March 1, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
Young hockey fans and their parents who are frustrated by the lack of picture books on the subject will welcome sports writer Mike Leonetti’s first book for children.My Leafs Sweater is about a boy obsessed ... Read More »
Elliot Moose’s morning begins with a snag – a protruding nail tears his leg and his stuffing starts spilling out. Luckily he’s surrounded by clever and helpful friends, all soft toys like him. Author and ... Read More »
March 1, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
Fernandes’ version of this Christmas classic excels while differing from existing versions in several respects. A sense of light humour pervades the story, as when Santa is shown struggling to free his bulging sack from ... Read More »
March 1, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books
“I wasn’t always Grandma, you know, bespectacled and stiff-kneed. Once I was Sarah May.” So begins a beautiful, lyrical story about a young girl from long ago, her practical parents, and an elusive red dress.Sarah ... Read More »
March 1, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books
Eliezer Pinsky, the protagonist of Morley Torgov’s new novel, The War to End All Wars, doesn’t figure to be long for the world when we first meet him. A Russian Jew, he’s a reluctant First ... Read More »
March 1, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels
This is a coming-of-age book with a twist; it’s Mom’s coming of age, twice. We meet Jan Crowther in mid-life, an emotional and physical wreck, desperate to find her runaway daughter, Lisa. To soothe her ... Read More »
March 1, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction
In this novel, Carol Matas takes up the story of her character Ruth Mendenberg from November 1947 to April 1948, the uncertain period leading up to the establishment of a Jewish state. It’s the sequel ... Read More »
March 1, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction
On May 2, 1907, L.M. Montgomery wrote, in a letter to a prairie homesteader she had been corresponding with, of the good news that her book manuscript had been accepted by a publisher. In this ... Read More »
March 1, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books
On May 2, 1907, L.M. Montgomery wrote, in a letter to a prairie homesteader she had been corresponding with, of the good news that her book manuscript had been accepted by a publisher. In this ... Read More »
March 1, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books
The Lighthouse Dog is the latest in the series of West Coast picture books that Orca does so well. This is both an advantage and a disadvantage. The book is well presented and captures West ... Read More »
March 1, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books