Children's Literature

L. M. Falcone follows up her successful novel The Mysterious Mummer with the strangely touching Walking with the Dead, a foray into the popular genre of Greek mythology.

Artist Murray Kimber reimagines Alfred Noyes's romantic ballad "The Highwayman" for a generation of television- and cinema-savvy readers.

Donna Jo Napoli's surprising re-tellings of familiar stories and myths breathe new life into many a tired tale. Here is an overview of some of her best works in the genre.

Michele Lemieux's "Stormy Night" is a story about a girl kept awake by a storm. With her dog Fido, she begins to wonder about the nature of the universe, and human existence. Lemieux's simple line drawings deftly depict a child's naive imagination.

Wallace Edwards follows up his award-winning 'Alphabeasts' with 'Monkey Business,' a delightful book of illustrated idioms. Common idioms are illustrated in unexpected ways in this wittily executed picture book.

A message in Latin, eerie rituals, and a strange new friend add up to create an unforgettable Christmas holiday for Joey McDermet. In The Mysterious Mummer, Canadian author L. M. Falcone has written a formulaic but enjoyable tale in the tradition of Christmas ghost stories.

A look at the classic book "Toes In My Nose: and Other Poems," by Sheree Fitch.

Shel Silverstein's The Giving Tree's story of the tree and her beloved boy remains in the memory of any reader.

The often-imitated "Jabberwocky" has fascinated readers for over a century. A new book illustrated by Stephane Jorisch revisits the classic Lewis Carroll poem with a decidedly contemporary twist.

Lynn Kositsky’s The Thought of High Windows is a novel about Esther, a German Jew who evolves from a marginalised, friendless schoolgirl to become a young woman working for the Jewish Underground during the Holocaust.