Kids’ Books

The Donut: A Canadian History

The strange thing about University of Toronto historian Steve Penfold’s new book, The Donut: A Canadian History, is that you can get through its 200-odd pages without ever experiencing a craving for a donut. Not ... Read More »

March 28, 2008 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Food & Drink

The Sun Climbs Slow: Justice in the Age of Imperial America

By Erna Paris

Adding to the bumper crop of books documenting recent American misdeeds are two new titles that examine the effects of Bush’s policies. For Erna Paris, The Sun Climbs Slow marks a natural progression from her ... Read More »

March 28, 2008 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs

Guantanamo’s Child: The Untold Story of Omar Khadr

By Michelle Shephard

March 28, 2008 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs

After River

By Donna Milner

A woman on difficult terms with her family comes home reluctantly to the B.C. farm where she grew up. Years ago she distanced herself from the religious faith that gives her parents much solace, and ... Read More »

March 28, 2008 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

The Valley

By Gayle Friesen

March 28, 2008 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

Rebel Without Borders: Frontline Missions in Africa and the Gulf

By Marc Vachon with François Bugingo; Charles Phillips, trans.

Shunted from one hellish foster home to another, young Montrealer Marc Vachon learned to play fast and dirty in order to survive. In his memoir, Rebel Without Borders, Vachon tells how he transferred those street ... Read More »

March 27, 2008 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography

The Alchemy of Loss: A Journey Through Grief

By Abigail Carter

The alchemists sought a formula for turning lead into gold. In her memoir, The Alchemy of Loss, Abigail Carter uses the analogy to illustrate her own experience of the transformative power of tragedy. Carter’s story ... Read More »

March 27, 2008 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography

No Further Messages

By Brett Alexander Savory

No Further Messages assembles 20 of Brett Alexander Savory’s stories – most of which were published over the last nine years, three of them original to this collection. Two of those original stories – the ... Read More »

March 27, 2008 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Short

Let’s Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste

By Carl Wilson

The latest installment in 331/3, the book series that celebrates significant pop records, is unlike any of its predecessors in that its subject, the titular 1997 Céline Dion album, is abhorred by its author. Carl ... Read More »

March 27, 2008 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture, Children and YA Non-fiction

The Remains of the Dead

By Wendy Roberts

The tagline for B.C. author Wendy Roberts’ newest novel, The Remains of the Dead, dubs it “A Ghost Dusters Mystery.” In it, Sadie Novak operates Scene-2-Clean, a crime-scene cleanup company that pretty much corners the ... Read More »

March 27, 2008 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

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