(2) K-3 Illustrated by Julie Flett. Brothers Joe and Cody, with their family, spend summers camping on Manitoba's hundreds of lakes. The boys' favorite pets are dragonflies, which they fly like magic kites on thread--only to find them again in their dreams. Highway's bilingual English/Cree text (cleanly incorporated into the elegant page design) has a graceful simplicity, and Flett's new illustrations enhance it with quiet colors and textures.

Reviewer: Deirdre F. Baker | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2016

(1) YA In the early 1940s, Marie-Claire's uncle, then her siblings, and finally Marie-Claire herself contract TB. Over the course of two and a half years Marie-Claire grows up in ways that are both particular to her sanatorium environment and universal to adolescence. Much like a play in its discrete, focused scenes, this novel is that rarest of birds, a happily ending, nonsappy YA romance.

Reviewer: Sarah Ellis | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2011

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Astrid Vohwinkel. Bear Nanuk and his mother wander into town looking for food. They get caught foraging in a grocery store and are swiftly imprisoned in "Polar Bear Jail" before being sent home in a "Polar Bear Taxi." Though its combination of realism and fantasy is awkward (e.g., seat-belt-wearing Nanuk gazing out of the helicopter window), the text and illustrations are child-friendly and accessible.

Reviewer: Bridget McCaffrey

(4) YA When Maya's glamorous cousin Pinky arrives in Manitoba from India, everyone, including Maya's boyfriend, finds her fascinating. Pinky lends Maya her statue of the Hindu elephant god Ganesh, grantor of wishes, and Maya begs him to help her. Her wishes come true in most unexpected ways as she struggles to learn self-acceptance. The fantasy element is amusing but a bit jarring.

Reviewer: Patricia Riley