Bamboo

Two new picture books examine Chinese family life from the perspective of girls who outgrow confining roles. Bamboo is a folktale set in south China about a century ago. It follows the travails of Ming, ... Read More »

March 16, 2006 | Filed under: Picture Books

Casualties

By Terrence Heath

Terrence Heath enters dangerous country in his novel Casualties. The book is full of battle scenes from the Spanish Civil War and violence from Depression-era riots in Regina, but eventually, like a good scout, Heath ... Read More »

January 11, 2006 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

The Next Rainy Day

By Philip David Alexander

The Next Rainy Day is a fictional study of grief within families torn asunder by the loss of a child. The tragic effects are emotionally and powerfully depicted through the interconnected stories of two families ... Read More »

January 11, 2006 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

Swastika

By Michael Slade

Swastika, Michael Slade’s new novel, opens at the beginning of the end of the Third Reich. Hitler is losing his mind, fantasizing that the Nazis can still snatch victory from the already victorious Allied troops. ... Read More »

January 11, 2006 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

★ The Eagle

By Jack Whyte

With The Eagle, B.C. writer Jack Whyte celebrates the completion of one of the most ambitious writing projects in Canadian fiction. The sequel to Clothar the Frank, The Eagle is the final volume in Whyte’s ... Read More »

January 11, 2006 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

Building Canada: People and Projects That Shaped the Nation

By Jonathan Vance

If it is true, as Mackenzie King once said, that while some countries have too much history Canada has too much geography, then this book from University of Western Ontario history professor Jonathan Vance is ... Read More »

January 9, 2006 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, History

Ben’s Big Dig

By Daniel Wakeman; Dirk van Stralen, illus.

You create a world. I’ll come visit. This is the tacit but essential bargain struck between reader and writer. In picture books this agreement is a group negotiation as reader and writer are joined by ... Read More »

November 21, 2005 | Filed under: Picture Books

Crocodiles Say

By Robert Heidbreder; Rae Maté, illus.

November 21, 2005 | Filed under: Picture Books

Rainbows in the Dark

By Jan Coates; Alice Priestley, illus.

In Rainbows in the Dark, a picture book by Wolfville, Nova Scotia, author Jan Coates, a young girl helps a blind musician find the perfect outfit for a concert, making new friends with both the ... Read More »

November 21, 2005 | Filed under: Picture Books

Puppies on Board

By Sarah Harvey; Rose Cowles, illus.

When 11 puppies are born on board the Brady Lee, Mollie’s family boat, she finds each puppy uniquely charming, though her mother says one dog is enough. Mollie names the whole litter after characters in ... Read More »

November 21, 2005 | Filed under: Picture Books

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