Children and YA Non-fiction

The Fly

From Elise Gravel, winner of the 2012 Governor General’s Literary Award for illustration, comes the Disgusting Critters series, an amusing group of books for beginning readers that successfully mixes fact and humour to introduce youngsters ... Read More »

February 18, 2014 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Learn to Speak Film: A Guide to Creating, Promoting, and Screening Your Movies

By Michael Glassbourg; Jeff Kulak, illus.

Young people have it easy these days. In the age of torrents, cloud computing, YouTube, and iTunes, having instant, unfettered access to the entire history of recorded sound and images is a given. But who’s ... Read More »

November 14, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Legends, Icons & Rebels: Music that Changed the World

By Robbie Robertson, Jim Guerinot, Sebastian Robertson, Jared Levine; various illus.

November 14, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Phenomenal Female Entrepreneurs

By Jill Bryant

The Women’s Hall of Fame series from Second Story Press focuses on the outstanding achievements of women in various fields, such as design, journalism, and exploration. The latest addition highlights the accomplishments of 10 women ... Read More »

November 13, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Brilliant! Shining a Light on Sustainable Energy

By Michelle Mulder

Wind turbines may be the rock stars of alternative energy, but many lesser-known green power sources are just waiting to be discovered. In Brilliant!, Victoria author Michelle Mulder investigates our energy dependence and explains other ... Read More »

November 13, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Freaking Out: Real-life Stories About Anxiety

By Polly Wells, ed.; Peter Mitchell, illus.

For those who suffer from it, anxiety is a wily beast, constantly nipping at the heels. As Toronto writer and film producer Polly Wells deftly illustrates in Freaking Out, anxiety can be a particularly complex ... Read More »

October 29, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Cat Champions: Caring for Our Feline Friends

By Rob Laidlaw

Cats may have conquered the Internet, but every year thousands still end up homeless in shelters, sanctuaries, and feral colonies. Cat Champions is about some of the people – most of them kids – who ... Read More »

October 29, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

The Kids Cottage Games Book

By Jane Drake and Ann Love, Heather Collins, illus.

This book completes the trilogy that includes The Kids Cottage Book and The Kids Campfire Book. The successful format (evoking the Boston Children’s Museum Brown Paper School series) is that of the other Kids Can ... Read More »

October 1, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

The Kids Guide to Fortune Telling

By Louise Dickson, Pat Cupples, illus.

The author’s note on the acknowledgments page encapsulates her approach to this subject: that fortune-telling can be “good, clean, frivolous fun.” Rather than being a serious exploration of psychic phenomena, this is a kids’ craft ... Read More »

October 1, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Canfake

By Donald Webster

Thirty years ago my wife and I bought an ancient pine sideboard from an antique dealer we privately referred to as “The Pirate.” “Early Upper Canada,” he said as we tied it onto the roof ... Read More »

October 1, 2013 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture, Children and YA Non-fiction

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