c.2012, Palgrave Macmillan $28.00 / $32.00 Canada 336 pages It was the best seat in the house. From where you were, you could see it all: every footstep, gesture, movement, and every player there. Looks of joy, grimaces, and effort, … Continue reading
c.2011, Candlewick Press $15.99 / $18.00 Canada 32 pages Who is your favorite Superhero? Does he wear a cape and fly through the air? Or does he have sharp knives instead of claws so he can really mess up … Continue reading
c.2011, Atria Books $26.00 / $29.99 Canada 304 pages These days, you sleep pretty well at night. Oh, sure, there are things that could keep you awake. Mostly, though, you’re tucked into bed when darkness comes and you close … Continue reading
c.2012, Kensington $15.00 / $16.95 Canada 352 pages Somewhere, maybe just off to one side, there’s a hole in your heart. It’s not life-threatening. Though you feel like you might, you won’t die from it. It’ll never show up on … Continue reading
c.2011, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill $15.95 / $18.95 Canada 304 pages Just about two hours. That’s all you figured it would take to do the few errands you had, maybe less. So you packed the car accordingly: … Continue reading
c.2011, Annick Press $12.95 U.S. and Canada 157 pages You cannot tell a lie. Yep, you and young George Washington both learned a long, long time ago that lying was wrong. Not only did it hurt people, but it also … Continue reading
c.2011, Hudson Street Press $25.95 / $30.00 Canada 271 pages Your great-grandmother never had a smartphone. Great-grandma probably never had a microwave, either. At some point in life, she washed her clothes outside and hung them on the line, which … Continue reading
c.2012, Ballantine Books $15.00 / $17.00 Canada 384 pages There’s an impressive number of friends on your Facebook page. Nearly all your high school classmates are there. You’ve friended everybody at your current, last, and one-before jobs. All your college … Continue reading
c.2011, Basic Books $27.50 / $32.00 Canada 257 pages The bill for the holiday spending spree came the other day, delivered by an industrial-sized forklift. Okay, not quite, but it sure seemed like it. That bill was thick, it had … Continue reading
c.2012, Feiwel and Friends $17.99 / $19.99 Canada 400 pages Once upon a time, you loved fairy tales. Once upon a time, you loved princes and princesses, gnomes, and castles with moats and dragons. There was magic in a fairy … Continue reading
