I do pick up the NP every couple of months or so, when I get the yen for a paper and print weekend paper. I still miss the Sunday NY Times, though. And no Globe anywhere in sight in our little town. But I’ve never run across a comics review. Hmm.

If you run your mouse over the photo you get links to things.

Susan, thanks for thinking of me and trying to keep me from falling through the cracks! “The Inuit Thought of It” has been a huge hit. I don’t know what else Junior has read, but you might also want to look at:

“Very Last First Time” by Jan Andrews

Just about anything you can find by James Houston, especially “Tiktaliktak”

“The Inuksuk Book” by Mary Wallace and “The Gift of the Inuksuk” by Michael Ulmer (the inuksuk is the logo of the 2010 Olympic Games at Vancouver/Whistler, so Jr. will be ahead of the games…)

I couldn’t remember the title and had to look up “Under Alaska’s Midnight Sun” by Deb Vanasse; we read this when the kids were little and complained that they couldn’t go to sleep in the summer when the sun is still up (till 11 pm — I told them it could be worse!). And one of my favorite books of all time is “The Year of Miss Agnes” by Kirkpatrick Hill; chapter book, not picture book, though, and a great readaloud.

Thank you, Beth. I am very touched by your words.

As a bestselling Canadian author with 3 novels out and a 4th hopefully out by next spring, it is great to read about this special tribute to Canadian authors. I know too many to even name them all here and I guarantee they all work very hard at creating a story worth reading.

But I will share a new Canadian author with you. Her name is Kelly Komm and her young adult fantasy novel SACRIFICE is exciting and richly detailed. I highly recommend it!