Children and YA Fiction

Snake Dreamer

Priscilla Galloway’s Snake Dreamer is faithfully evoked in cover artist Janet Wooley’s collage of beautiful and monstrous faces, crumbling temples, barren seashores, and sinuous serpents against a wash of intense Mediterranean blue. The story begins ... Read More »

February 24, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

★ Greater than Angels

By Carol Matas

It is the early 1940s, in Vichy France, and a number of Jewish teenagers, having lost nearly everything of their former lives and beliefs, are sitting on the porch of a Red Cross shelter and ... Read More »

February 24, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Composition

By Antonio Skármeta, Alfonso Ruano, illus.

In The Composition, nine-year-old Pedro asks if he, like his parents, is against the dictatorship in their country. His mother replies, “Children aren’t against anything. Children are just children. They have to go to school, ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

★ Young Canada’s Nursery Rhymes

By Constance Haslewood, illus.

With their jaunty rhymes, nonsensical humour, and fascination with food, animals, and weather, nursery rhymes have a timeless appeal rediscovered by each new generation of parents and children. This delightful collection was first published in ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

Gofrette: Fat, Furry and Funny

By Doris Brasset and Fabienne Michot

Gofrette, a chunky black-and-white cat done in bold outline and felt marker, first appeared in a wallpaper pattern by Brasset and Michot working together as designers under the name Zanimo. Now Zanimo is the land ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

Gofrette: Hot Chocolate Moose

By Doris Brasset and Fabienne Michot

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

The Fear of Angelina Domino

By Budge Wilson, Eugenie Fernandes, illus.

If the experience of five-year-old Angelina Domino is a reliable guide, facing your fears is a lot like entering cold water. You can ease in gradually and hope for smooth acclimatization or you can plunge ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

★ The Chicken Cat

By Stephanie Simpson McLellan, Sean Cassidy, illus.

Picture books about the reassurance of parental love have become standard over the last 50 years, with some, like Robert Munsch’s Love You Forever, proving lucrative beyond anyone’s wildest imaginings. It is gratifying, then, to ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

Alice, I Think

By Susan Juby

You’ve got to like a kid who continues in therapy just so her mental-health professional won’t be traumatized. And 15-year-old Alice, notwithstanding the opinions of her classmates, parents, and neighbours in Smithers, B.C., is terrific. ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Grave Secrets

By Sylvia McNicoll

For Nicholas Dilon, 15, who’s recently moved into a new neighbourhood, the usual problems of making new friends and starting at a new school are compounded by ghostly goings-on. Nick’s plagued by nightmares about the ... Read More »

February 22, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

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