Young Readers

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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The Archeolojesters

Preteens with a fondness for Indiana Jones will be entertained and educated by Andreas Oertel's The ...

By Andrea Belcham

Camp Fossil Eyes

Another book about an unusual summer vacation is Mark Abley's Camp Fossil Eyes. Jill and her younger ...

By Andrea Belcham

Human Nature

Although it assumes the format of a children's picture book, Jocelyn Pinet's Human Nature seems best suited ...

By Andrea Belcham

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