Kids’ Books

Dreams of Millennium: Report from a Culture on the Brink

As we edge closer to the year 2000, there is one clear sign that the apocalypse is upon us: everyone’s writing about it.And I do mean everyone. It’s getting difficult to open a magazine or ... Read More »

March 19, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Reference

Back on the Rez: Finding the Way Home

By Brian Maracle

In 1993, Brian Maracle, a Mohawk journalist in his mid-40s, abandoned his career in Ottawa and moved to the largely rural Six Nations Reserve near Brantford, Ontario. His family had left the reserve when he ... Read More »

March 19, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography

Butterflies and Bottlecaps

By Eliza Clark, Vladyana Krykorka, illus.

A little girl has butterflies instead of hair. She wants to be like all the other children, but her mother assures her she is special. One night, the child dreams that her butterflies fly away. ... Read More »

March 19, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Nathaniel’s Violin

By Alison Lohans, Marlene Watson, illus.

The power of music to enrich and even transform human lives was the theme of two outstanding Canadian picture books – Robert Thomas Allen’s The Violin and Stéphane Poulin’s Benjamin and the Pillow Saga. As ... Read More »

March 19, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

The End of the World

By John Leslie

Doomsday has a long history, almost as long as that of the human race whose extinction it continually foretells. In the early days of the species, when war, disease, and starvation crowded the horizon, the ... Read More »

March 19, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Reference

★ Shingwauk’s Vision: A History of Native Residential Schools

By J.R. Miller

J.R. Miller is a highly regarded Saskatchewan historian, but he also has the makings of an outstanding coroner. In Shingwauk’s Vision, he has autopsied the barely cooled corpse of the native residential school system. With ... Read More »

March 19, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Native Peoples

Household Hints for the End of Time

By Ken Howe

In his first collection of poetry, Household Hints for the End of Time, Regina poet Ken Howe explores a wide range of subjects – from the inherent meaning of a refrigerator to the resonances and ... Read More »

March 19, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Poetry

Little Horse of Iron: A Quest for the Canadian Horse

By Lawrence Scanlan

A book about a “foolish man…who buys a young horse” is how Lawrence Scanlan sums up his part memoir, part history of a little known aspect of Canadiana, le cheval canadien. At age 50 Scanlan ... Read More »

March 19, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography

As Near to Heaven by Sea: A History of Newfoundland and Labrador

By Kevin Major

Many of Kevin Major’s novels for adults and children draw on Newfoundland history, so it’s no surprise that he uses Newfoundland and Labrador’s dramatic past to its fullest in As Near to Heaven by Sea, ... Read More »

March 19, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, History

A Map to the Door of No Return

By Dionne Brand

A Map to the Door of No Return is a beautiful book. It’s also a sad book, and a maddening book. Governor General’s Award-winning poet, novelist, and essayist Dionne Brand has created a work that ... Read More »

March 19, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography

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