Welcome to one of the stops on the Thomas Allen & Son blog tour for You Are the Everything, a new young adult novel from award-winning Canadian author Karen Rivers. Please read on for my thoughts, a very special guest post from Karen herself, as well as link to a tour-wide giveaway for Canadian residents. I’ll put up the blog […]
The latest wonderful bookish comic from Tom Gauld, one of my favourite cartoonists, as featured in The Guardian:
Coming up next week is the Thomas Allen & Son blog tour- with giveaway!- for Karen Rivers’s latest release, the young adult novel You Are the Everything. Hope you are able to come back here on Wednesday, November 14th when I will be sharing my thoughts on the book as well as a special guest post from the author and […]
Welcome to another round-up of recently read and recommended picture books! In no particular order, here are the titles: the supremely adorable and charming The Doll Hospital by Kallie George, illustrated by Sara Gillingham (my daughter has been loving this one and clamoring for re-reads); the energetic and fun koala-centered story Don’t call me bear! by Aaron Blabey; the out-of-the-ordinary, […]
I have had the great pleasure to pore over some seriously lovely and moving picture books as of late… (I cannot even imagine how mammoth my year-end picture book list is going to be!). Here are two beautiful recently read (and Canadian authored and illustrated!) picture books courtesy of Groundwood Books: Deep Underwater by Irene Luxbacher and Grandmother’s Visit by […]
Yes indeed, it is time for more picture book talk! I have two elegant and imaginative picture books here, courtesy of the kind folks at Raincoast Books! The Dreamer by by Il Sung Na tells the story of a pig whose big dream is to fly. He thinks about the possibilities of flight- of somehow, actually being able to join […]
Over the last few Halloweens, I have put together book lists with spooky and fun picture books and board books perfect for celebrating and enjoying Halloween. Before I get to amalgamating and posting a master list, I wanted to share my thoughts on one recently read picture book title as well as share a list of some new and re-discovered […]
Review: She Made a Monster: How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein by Lynn Fulton, illus. Felicita Sala Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Penguin Random House Canada. Thank you! Publication: September 18, 2018 by Knopf Books for Young Readers Book Description: On the bicentennial of Frankenstein, join Mary Shelley on the night she created the most frightening monster the world has ever seen. […]
Snazzy Cat Capers is the first book in a fun new chapter book series from author Deanna Kent and illustrator Neil Hooson. Read on for my thoughts on the book as well as giveaway information for Canadian readers who would like to win a copy of this book courtesy of Raincoast Books! Snazzy Cat Capers (Snazzy Cat Capers #1) by […]
Thanks to partner Tundra Books/Penguin Random House Canada, I have two utterly marvelous children’s books on the review line-up: Mary Who Wrote Frankenstein, a picture book biography by Linda Bailey, illustrated by Júlia Sardà; and Sir Simon: Super Scarer, a Halloween (and anytime!) picture book written and illustrated by Cale Atkinson. “Here is Mary. She’s a dreamer. The kind […]
