canadian lit
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Children’s Non-Fiction Reviews: Orca Rescue! & The Strangest Thing in the Sea
Two fantastic children’s non-fiction books on the review docket today! Courtesy of lovely friends at Kids Can Press, I have the pleasure of talking about: Orca Rescue! The True Story of an Orphaned Orca Named Springer by Donna Sandstrom, illustrated by Sarah Burwash, and The Strangest Thing in the Sea (And Other Curious Creatures of… Read more
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Children’s Reviews: Song for the Snow & Anthony and the Gargoyle
Two children’s titles on the review docket today! Thanks to the kind folks Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press, I will be talking about the picture book Song for the Snow by Jon-Erik Lappano, illustrated by Byron Eggenschwiler and the wordless early fiction title Anthony and the Gargoyle by Jo Ellen Bogart, illustrated by Maja Kastelic.… Read more
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Picture Book Reviews: The Cow Said BOO! & Windy Days
Thanks to the lovely folks at Pajama Press (who are celebrating their ten-year anniversary!), I have two picture books for review today: The Cow Said BOO! by Lana Button, illustrated by Alice Carter; and Windy Days by Deborah Kerbel, illustrated by Miki Sato. Both of these children’s books are perfect for the fall and Halloween… Read more
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Halloween Book Picks: ParaNorthern and the Chaos Bunny A-Hop-Calypse & more!
Three books just-right for spooky season on review today! Thanks to generous friends at Raincoast Books, I have the pleasure of talking about the following three books: the middle-grade graphic novel ParaNorthern and the Choas Bunny A-Hop-Calypse by Stephanie Cooke, art by Mari Costa; the Halloween picture book Trick or Treat, Bugs to Eat by… Read more
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Fall Picture Books: A Kid is a Kid is a Kid & What Does Little Crocodile Say?
Two more perfect-for-the-season picture books on the review docket today! First up, I will be taking a look at Sara O’Leary and Qin Leng’s glorious A Kid is a Kid is a Kid, thanks to friends at Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press; and secondly, I’ll be talking about the fantastic What Does Little Crocodile Say?… Read more
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Children’s Reviews: Outside, You Notice, Sunny Days & Listen Up! Train Song
Some lovely, perfect-for-the-summer children’s book on the review docket today! Thanks to the kind folks over at Pajama Press, I have three books I will be talking about today. I will take a look at the children’s non-fiction book by Erin Alladin and Andrea Blinick called Outside, You Notice; the picture book Sunny Days by… Read more
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Picture Book Reviews: I Am Every Good Thing & Over the Shop
It’s coming to the end of the week and I have two fantastic picture books I wanted to talk about before the weekend begins! Thanks to partner Candlewick Press/Penguin Random House Canada, I will be taking a look at I Am Every Good Thing by Derrick Barnes and Gordon C. James as well as Over… Read more
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Board Book Look: Eco Baby: Where Are You Elephant? and more great reads!
Hi everyone! I am back with a rundown of some wonderful board book titles I’ve had the pleasure of reading lately. Thanks to the kind friends at DK (Dorling Kindersley) and Penguin Random House Canada, I will first be talking about an Eco Baby title called Where Are You Elephant?, illustrated and designed by Rachael… Read more
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Children’s Fiction: Alice Fleck’s Recipes for Disaster & more great reads!
If you’re itching for some fabulous children’s fiction/middle grade reads, then I have some picks for you here! I had the pleasure of reading, thanks to the kind folks at Penguin Random House Canada, Rachelle Delaney’s Alice Fleck’s Recipes for Disaster. I also had the delight of reading a number of truly excellent children’s fiction… Read more
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Picture Book Reviews: Mii maanda ezhi-gkendmaanh / This Is How I Know & The Dog’s Gardener
Are you ready for some splendid picture books? Thanks to the kind folks at Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press, I have the pleasure of getting to talk about two wonderful picture books: Mii maanda ezhi-gkendmaanh/This Is How I Know by Brittany Luby and Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley, Anishinaabemowin translation by Alvin Ted Corbiere and Alan Corbiere; and… Read more
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