February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
Gofrette, a chunky black-and-white cat done in bold outline and felt marker, first appeared in a wallpaper pattern by Brasset and Michot working together as designers under the name Zanimo. Now Zanimo is the land ... Read More »
Gofrette, a chunky black-and-white cat done in bold outline and felt marker, first appeared in a wallpaper pattern by Brasset and Michot working together as designers under the name Zanimo. Now Zanimo is the land ... Read More »
February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
Gofrette, a chunky black-and-white cat done in bold outline and felt marker, first appeared in a wallpaper pattern by Brasset and Michot working together as designers under the name Zanimo. Now Zanimo is the land ... Read More »
February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books
Gofrette, a chunky black-and-white cat done in bold outline and felt marker, first appeared in a wallpaper pattern by Brasset and Michot working together as designers under the name Zanimo. Now Zanimo is the land ... Read More »
February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books
If the experience of five-year-old Angelina Domino is a reliable guide, facing your fears is a lot like entering cold water. You can ease in gradually and hope for smooth acclimatization or you can plunge ... Read More »
February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books
Picture books about the reassurance of parental love have become standard over the last 50 years, with some, like Robert Munsch’s Love You Forever, proving lucrative beyond anyone’s wildest imaginings. It is gratifying, then, to ... Read More »
February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books
I was only in Russia once, Moscow mostly, and for just a week, which means I can’t claim to have any kind of a command of the place. This was in the summer of 1997, ... Read More »
February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, History
It’s nice to have fun at a reunion of old pals, but definitely an extra blessing to come away with a fine idea for a book. Maggie Siggins, whose credits include A Canadian Tragedy: The ... Read More »
February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs
When Jack and Angus move with their mother from a large house to a smaller one, they complain incessantly about the lack of space: “We miss our old house,/This house is too small./ There’s nowhere ... Read More »
February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
Young Winnipeg illustrator/writer Jenny Visscher transforms the seemingly mundane but essential children’s activity of learning to count into an enticing enterprise in her counting book, I Can Have My Picnic in a Patch of Roses. ... Read More »
February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books