November 20, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction
The celebration of Black History Month every February challenges teachers and librarians to find materials on a largely invisible part of Canada’s past. This new Kids Can title will be a boon for them and ... Read More »
The indomitable Peg Bearskin, so named because she is hairy and big, propels this traditional Newfoundland tale. Peg and her two pretty sisters, on the road to seek their fortune, accept the hospitality of an ... Read More »
November 11, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books
Welcome to a world where everyone reads, and everyone becomes what they read. A man reading a book about flowers turns into blooms, and a rabbit reading a book on turtles suddenly finds his body ... Read More »
November 11, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books
The title character of the newest in Groundwood’s series highlighting Latin American children’s writers is an awkward little man whose feet face in the wrong direction and whose big belly and long sharp nails make ... Read More »
November 11, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books
Mark Lang’s playful cover illustration depicts the late Joan Bodger, walking stick and all, dressed as a medieval entertainer. Mid-story, she’s surrounded by an enraptured audience at a round table. It’s an appropriate cover because, ... Read More »
November 11, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction
Initiation, Virginia Frances Schwartz’s latest novel for young adults, is a complex and intriguing text that will invite discussion and perhaps controversy. Set in 15th-century northwest British Columbia, the novel interprets a Kwakiutl transformation myth, ... Read More »
November 11, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction
The fourth book of the Chronicles of Faerie, written by the Irish-Canadian author O.R. Melling, far surpasses the earlier books in its length and the breadth of its scope. Set in Canada, this novel focuses ... Read More »
November 11, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction
Every young ballet fan who has succumbed to the magic of dimming lights, swelling music, and gossamer costumes wonders what it’s really like to be on stage. Famous Canadian dancer Frank Augustyn knows both the ... Read More »
November 10, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction
Every young ballet fan who has succumbed to the magic of dimming lights, swelling music, and gossamer costumes wonders what it’s really like to be on stage. Famous Canadian dancer Frank Augustyn knows both the ... Read More »
November 10, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction
For those who love both pets and crafts, these new offerings from Kids Can Press are sure to be hits. Ontario author/illustrator Linda Hendry’s Dog Crafts is filled with eyecatching theme projects kids will want ... Read More »
November 10, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction