Children and YA Non-fiction

★ Rainy Days with Bear

It’s raining again! What can a little bear do, when his friend is busy writing, and it’s just too wet outside? Nova Scotia writer Maureen Hull’s Bear gets bored, just like a little child who’s ... Read More »

February 11, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

The Red Bandanna

By David John Smith

Eleven-year-old Jake Grant and his family move from the city to a ranch in British Columbia’s Cariboo district. He is befriended by a plucky tomboy, Willy, and they discover a wild coyote in Jake’s barn. ... Read More »

February 11, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

★ Lucy’s Secret

By Mireille Levert; $ cloth , pp., , Groundwood Books, Apr. (ages 3-5) Reviewed from page

With its luxurious illustrations and subtle, Zen-like story, this book is a treasure. The tale takes place in a garden, where Lucy, the young narrator, is visiting her adult friend, Anna Zinnia. The plot is ... Read More »

February 11, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

A Love of Reading: Reviews of Contemporary Fiction

By Robert Adams

Robert Adams’ A Love of Reading introduces 18 novels published, for the most part, over the last 10 years. Adams first delivered these reviews to packed theatres in Montreal and Toronto. Chapters on Maguib Mahfouz’s ... Read More »

February 11, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Criticism & Essays

Lives of Mothers and Daughters

By Sheila Munro

Sheila Munro, the eldest of three daughters, has struggled against low literary self-esteem, for it is not easy being the daughter of one of the world’s greatest living short story writers. Yet it was the ... Read More »

February 11, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography

Piper

By Natale Ghent, Cindy Ghent, illus.

Who can resist puppies or dog stories? Guelph, Ontario, writer Natale Ghent’s first book, Piper, includes some high canine drama. Piper is an Australian Shepherd runt born on a farm near Picton, Ontario, where 11-year-old ... Read More »

February 11, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Laura Secord’s Brave Walk

By Connie Brummel Crook, June Lawrason, illus.

Recent news articles suggest that children are growing up ignorant of their country’s history. One way of counteracting this is to introduce them early to stories that make the past seem exciting and intriguing. Picture ... Read More »

February 11, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

The Principal’s Kid

By Joan Weir

In Joan Weir’s sequel to The Witcher, the same two pubescent sleuths (Lion and his sister, Bobbi) foil a plot to discredit the principal of a school in Powell River. The principal is spearheading a ... Read More »

February 10, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

The Bald-Headed Hermit & the Artichoke: An Erotic Thesaurus

By A.D. Peterkin

Everybody knows the futility of trying to look up a “dirty” word in the dictionary. Even a quite ordinary word such as cunnilingus is not listed in every dictionary – a quick browse through my ... Read More »

February 10, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Reference

Junk Style

By Melanie Molesworth, Tom Leighton, photog.

I can’t find a word for “fear of antiques,” but I know one must be out there. After years of being told not to sit on a chair, step on a rug, or drink from ... Read More »

February 10, 2004 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture, Children and YA Non-fiction

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