February 10, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction
If your only experience of Beowulf has been a brief excerpt at the beginning of a survey course in English literature, then you may have given (as I did) short shrift to this West Saxon ... Read More »
Wouldn’t we all like a magic charm to drive away the rain when it arrives on precisely the wrong day? Maryann Kovalski, a well-known Canadian author/illustrator, uses the old folk rhyme “Rain, rain, go away” ... Read More »
February 10, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books
The hero of Regina author Edward Willett’s third young adult fantasy novel is Kit, a 15-year-old street-smart musician in Fistfight City on the planet Murdoch IV. He speaks hip, futuristic slang and survives by playing ... Read More »
February 10, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction
This is a reader-friendly, simply told story about a Jewish girl during the Second World War. Presented in 15 chapters, the book draws on the real-life experience of author Kathy Kacer’s mother to tell about ... Read More »
February 10, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction
The first five titles in the Eye on Canada series are an effective reminder of just how much information a well-planned and carefully organized 32-page book can present. Harry Beckett, the series’ author, is a ... Read More »
February 6, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction
The first five titles in the Eye on Canada series are an effective reminder of just how much information a well-planned and carefully organized 32-page book can present. Harry Beckett, the series’ author, is a ... Read More »
February 6, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction
The first five titles in the Eye on Canada series are an effective reminder of just how much information a well-planned and carefully organized 32-page book can present. Harry Beckett, the series’ author, is a ... Read More »
February 6, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction
Michael Kusugak successfully takes a new direction in his seventh picture book collaboration with illustrator Vladyana Langer Krykorka. In their first six books, this award-winning team focused on eastern Arctic stories. This one moves to ... Read More »
February 6, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books
British Columbia author Andrea Spalding’s latest is a sensitive tale about gardens, growing sunflowers, the importance of memories, and the rewards of friendship.The narrator, Ian, is a prairie boy who, when his parents separate, moves ... Read More »
February 6, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books
In Bear On the Train, a hungry bear follows the smell of grain right into a railway car. By the time the train pulls out, the bear is ready to hibernate and sleeps through the ... Read More »
February 6, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books