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The Children’s Book Reviews are written by well known reviewers and published each Tuesday.
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March 10, 2015
Children's Book Review: The Haunting of Heck House
Wise-cracking monster-hunters, Cheryl and Tweed, are back The Haunting of Heck House, the second instalment…
March 6, 2015
Children's Book Review: Defend or Die: The Siege of Hong Kong (I AM CANADA series)
The only way for nineteen-year-old Jack Finnigan to stay out of jail is to enlist…
March 5, 2015
Children's Book Review: The Farmerettes
Readers looking for a meaningful dose of Canadiana will find it with The Farmerettes, the…
March 3, 2015
Children's Book Review: Henry Holton Takes the Ice
In Henry Holton Takes the Ice, debut author, Sandra Bradley, introduces a charming character that…
February 26, 2015
Children's Book Review: Reality Check in Detroit
Reality Check in Detroit, the latest in Roy MacGregor’s Screech Owls hockey series, delivers the…
February 24, 2015
Children's Book Review: Tru Detective
In Tru Detective, Norah McClintock’s second graphic novel, Truman’s girlfriend, Natalia, has been murdered, and Truman…
February 20, 2015
Children's Book Review: A Ticket Around the World
In A Ticket Around the World, written by former and current chicaDEE magazine editors Natalia…
February 19, 2015
Children's Book Review: Flare
One day, a magical baby phoenix is born. His name is Flare and like all…
February 17, 2015
Children's Book Review: How to Win at High School
How to Win at High School, the first YA novel by Vancouver-based author Owen Matthews,…
February 13, 2015
Children's Book Review: Charlie’s Dirt Day
Following the warm reception of Bye, Bye, Butterflies! (2012), author Andrew Larsen and illustrator Jacqueline…
February 12, 2015
Children's Book Review: Fight for Power
It’s been sixty-six days since a virus wiped out computer systems worldwide, destroying the computer-based…
February 10, 2015
Children's Book Review: Neil Flambé and the Bard’s Banquet
Neil Flambé, 15-year-old master chef, just wants to keep cooking in his run-down, but very…
February 6, 2015
Children's Book Review: Loula is Leaving for Africa
In Loula is Leaving for Africa (2013), Governor General’s Award winning author and illustrator, Anne…
February 5, 2015
Children's Book Review: A Hole in My Heart
Life, as seen through the eyes of 12-year-old Nora Mackenzie, is as dreary as the…
February 3, 2015
Children's Book Review: The Ghost and Max Monroe: Case #1 The Magic Box
When ten-year-old Max Monroe is sent to live with his grandfather for the summer, he’s…
January 30, 2015
Children's Book Review: Why We Live Where We Live
Why We Live Where We Live plays on children’s natural curiosity to get them thinking…
January 29, 2015
Children's Book Review: Not Just Another Princess Story
Not Just Another Princess Story, written by Sheri Radford and illustrated by Qin Leng, explores…
January 27, 2015
Children's Book Review: Flame and Ashes
Written in the diary format characteristic of the Dear Canada series, Janet McNaughton’s Flame and…
January 23, 2015
Children's Book Review: Patient Zero: Solving the Mysteries of Deadly Epidemics
A cartoon ambulance sits at the beginning of a road. At the end of the…
January 22, 2015
Children's Book Review: By the Sea
By the Sea is the first entry in The Yoga Game series by Vancouver Island…
January 19, 2015
Children's Book Review: Twisted
In her latest YA novel, Twisted, Lisa Harrington has created a vivid, convincing world of…
Children's Book Review: Random Acts
There’s something about doing good deeds that appeals to children. They like the warm fuzzy…
January 15, 2015
Children's Book Review: Rain Shadow
Bethany is slower than other children her age. She walks with a limp because one…
January 13, 2015
Children's Book Review: The Boy in Number Four
It takes perseverance to get to the hockey big leagues. There are early morning practices,…