobster Press has brought out a picture book infused with Scandinavian flavour. In Polar Skater, a young ...

By Carol-Ann Hoyte

Amazing Things Animals Do

In Amazing Things Animals Do, Marilyn Baillie shares her passion for nature with primary-school children. ...

By Carol-Ann Hoyte

The Penguin and the Pea

In The Penguin and the Pea, Janet Pearlman gives a classic fairy tale a makeover by substituting penguins ...

By Carol-Ann Hoyte

Jabberwocky

“‘Twas brillig, and the slithy toves / Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: / All mimsy were the borogroves, / And the ...

By Carol-Ann Hoyte

Rainy Days with Bear

In Rainy Days with Bear by Maureen Hull, Bear gets the blues when it rains every day for weeks on end. He ...

By Carol-Ann Hoyte

Good Night Sam

The title character in Marie-Louise Gay's Good Night Sam is the younger brother of Stella, who has starred ...

By Carol-Ann Hoyte

What You Will See Inside a Mosque

A new series from Novalis introduces 6- to 10-year-olds to world religions. What You Will See Inside a ...

By Carol-Ann Hoyte

The Several Lives of Orphan Jack

Sarah Ellis's The Several Lives of Orphan Jack chronicles the adventures of a clever 12-year-old orphan ...

By Carol-Ann Hoyte

Naomi and the Secret Message

Spare change anyone? In Gilles Tibo's Naomi and the Secret Message, Naomi and her babysitter, Mrs. Lumbago, ...

By Carol-Ann Hoyte