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Each One Special

By Frieda Wishinsky, H. Werner Zimmermann, illus.

Harry the cake decorator makes “marzipan toes on twirling ballerinas…and caramel trains chugging down chocolate tracks,” to the delight of his customers and his after-school friend, Ben. When new owners demand “young bakers, not old,” ... Read More »

February 20, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Pirate Pearl

By Phoebe Gilman

When Captain Plunk recovers a floating treasure chest from a ship that has just been sunk, he and his rascally crew are astonished and dismayed to find that it contains not precious pearls but Precious ... Read More »

February 20, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Dreams Are More Real than Bathtubs

By Susan Musgrave, Marie-Louise Gay, illus.

Many families treasure the precocious sayings of their very young, later bringing them out on public occasions to the chagrin of the original speaker. Poets’ families no doubt accumulate better bon mots than most; thus ... Read More »

February 20, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Baboo: The Story of Sir John A. Macdonald’s Daughter

By Ainslie Manson, Bill Wand, illus.

Ainslie Manson is well known for fine historical picture books such as A Dog Came, Too and Just Like New. Her latest, a picture-book biography of Sir John A. Macdonald’s disabled daughter, Mary, is not ... Read More »

February 20, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Fog Cat

By Marilyn Helmer, Paul Mombourquette, illus.

As we know from The Little Prince, taming an animal (or flower) is an emotional process. Fog Cat chronicles young Hannah’s attempts to tame a cat living wild by the sea. Hannah lives with her ... Read More »

February 20, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ A Child’s Treasury of Nursery Rhymes

By Kady MacDonald Denton

Dramas in miniature, scripts for soothing a cranky baby, subversive vehicles of protest, found poems, challenges, invitations to dance and song – nursery rhymes are one of the great gifts of the language. In this ... Read More »

February 20, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Kidnap

By L. R. Wright

L.R. Wright’s 14th novel, Kidnap, touted as the first in a new series featuring RCMP Sergeant Edwina (Eddie) Henderson, is a low-key, low-energy, non-thriller.A middle-aged couple rent a secluded house near Sechelt on B.C.’s Sunshine ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

Golden Goa

Whatever our reasons for setting off on a trip, most of us discover new perspectives and explore our own identities while travelling. We do take ourselves with us, as Plato said, wherever we go. We ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Reference

Sand Dance: By Camel Across Arabia’s Great Southern Desert

By Bruce Kirkby

Whatever our reasons for setting off on a trip, most of us discover new perspectives and explore our own identities while travelling. We do take ourselves with us, as Plato said, wherever we go. We ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Reference

Papier-mâché

By Renée Schwarz

Strips of newspaper, empty juice containers, detergent boxes, twist ties, toilet paper rolls: in Papier-Mâché, an activity book for young readers, writer and illustrator Renée Schwarz enthusiastically demonstrates how these ordinary household materials (essentially garbage) ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

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