Canadian poet Shirley Camia presents a harrowing but exhilarating examination of life before adolescence. In a series of razor-sharp sketches, Camia's piercing observations are offered as a perfectly balanced counter-weight to the sing-song melody of innocence. Camia and Vancouver illustrator Cindy Mochizuki offer an individual reckoning that unpacks for the reader the universal truth that fear and danger respect no age and ignore all boundaries.

• Cover
• Advance praise for Children Shouldn't Use Knives and Other Tales
• Half Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Stranger
• Turning Point
• The Morning After
• In the Spring
• Sadie
• Life Lessons
• Children Shouldn't Use Knives
• Exclusion
• Through a Child's Window
• Past the Turning Point
• In Transit
• Acknowledgements