Kids’ Books

★ Mama Robot

By Davide Cali; AnnaLaura Cantone, illus.; Marcel Danesi, trans.

Wouldn’t it be nice to have a mom who’s never too busy, who can chase away barking dogs and protect you from annoying neighbours? A mom who’s always there? So thinks the young boy in ... Read More »

June 25, 2008 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ A Pocket Can Have a Treasure in It

By Kathy Stinson; Deirdre Betteridge, illus.

A Pocket Can Have a Treasure in It asks, in the open-to-anything tone of very young children, questions such as whether a bowl can have a berry in it (yes) and whether a tree can ... Read More »

June 25, 2008 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Rocking Chair

By Dennis Lee; Nora Hilb, illus.

At a certain age, the urge to read and the urge to chew are much the same thing. The teething reader is lucky this season, with a buffet of board books to choose from. Marthe ... Read More »

June 25, 2008 | Filed under: Picture Books

This Little Puppy

By Dennis Lee; Nora Hilb, illus.

At a certain age, the urge to read and the urge to chew are much the same thing. The teething reader is lucky this season, with a buffet of board books to choose from. Marthe ... Read More »

June 25, 2008 | Filed under: Picture Books

Niwechihaw/ I Help

By Caitlin Dale Nicholson with Leona Morin-Neilson

This simple yet striking cross between a picture book and a very elementary primer glows with the warmth of caring, sharing, and a beautiful sunny day. Presented in Cree and English, Niwechihaw/ I Help is ... Read More »

June 25, 2008 | Filed under: Picture Books

The House That Max Built

By Maxwell Newhouse

Created partly on the gymnasium stage of an elementary school in Richmond, B.C., where students could watch the progress of his illustrations, this new picture book by Governor General’s Award nominee Maxwell Newhouse depicts the ... Read More »

June 25, 2008 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Prairie Bridesmaid

By Daria Salamon

Anna Lasko has had a bad decade. First she fell in love with a guitar-toting artist with a penchant for emotional abuse. Then she found herself head of her high school English department, despite constant ... Read More »

June 17, 2008 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

★ Buttercup’s Lovely Day

By Carolyn Beck; Andrea Beck, illus.

Buttercup is blissed out. On a beautiful summer day, the happy cow rhapsodizes about her delight in the rural world. She loves this day, the clouds, the fields, her tongue, the creek –and that’s just ... Read More »

May 12, 2008 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

A Report on the Afterlife of Culture

By Stephen Henighan

Literary criticism in Canada suffers from a plague of timidity. There are many reasons for this, but one of the primary ones is the misguided notion that a vibrant literary culture depends on blind boosterism ... Read More »

April 7, 2008 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Criticism & Essays

★ Me Sexy: An Exploration of Native Sex and Sexuality

By Drew Hayden Taylor, ed.

If you’ve ever wondered about the relative abundance of pubic hair among women and men of the First Nations, you don’t have to feel alone anymore. Me Sexy, an anthology of 13 essays on the ... Read More »

March 31, 2008 | Filed under: Anthologies, Children and YA Non-fiction

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