February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction
Strips of newspaper, empty juice containers, detergent boxes, twist ties, toilet paper rolls: in Papier-Mâché, an activity book for young readers, writer and illustrator Renée Schwarz enthusiastically demonstrates how these ordinary household materials (essentially garbage) ... Read More »
Award-winning nature author Diane Swanson has just released the third and fourth books in her Up Close series (previous titles are Tails That Talk and Fly and Noses That Plow and Poke.) Beyond the catchy ... Read More »
February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction
Award-winning nature author Diane Swanson has just released the third and fourth books in her Up Close series (previous titles are Tails That Talk and Fly and Noses That Plow and Poke.) Beyond the catchy ... Read More »
February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction
For fathers who feel left out of the mommy-dominated picture book market, here are two new uniquely Canadian stories starring dads who save the day.Although it’s recounted by a fictional character, In Like a Lion ... Read More »
February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books
For fathers who feel left out of the mommy-dominated picture book market, here are two new uniquely Canadian stories starring dads who save the day.Although it’s recounted by a fictional character, In Like a Lion ... Read More »
February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books
How to lure children from picture books into chapter books – those with fewer illustrations and more text –- is a tricky task and surely an important one for creating new generations of readers. As ... Read More »
February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction
Ever since veteran hockey writer Roy MacGregor published his first book about a fictional team of young hockey players back in 1995, young readers have been following the exploits of the Screech Owls with fascination.Until ... Read More »
February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction
Melissa, the main character in Sundog Rescue, is one of those young children whose fears are triggered by an overactive imagination. In her fantasies, which are always related to nature, she sees sharks in a ... Read More »
February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books
Jim McGugan’s second picture book is a tale of two brothers, named Owen and Prune. Owen has a rule for everything, from the proper way to eat Crème Caramel to the proper way to read. ... Read More »
February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books
Hannah and the Seven Dresses,/I> is an amusing, colourful book with a simple and satisfying story – just about the hardest kind to create. For her first picture book, Jocelyn (who’s a clothing designer and ... Read More »
February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books