January 27, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books
Say the word “castle” and kids think of towers, moats, princesses, and knights. Toronto author Richard Scrimger plays with these magical elements in his latest picture book, Princess Bun Bun. In this delightful sequel to ... Read More »
Although adults may have forgotten this, any child who’s been enraptured by the rhymes, rhythms, riddles, and wordplay of Dennis Lee, Mother Goose, or Dr. Seuss instinctively knows that spieltrieb (as the German critic Baumgarten ... Read More »
January 27, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books
Ananse the spiderman is, like fellow tricksters Raven, Coyote, Jaguar, and Br’er Rabbit, always getting himself into extraordinary trouble. A lazybones and greedy-guts who is constantly making mischief, he’s also a clever fast-talker brazen enough ... Read More »
January 27, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction
This beautifully written novel from historical fiction writer Joan Clark will be a real pleaser for the kids who love Jean Little’s works. The Word for Home is a tribute to life in 1926 Newfoundland ... Read More »
January 27, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction
While perhaps not the most boring book ever created for young readers, If the World Were a Village is certainly a contender. A worthy attempt to inculcate global awareness in children, David J. Smith’s information ... Read More »
January 27, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction
After Chrysler boss Lee Iacocca published his autobiography in 1984, it seemed every CEO had a story to tell. While most of these aggrandizing treatments offered readers little more than a recipe for success or ... Read More »
January 26, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs
Any culinary library worth its salt includes a book that doubles as a source of recipes and as a base for further experimentation. The latest addition to the Kids Can Jumbo series, a vegetarian sequel ... Read More »
January 26, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction
It is rare that a book cover truly captures the essence of the book itself. But Morley Torgov’s Stickler and Me pretty much scores perfectly. The cover features a teenage boy and his grandfather, both ... Read More »
January 22, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction
Zzz, the fourth book in Kids Can’s Mysterious You series, lives up to its lengthy title. Its brightly coloured pages, packed with ample illustrations and sidebars, make this book an attention-grabber, and its wide-ranging text ... Read More »
January 22, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction
Ready to engage in their nightly squabble over space in the bedroom they share, Tom and Lynn are distracted by a tall green cat who asks them, “What do you like the most?” They both ... Read More »
January 22, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books