February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction
When the body of her mother, who disappeared five years earlier, is unearthed during the demolition of a restaurant formerly owned by her parents, 15-year-old Tasha Scanlan sets out to prove to the police – ... Read More »
With 14 million copies of his 30 books sold in 52 languages, Farley Mowat’s name is established internationally among adults. These excerpts from eight of his autobiographical books should go a long way toward interesting ... Read More »
February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction
Jean Little doesn’t shy away from the darker side of life in her latest novel, a departure from her usual style. In Willow and Twig, a brother and sister, abandoned by their drug-addicted mother, finally ... Read More »
February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction
What imaginative visitors to Stonehenge don’t wish away the turnstile and tour groups and envision themselves greeting the rising sun in some prehistoric dawn? Such a fantasy comes true for teenaged Holly, unwillingly sent from ... Read More »
February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction
To “play mas’” means to join the masquerade and the fun of a Caribbean carnival. In this alphabet book for established readers, Dirk McLean has joined forces with Ras Stone to create an energetic introduction ... Read More »
February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
Moon Tales is a handsome book. Tucked between its deep blue endpapers dancing with stars and moons are 10 moon-themed folk tales with fat cushion-shaped windows of illustration, richly coloured paintings of mountains, forests, jungles, ... Read More »
February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction
The popular and irrepressible Jillian Jiggs is back for the fourth time. This time she’s putting on a surprise backyard show as a birthday present for her sister Rebecca. Rehearsals begin, sets are painted, costumes ... Read More »
February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
Scully has to wear hearing aids, and she has a problem. At first glance, A Screaming Kind of Day seems to be the kind of children’s book I most despise – the aggressively therapeutic kind ... Read More »
February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
This attractive and informative book fills a real need. Entries for each of the 20 PMs, which range from two to five pages depending on their length of time in office, provide a good balance ... Read More »
February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction
We meet poor old Gordon Stevens departing with his Grade 7 classmates for a week-long field trip to an island. Unfortunately, before he gets on the bus, Gordon and the reader have to endure good-byes ... Read More »
February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction