March 12, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction
After winning an essay contest about Canadian history, Andrea Baxter is bound for Cape Breton and a summer job at the Fortress of Louisbourg. Staff at this historic site re-enact life as it was lived ... Read More »
A trip to England with her best friend sounds like heaven to 12-year-old Christine Bellamy, until she discovers her younger brother Hal is invited too. Upon arrival in London, the trio find themselves in a ... Read More »
March 12, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction
Fourteen-year-old Adam Wheeler arrives in Toronto in the autumn of 1837 with his uncle’s family. Still smarting from his mother’s recent death and his father’s and stepmother’s apparent eagerness to be rid of him, Adam ... Read More »
March 12, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction
Questions that kids might come up with at nighttime are tackled in Owl’s latest “Question and Answer” book. Stumpers such as “Why do tulips close up at night?” and “Why do I yawn when I’m ... Read More »
March 12, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction
The all-star team of Paulette Bourgeois and Brenda Clark have created another winner in the successful Franklin series. This time, Franklin is going to a Halloween party and he just knows that his friend Bear ... Read More »
March 12, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books
This is the third title in the Screech Owl series about a Pee Wee hockey team. This time, the team is on its way north for a tournament – all the way to James Bay, ... Read More »
March 12, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction
In this picture book, William Bell addresses younger children with the seriousness and concern for humane values that mark his novels Forbidden City and Speak to the Earth. Bell’s years in China lie behind this ... Read More »
March 12, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books
This whimsical picture book for the very young is British Columbia writer Lynn Manuel’s first. Dedicated to her grandson, it tells the story of a child and a grandmother taking a walk in the moonlight. ... Read More »
March 10, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books
Both these new additions to Crabtree’s Crabapple series will appeal to young animal lovers – and their teachers and parents. These books feature an attractive design, large readable typeface, and many colour photographs. How Animals ... Read More »
March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction
Both these new additions to Crabtree’s Crabapple series will appeal to young animal lovers – and their teachers and parents. These books feature an attractive design, large readable typeface, and many colour photographs. How Animals ... Read More »
March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction