Kids’ Books

The Long Road

This is a book one wants to like, for it must have considerable personal meaning for author/illustrator Luis Garay. His second picture book, it’s a story of bravery, of surviving tragedy and remaking a life. ... Read More »

February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Messenger of Spring

By C. J. Taylor

The Messenger of Spring is Mohawk artist and author C. J. Taylor’s retelling of a Chippewa/ Ojibway allegory of the seasons. Iceman, the incarnation of winter, is already feeling diminished when New Dawn arrives at ... Read More »

February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ The Party

By Barbara Reid

Barbara Reid’s amazing ways with Plasticine are familiar to readers from her imaginative illustrations for a number of books such as Have You Seen Birds? and The New Baby Calf, but in this new book ... Read More »

February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

The Body in the Basement

By Norah McClintock

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 »

February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

A Farley Mowat Reader

By Farley Mowat, Richard Row, illus. Wendy Thomas, ed.

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

Willow and Twig

By Jean Little

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

When Night Eats the Moon

By Joanne Findon

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

Play Mas’! a Carnival Abc

By Dirk McLean, Ras Stone, illus.

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

By Rina Singh, Debbie Lush, illus.

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

Jillian Jiggs and the Secret Surprise

By Phoebe Gilman

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

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