Harvey Takes the Lead, Northwind, Anzu The Great Kaiju and Does a Bulldozer have a Butt? Middle grade and picture books reviewed.
"I have always had a passion for creepy stories and films and so I aspire to write the sorts of things that make me happy—shiver-inducing, spine-tingling, creepy-mystery-thrillers." Read my Q&A with Scarborough author Marina Cohen.
Harvey and the Extraordinary is about a little girl named Mimi, an expert in extraordinariness, who just needs to prove it to her family.
For book lovers, the best gift is a book and they will provide the time. Here are a list of adult, young adult, middle grade and picture books that I recommend.
Found my new Christmas picture book read for this year, and I offer up Christmas read recommendations for children, young people and adults.
This blog post was originally published in NewmarketToday.ca and copied here with permission. I used to read every book I ever started, start to finish regardless of if I was enjoying it. Not any longer. Now only books I love make... Continue Reading →
Two middle grade books and a young adult book about books, friendship and the ice age.
Great books in both Sirens of Memory about a woman who flees an abusive relationships after the Iraqi invasion and Born Behind Bars, which is about child born in jail and released to the streets of Indian when he is nine.
I interview Mike Holmes, a Canadian author and illustrator whose debut graphic novel My Own World came out June 22.