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The Children’s Book Reviews are written by well known reviewers and published each Tuesday.
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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,…
January 9, 2015
Children's Book Review: Butterflies Don’t Lie
In Butterflies Don’t Lie, the debut novel by Halifax-based author B. R. Myers, sixteen-year-old Kelsey…
January 8, 2015
Children's Book Review: Lots of Kisses
Lots of Kisses by Governor General’s Award-winning poet Lorna Crozier, is a sweet serenade to…
January 6, 2015
Children's Book Review: Sam and Dave Dig a Hole
The title says it all. Sam and Dave dig a hole. And indeed, that’s all…
December 19, 2014
Audrey (Cow)
Born a meat cow on Bittersweet Farm, Audrey has known for some time that her…
December 18, 2014
Children's Book Review: Bone Deep: A Peggy Henderson Adventure
Peggy Henderson loves bones. Old bones. Bones that tell a story about the past. Her…
December 16, 2014
Children's Book Review: Dashing Through the Snow: A Canadian Jingle Bells
“Dashing through the snow, On a rusty old Ski-Doo, Through the bush we go, Dodging…
December 12, 2014
Children's Book Review: The Art of Getting Stared At
In award-winning author Laura Langston’s latest YA novel, The Art of Getting Stared At, sixteen-year-old…
December 11, 2014
Children's Book Review: Frostbite Hotel
Welcome to Frostbite Hotel – your luxury recess destination! When a major blizzard dumps tons…
December 9, 2014
Children's Book Review: Fox and Squirrel make a Friend
In Fox and Squirrel (2013), Toronto author and illustrator Ruth Ohi introduced two charmingly mismatched…