Younger Readers
The Trouble With Cupid
Fitzhenry & Whiteside
All Erin has to do is train the school mascot to perform on cue, and she will be a hero. But none of her dog training experience has prepared Erin for Cupid, the laziest, most unlovable dog that ever woofed!
Purchase from: Amazon Barnes and Noble Indigo Indie Bound
Perfect Blue (Reissue of Taste of Perfection)
Fitzhenry & Whiteside
Recommended, New York City Public Library
Books for Teens, 2003 List
The perfect show dog needs the perfect handler, and twelve-year-old Erin is ready for the challenge. But she needs a makeover, fast! An often funny, sometimes sad, story about a girl who discovers that growing up is never easy.
Purchase from: Amazon Barnes and Noble Indigo
Mile-High Apple Pie
The Bodley Head/Random House
Nominated for the 2006 Blue Spruce Award
Nominated for the 2006 Shining Willow Award
Best Children's Books of the Year, 2004, Bank Street College of Education
A CBC-NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Book for young people
Nominated for the Cilip Kate Greenaway Medal
A gentle picture book, Mile-High Apple Pie underscores how the love between a grandmother and her granddaughter endures even when memory fails.
The Fox's Kettle
Orca Book Publishers
Outstanding, Canadian Children's Book Centre
Governor General Award Nominee, Illustration
An original Japanese folk tale, The Fox’s Kettle celebrates the triumph of a brave and gentle heart over the forces of magic and power.
The Magic Ear
Orca Book Publishers
Recommended, Canadian Children's Book Centre
Based on a traditional Japanese folktale, The Magic Ear is a timeless story of true nobility and the importance of respect for all life, however humble.
No Such Thing as Far Away
Orca Book Publishers
Recommended, Canadian Children's Book Centre
In No Such Thing As Far Away, a little boy who must move from his neighborhood learns there’s no such thing as far away when you carry a place in your heart.