Review: French Exit by Patrick deWitt Source: Hardcopy courtesy of House of Anansi Press. Thank you! Publication: August 28, 2018 by House of Anansi Press (paperback) Book Description: Frances Price — tart widow, possessive mother, and Upper East Side force of nature — is in dire straits, beset by scandal and impending bankruptcy. Her adult son Malcolm is no help, […]
Three lively and super reads to highlight here, courtesy of my very kind partner Candlewick Press/Penguin Random House Canada: The Princess in Black and the Science Fair Scare, Interrupting Chicken and the Elephant of Surprise, and Do You Believe in Unicorns?. The Princess in Black and the Science Fair Scare (Princess in Black #6) by Shannon Hale and Dean Hale, […]
Two fabulously fun picture books on the review docket today, courtesy of the lovely folks at Raincoast Books! Enjoy! Lyric McKerrigan, Secret Librarian, written by Jacob Sager Weinstein, illustrated by Vera Brosgol (Be Prepared) is a terrifically clever, punchy story about a very brave, astute librarian who sets out to save the world from a criminal named Doctor Glockenspiel. When […]
In the last few months, I’ve had the pleasure of reading a handful of young adult and children’s graphic novels. Here is a rundown of those titles, featuring the latest from Faith Erin Hicks, a standout from Benjamin Renner, as well as a look at cartoonist and illustrator’s Liz Climo’s latest collection! The Divided Earth (The Nameless City #3) by […]
The Lost Words by Robert Macfarlane, illus. Jackie Morris Source: Hardcopy courtesy of House of Anansi Press. Thank you! Publication: October 2, 2018 by Anansi International, House of Anansi Press. Book Description: In 2007, when a new edition of the Oxford Junior Dictionary — widely used in schools around the world — was published, a sharp-eyed reader soon noticed that […]
Review: Clara Voyant by Rachelle Delaney Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Penguin Random House Canada. Thank you! Publication: May 15, 2018 by Puffin Canada/Penguin Random House Canada Book Description: A wannabe journalist and reluctant astrologer turns out to be clairvoyant in this charming middle-grade coming-of-age novel; for fans of Rebecca Stead’s novels. Clara can’t believe her no-nonsense grandmother has just up […]
Read on for my thoughts two new board books from Leslie Patricelli, Tooth and Big Kid Bed, courtesy of partner Candlewick Press/Penguin Random House Canada! Starring Baby from Leslie Patricelli‘s acclaimed and bestselling series of board books (Hair, Toot, No No Yes Yes and many more), Tooth and Big Kid Bed take Baby and readers along for some new surprises […]
A look at two fun and very stylish perfect-for-baby-and-toddler items courtesy of the kind folks at Raincoast Books! First up is House: First Words Board Books, illustrated by award-winning artist Michael Slack. This box set, designed so sleekly and smartly to look like the front-face of a house, contains five small board books inside, each book representing a particular room […]
Marianne Dubuc, the acclaimed Canadian author and illustrator behind picture books like Mr. Postmouse’s Rounds and The Lion and the Bird, brings readers Up the Mountain Path. Radiating kindness and sweet humour, Up the Mountain Path tells the story about Mrs. Badger and what happens after she meets a new friend while going about her usual Sunday walk “to the […]
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 […]
