Kids’ Books

Duff the Giant Killer (formac First Novels Series)

The titles in Formac’s First Novels series feature established authors and illustrators writing for younger readers (hence the series name). With well-known writers such as Budge Wilson, Monica Hughes, and Ted Staunton, and illustrators such ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Space (crabapple Series)

By Bobbie Kalman and Niki Walker

With its colourful photographs and attractive design, Crabtree’s new book about the solar system will be sure to appeal to browsers. Space features many large photographs, simple text, and a good balance of information and ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Gordon Loggins and the Three Bears

By Linda Bailey, Tracy Walker, illus.

Move over, Goldilocks – here comes Gordon Loggins! In this retelling, the classic tale gets more than a few twists. It’s a story within a story: a young boy named Gordon Loggins, while waiting for ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Enormous Potato

By Aubrey Davis, Dusan Petricic, illus.

The first collaboration by this team took the stone soup motif and made it their own in Bone Button Borscht. This time, the story remains more firmly rooted in traditional soil. In this retelling of ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Morning on the Lake

By Jan Bourdeau Waboose, Karen Reczuch, illus.

Those familiar with the pleasures of summer freedom will appreciate the alternating moods of tranquillity and elation in this book. Narrated in the first person by a young Anishinawbe Ojibway boy, the story spans a ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Emma and the Silk Train

By Julie Lawson, Paul Mombourquette, illus.

Julie Lawson is a fine storyteller, and her latest picture book, based on the September 21, 1927 derailment of a silk train along the Fraser River, is another winner. Emma, the daughter of the stationmaster, ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Fishing Summer

By Teddy Jam, Ange Zhang, illus.

“When I was a boy my three uncles lived in a big wooden house by the sea” begins the latest book by Teddy Jam, author of Jacob’s Best Sisters. This long first-person narrative in picture ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Dume’s Roar

By Tololwa M. Mollel, Kathy Blankley Roman, illus.

The forest creatures have gathered to choose a king. Kobe the tortoise thinks he’d be perfect for the job, but Dume – a lion with a fearsome roar – gets the majority vote. Dume proves ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

★ My Brother’s Train

By Heather Kellerhals-Stewart, Paul Zwolak, illus.

A young girl and her older brother travel from Ontario to the West Coast by train. Along the way they see the prairies and the mountains. They stay a while on the coast with a ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

Monty Goes South

By Marc Tetro

Marc Tetro’s third picture book is a happy mix of preschool and adult humour. The premise is simple, the solution surprising. It’s time to fly south, but Monty, a Canada Goose, is afraid of heights. ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

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