Media Madness

This cool, colourful, highly visual guide to media covers the territory from TV, music, magazines, and comic books to video games and the Internet. Deconstructing media while it informs, the book is built around six ... Read More »

March 21, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

The Girls’ Yoga Book

By Michael Caldwell, Claudia Davila, illus.

Maple Tree Press’s Girl Zone series aims to foster healthy physical attitudes in girls of a vulnerable age by encouraging them to take an active role in developing their physical and mental wellness. In this, ... Read More »

March 21, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

38 Ways to Entertain Your Parents on Summer Vacation

By Dette Hunter, Kitty Macaulay, illus.

As she did in her two other craft books, Dette Hunter opens with the comic inversion that it’s adults who need entertaining, not children. Lily, the lively narrator, sharing a room in the family cabin ... Read More »

March 21, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Torrie & the Pirate Queen

By K.V. Johansen, Christine Delezenne, illus.

Having an invisible magical friend proves very helpful to young Anna, the heroine of this second book in a projected series by New Brunswick writer K.V. Johansen. Torrie, the magical creature who is “the oldest ... Read More »

March 21, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Martin Bridge: Ready for Takeoff!

By Jessica Scott Kerrin, Joseph Kelly, illus.

Halifax writer Jessica Scott Kerrin’s trio of interconnected short stories, Martin Bridge: Ready for Takeoff!, turns on daily ethical dilemmas faced by children. Young readers will readily identify with the likeable, sympathetically drawn Martin and ... Read More »

March 21, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Brave Jack and the Unicorn

By Janet McNaughton, Susan Tooke, illus.

Jack may not be handsome or clever like his brothers and might not ever amount to anything, as his mother keeps telling him, but he’s kind-hearted and that goes a long way in the world. ... Read More »

March 21, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

The Lost Island

By E. Pauline Johnson, Atanas, illus.

Almost 100 years ago, Chief Joe Capilano told this story to Pauline Johnson, the daughter of a Mohawk chief and British mother. Johnson, Canada’s first native author published in English, was highly celebrated in the ... Read More »

March 21, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

Franklin’s Big Search-and-Solve Flap Book

By Sean Jeffrey, Jelena Sisic and Shelley Southern, illus.

This oversized board book is a fresh entry in the wide-ranging Kids Can series based on the characters created by Paulette Bourgeois and Brenda Clark. Franklin the detective and his friend Bear are on the ... Read More »

March 21, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

A Treasure at Sea for Dragon and Me: Water Safety for Kids (and Dragons)

By Jean E. Pendziwol, Martine Gourbault, illus.

It’s been six years since Dragon first appeared in Jean E. Pendziwol’s fire safety picture book, No Dragons for Tea. The book quickly became a favourite of parents, teachers, and librarians looking for a fun, ... Read More »

March 21, 2005 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Boy Who Loved Bananas

By George Elliott, Andrej Krystoforski. illus.

If there is a moral at the heart of George Elliott’s first children’s book, it’s that monkeys are fun and that doing some things to excess out of sheer enthusiasm is not all that bad ... Read More »

March 21, 2005 | Filed under: Picture Books

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