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The Children’s Book Reviews are written by well known reviewers and published each Tuesday.
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June 23, 2015
Children's Book Reviews: And What if I Won't?
In the tradition of the 1942 classic The Runaway Bunny, Maureen Fergus and Qui Leng…
June 19, 2015
Children's Book Review: Baseballogy
In Baseballogy, author and illustrator (and former sportscaster) Kevin Sylvester takes the reader on an…
June 18, 2015
Children's Book Reviews: We Are All Made of Molecules
Fourteen-year-old Ashley is at the top of her game. Beautiful, wealthy and popular, she is…
June 16, 2015
Children's Book Reviews: Magic Little Words
In Magic Little Words--translated from the French title Les mots magiques (Editions de d’Isatis, 2013)--…
June 15, 2015
Children's Book Reviews: Colossal Canada: 100 Epic Facts and Feats
Elizabeth MacLeod and Frieda Wishinsky, celebrated non-fiction writing partners of Everything But the Kitchen Sink:…
June 11, 2015
Children's Book Review: The Traveling Circus
The fourth in a series of engaging books by award-winning author/illustrator couple Marie-Louise Gay and…
June 9, 2015
Children's Book Reviews: Outstanding in the Rain
Outstanding in the Rain: A Whole Story with Holes, by Governor General’s Award finalist, Frank…
June 5, 2015
Children's Book Reviews: Vanished
Charged with an undercurrent of untold truths and suspicion, E.E. Cooper’s debut novel, Vanished, sizzles…
June 3, 2015
Children's Book Reviews: Look Where We Live!
Nick, Yulee, Pedro, Sally and Martin are ready for an adventure! Their community is going…
May 29, 2015
Children's Book Reviews: Prison Boy
Bestselling author, Sharon E. McKay, is no stranger to compelling, historically based fiction, penning award-winning…
May 29, 2015
Children's Book Reviews: Sink and Destroy: The Battle of the Atlantic (I AM CANADA series)
Sixteen-year-old Bill O'Connell is a good hunter. He has to be; helping put food on…
May 27, 2015
Children's Book Reviews: Wild Ideas
In Wild Ideas: Let Nature Inspire Your Thinking, Californian professor and science consultant, Elin Kelsey,…
May 25, 2015
Children's Book Reviews:Galloping Through History
Horses have borne us on their backs, fought in our wars, carried our goods, delivered…
May 23, 2015
Children's Book Review: Masterminds
Serenity, New Mexico is perfect. An affluent, tightly knit community that prioritizes honesty and good…
May 22, 2015
Children's Book Review: Me Too!
When you’re seven and you like pink and purple, jumping rope, and speaking another language,…
May 21, 2015
Children's Book Review: In a Cloud of Dust
A dusty road leads to a schoolhouse nestled under a canopy of giant trees. A…
May 20, 2015
Children's Book Reviews: Delusion Road
Award-winning and bestselling author Don Aker’s latest YA novel is a departure from his previous…
May 19, 2015
Children's Book Reviews: The Duck Says
Clever wordplay abounds in The Duck Says by British Columbian author, Troy Wilson. As the…
May 19, 2015
Children's Book Reviews: Real Justice: A Police Mr. Big Sting Goes Wrong
One summer evening in 1990, nineteen-year-old Kyle Unger decided to attend a music festival near…
May 7, 2015
Children's Book Reviews: The Swallow
In Charis Cotter’s ghost story, The Swallow, twelve-year-old Rose McPherson may as well be invisible.…
May 5, 2015
Children's Book Review: Frankenstink! Garbage Gone Bad
What could possibly become of the gunk, toys, and wrappers that get shoved under the…
May 1, 2015
Children's Book Reviews: The Truth Commission
Fans of bestselling author Susan Juby are in for a literary treat with her latest…
April 30, 2015
Children's Book Reviews: Rosie and Rolland in the Legendary Show-and-Tell
Every child loves to be picked for show-and-tell, and Rosie is no exception. When her…
April 28, 2015
Children's Book Review: Melvis and Elvis
Melvis and Elvis is the first new children’s verse collection in more than a decade…