Tales of Don Quixote

At the beginning of the second part of Don Quixote, published 10 years after the first part, Cervantes, not shy about self-promotion, embeds a character who comments on the great popularity of part one. “Children ... Read More »

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

The Underground Reporters

By Kathy Kacer

In August 1940, a group of Jewish youth in the Czech village of Budejovice, barred by the Nazis from almost all everyday activities, came together to start a community newspaper. Called Klepy, the newspaper began ... Read More »

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

Fearless Fashion

By Alison Bell, Jerome Mireault, illus.

Ever wonder how Goths get their look, or how to make your style a little more punky? Aimed at budding preteen fashionistas, Alison Bell’s Fearless Fashion aims to be the “thinking girl’s guide to style.” ... Read More »

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

Kitchen for Kids: 100 Amazing Recipes Your Children Can Really Make

By Jennifer Low, Mark Burstyn, photo.

Some of the best cookbooks are those you enjoy reading outside the kitchen for their own sake. Kitchen for Kids is one of these: it is a pleasure to browse because of its gorgeous design, ... Read More »

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

Catharine Parr Traill: Backwoods Pioneer

By Carol Martin

In Margaret Laurence’s The Diviners, the admonishing spirit of Catharine Parr Traill urges Morag to get busy as Traill did, planting an orchard, discovering and naming wildflowers, writing books with, as Traill puts it, “some ... Read More »

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

Making It Home: The Story of Catherine Parr Traill

By Lynn Westerhout

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

One Little Bug

By Paola van Turennout

Children’s books that are also works of art have been the territory of Tundra Books since its beginning. Canny pairings of writers and illustrators, the creative press-ganging of artists from the mainstream world of gallery ... Read More »

December 22, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ The Flying Canoe

By Roch Carrier, Sheila Fischman, trans., Sheldon Cohen, illus.

December 22, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Under the Spell of the Moon: Art for Children from the World’s Great Illustrators

By Patricia Aldana

Celebrating the art of children’s book illustration, with brief texts and pictures from illustrators all over the world, this appealing book honours the work of the International Board on Books for Young People by donating ... Read More »

December 13, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Orphans in the Sky

By Jeanne Bushey

Author Jeanne Bushey and illustrator Vladyana Krykorka, who together created The Polar Bear’s Gift, collaborate again in this retelling of an Inuit legend about the origin of thunder and lightning. Bushey, who lived for years ... Read More »

December 13, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

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