Young Readers

Adventure is Out There!

Hell Never Burns is part one of Fournier’s exploration of Pierre-Esprit Radisson’s life. His English ...

By B. A. Markus

Literary Pyrotechnics

French-speaking kids have made Amos Daragon a phenomenon and Perro has written twelve books chronicling Amos’s ...

By B. A. Markus

Rules of Poetic Engagement

It’s only the bravest of warriors who take up the gauntlet and teach poetry to high school students.

By B. A. Markus

Brave New Worlds

Believe it or not, there are still some people out there who think that young adult (YA) literature is written by people who aren’t smart enough to write for adults.

By B. A. Markus

Young Readers

Highlights of the season's books for young people

By Andrea Belcham

George’s Antlers

Carefree George the moose is munching his lakeside lunch when disaster strikes: a forest fire rages across the ...

By Andrea Belcham

A Night on the Town

In Merola’s nocturnal tale, Pickles McPhee is a blue-striped, rural monster who hitches a ride to the big city in ...

By Andrea Belcham

Spork

In a kitchen drawer where each utensil has a clear purpose, Spork - the offspring of a spoonish mum and a forkish ...

By Andrea Belcham

In Front of My House

Dubuc's cyclical picture book uses bright and deceptively simplistic coloured-pencil drawings to relay a personal ...

By Andrea Belcham

Somewhere in Blue

In her entrancing first novel, Somewhere in Blue, Gillian Cummings addresses the topic of teen suicide with ...

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