Kids’ Books

Witch in the Wind: The True Story of the Legendary Bluenose

The Bluenose is a Canadian icon, the symbol of an age when schooners ruled the waves and were depended upon by many a Maritime family. In his latest book, Governor General’s Award winner Marq de ... Read More »

July 27, 2007 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, History

Where People Feast: An Indigenous People’s Cookbook

By Annie Watts, Dolly Watts

Dolly and Annie Watts – mother and daughter, respectively – are descended from chiefs of B.C.’s Gitk’san First Nation. From 1995 until earlier this year, they ran one of only two restaurants of its kind ... Read More »

July 27, 2007 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Food & Drink

Young Thugs: Inside the Dangerous World of Canadian Street Gangs

By Michael C. Chettleburgh

According to criminal justice consultant and youth gang expert Michael Chettleburgh, every Canadian city has, or will soon have, a problem with youth gangs. He shows us the statistics: 62 gangs, with over 1,100 members, ... Read More »

July 27, 2007 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs

An Enchantment of Birds: Memories from a Birder’s Life

By Richard Cannings; Donald Gunn, illus.

Richard Cannings is one of those rare birds – a down-to-earth expert. Birders both experienced and novice are in good company with this inveterate and humorous naturalist, who shares his experiences and knowledge engagingly.The book’s ... Read More »

July 27, 2007 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography

The New Cold War: Revolutions, Rigged Elections and Pipeline Politics in the Former Soviet Union

By Mark MacKinnon

The dissolution of the U.S.S.R. in 1991 was followed not by a sudden flowering of democracy, but by the seizure of political and economic power by former Communist apparatchiks. Opposition to the new regimes by ... Read More »

July 27, 2007 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, History

★ October

By Richard B. Wright

A critic once reacted to the comprehensiveness of the title of Alan Sillitoe’s 1959 novella The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner by asking, “Why write the book?” At the opposite end of the scale, the ... Read More »

July 27, 2007 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

★ Please, Louise!

By Frieda Wishinsky; Marie-Louise Gay, illus.

Louise is Jake’s little sister, and she is irrepressible. She dances into his room, plays with his toys, bounces on his bed, and never stops talking. As drawn by Marie-Louise Gay, winner of two Governor ... Read More »

July 16, 2007 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

Making Bones Walk

By Alex Boyd

Making Bones Walk is the first full-length collection for Toronto poet Alex Boyd. It’s a promising debut, solid, trim, and occasionally arresting (especially “Twenty Three Minutes for Everything,” the one standout poem in the book), ... Read More »

July 13, 2007 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Poetry

High Speed Through Shoaling Water

By Tom Wayman

Political proselytizing has been something of a vocation for Calgary-based writer and teacher Tom Wayman since the publication of his first book in 1973. In High Speed Through Shoaling Water, his 17th collection, Wayman cleaves ... Read More »

July 13, 2007 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Poetry

That Stripy Cat

By Norene Smiley; Tara Anderson, illus.

Written by Halifax author Norene Smiley, That Stripy Cat tells the story of a cat that seems difficult to love but still manages to find a home. At the Hummingbird Animal Shelter, the stripy cat ... Read More »

July 4, 2007 | Filed under: Picture Books

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