Airborn is set in an imaginary Victorian world where airships rule the skies. Matt, a cabin boy from the elegant passenger airship, Aurora, narrates the tale. Kate, a young, wealthy passenger on the Aurora, is determined to prove her grandfather's claims about fantastic, impossible flying creatures in the sky. When Kate requests Matt's help in taking a photograph of the "cloud cat" to support her grandfather's claims, Matt becomes involved in Kate's quest.
This book won the Governor General's Award for Children's Literature in 2004.

Meg Christie dreams of becoming a pilot just like her heroes Amelia Earhart and Beryl Markham. Meg lives in Cape Breton, where life is a struggle for coal miners' families, especially during World War II. Meg's aunt suffers from tuberculosis, her uncle is an alcoholic and her cousins are neglected. Meg's family does not understand her dream of becoming a pilot.
Miss MacKinnon, the new teacher who falls in love with Meg's cousin, Caleb, encourages Meg. However, the school committee dismisses Miss MacKinnon for her modern attitudes and Caleb is killed during the war. Meg is given the chance to fly when a pilot, who is a friend of Caleb's, returns from the war and offers her flying lessons.
Meg's voice regarding the technical, historical and cultural matters will lead to discussions about labour issues, gender equality, the war, the history of coal mining and the dynamics in family life and in an extended family.
This book won the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year Award for Children in 2005.

In this sequel to Airborn, Matt Cruse is on a training mission in a decrepit cargo airship when he comes across the ghost ship, Hyperion, an airship that hasn't been seen for 40 years and is rumoured to be full of treasure. Matt, his girlfriend Kate de Vries, and their sidekicks Hal and Nadina try to reach the Hyperion to claim the treasure. Their quest, however, does not go smoothly. Adversity in the form of air pirates, monsters and other dangers faces them at every turn. The setting of the story is a cobmination of the past and present - the characters wear Victorian dress, but have futuristic technology.
The villains, John Rath and his boss George Barton, work for the Aruba Consortium that has a monopoly on production of airship fuel. This aspect of the story could lead to an interesting classroom discussion about oil cartels. As well, elements of Skybreaker echo the stories of Prometheus and Icarus, which provide other opportunities for expansion.

Multiple illustrations, organized fact boxes, and a thematic page-frame are elements that make these compact paperbacks interesting to read. The paperbacks integrate folktales and scientific information about the moon and planets. The stories can be used as read-alouds for younger grades or silent reading for older students. The combination of mythology and science reflects the fascination with the moon and the planets, its influence on the human world and the attempt of ancient cultures to give a heavenly habitat to their deities. Each book also includes a table of contents, an index and a glossary.