Reviews

Blue Poppy

Ilona Martonfi's poems in Blue Poppy have more human than literary interest. She writes about life as a ...

By Bert Almon

Cast from Bells

Suzanne Hancock's Cast from Bells was inspired by one of the great radio documentaries of our time, Peter ...

By Bert Almon

Pause for Breath

Robyn Sarah's poems in Pause for Breath engage the textures of daily life rather than philosophy. In fact, ...

By Bert Almon

The Certainty Dream

The great Italian poet Eugenio Montale once said that "poetry is a dream dreamed in the presence of reason." Kate ...

By Bert Almon

Bhagavad Goalie

No one who was swept up in Canada's recent run to Olympic hockey gold will have any trouble with the notion that ...

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Chester’s Masterpiece

The ever-amusing battle between creator and creation continues in Chester's Masterpiece by author and ...

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

Topsy-Turvy Town

Author and illustrator Luc Melanson pays homage to the grand imaginative powers of children with Topsy-Turvy ...

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

Human Nature

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

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

The Archeolojesters

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

By Andrea Belcham