January 8, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction
Billy’s daunting assignment as a reporter for The Princeton Elementary News is to interview the famous Albert Einstein, the “smartest man in the world.” This appealing, imaginatively conceived book is based on what he learns ... Read More »
Two new biographical compilations of great Canadians, historical and contemporary, tackle the topic in different ways. Elizabeth MacLeod takes an encyclopedic approach in The Kids Book of Great Canadians, featuring capsule entries on 150 memorable ... Read More »
January 5, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction
It’s nice to report a new entry in the ranks of good car books, courtesy of one of the best-known automotive writers around. Phil Edmonston, author of more than 100 books about cars (notably the ... Read More »
January 5, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction
The impulse to put on a show – to roll up the rugs and raid the dressup box, to decorate the dog and broadcast a little glitter – this is the energy that lies behind ... Read More »
January 5, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books
The impulse to put on a show – to roll up the rugs and raid the dressup box, to decorate the dog and broadcast a little glitter – this is the energy that lies behind ... Read More »
January 5, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books
Looking at Maya hieroglyphics,” this book informs readers, “is like looking at a plate of spaghetti.” How to unlock this ancient code was a mystery that has challenged scientists and others for years. This book ... Read More »
December 10, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction
At first glance 15-year-old Mike McGill seems like a typical smart-aleck and slacker. But there’s more to Mike – who’s under the dubious guardianship of his Uncle Billy since an unknown hit-and-run driver killed his ... Read More »
November 26, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction
It’s not normal to be so normal, especially if your mother has just died: that’s what adults keep telling 16-year-old Martin Emerson. Everyone else in Martin’s household is struggling under a blanket of grief. His ... Read More »
November 26, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction
Giving presents and getting presents: both are often fun, but not always easy. Jean Little’s many well-loved novels and poems explore the difficulties as well as the joys of family life, and this new poem ... Read More »
November 25, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction
Few young people today have living family who endured the Holocaust. For most kids, as one poet in this collection points out, the events of StarTrek have more immediacy. Tapestry of Hope reflects an urgently ... Read More »
November 25, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction