February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books
Melissa, the main character in Sundog Rescue, is one of those young children whose fears are triggered by an overactive imagination. In her fantasies, which are always related to nature, she sees sharks in a ... Read More »
Jim McGugan’s second picture book is a tale of two brothers, named Owen and Prune. Owen has a rule for everything, from the proper way to eat Crème Caramel to the proper way to read. ... Read More »
February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books
Hannah and the Seven Dresses,/I> is an amusing, colourful book with a simple and satisfying story – just about the hardest kind to create. For her first picture book, Jocelyn (who’s a clothing designer and ... Read More »
February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books
On the evening of Chinese New Year, a little girl cowers in her grandmother’s arms, afraid of the fireworks outside. To comfort her, the grandmother tells the story of how New Year celebrations began. Long ... Read More »
February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books
In Toronto writer Michael Bedard’s latest picture book, a grandmother tells her grandson about meeting Frances Loring and Florence Wyle, the “Clay Ladies” of the title. Loring and Wyle were artists – sculptors who lived ... Read More »
February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books
Ian Wallace’s latest picture book is a tribute to the men who go underground, earning their living as coal miners. It is also a reminder of a time, not so long ago, when children left ... Read More »
February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books
Where do dreams go when the world wakes up? Zachary awakes very early one Saturday to the astonishing sight of two zebras and a shaggy dog drinking from a birdbath. He discovers an old man ... Read More »
February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
The Butterflies’ Promise, by Adam’s Daycare author Julie Ovenell-Carter, is the latest in a growing number of picture books written to help children deal with aging loved ones. Its story of Milly and her beloved ... Read More »
February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
It is the day of the ceilidh (Gaelic for a country dance, pronounced kay-lee), and a young girl helps her family get ready, “sweeping out the hayloft in the barn, stringing colored lights from tree ... Read More »
February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
“If I were….” Few phrases in the language do more to conjure a sense of limitless possibilities. A young girl gazing from her window at night imagines herself to be the moon who would “shine ... Read More »
February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books