January 30, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
When a little rooster, scratching for his supper, finds a diamond button, he’s delighted to have something special to take home to his poor old mistress. But before he can peck it up, it’s snatched ... Read More »
Howard Engel’s second non-fiction book, Crimes of Passion, is another thematic collection of material relating to death, but this time it is the provocation rather than the process that’s under examination. The assumed link between ... Read More »
January 30, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs
One of the great things about living in Canada is the wide range of choices in broadcast content both on the radio and on television. Living so close to the U.S., we’re able to pick ... Read More »
January 30, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs
To pass the time while she waits for her new brother to be born, Mollie makes a list of important things to show him: the five wriggly tadpoles she caught, a newly laid chicken egg, ... Read More »
January 29, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books
It is often said that Oscar Wilde wrote The Happy Prince for his children, but I have my doubts. Wilde first told the story to a group of Cambridge students and read it to his ... Read More »
January 29, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books
Nonsense verse has a ready appeal for most young children, and ever since the publication of Dennis Lee’s Alligator Pie, Canadian poets have produced many fun rhymes for families to chant and chuckle over. Mama ... Read More »
January 29, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books
For bedtime or for anytime, these gentle, whimsical tales by veteran Irish storyteller and author Sam McBratney are delightfully paired with the pictures of Kady MacDonald Denton to make a book of lasting appeal. Author ... Read More »
January 29, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books
Lois Simmie opens her sequel to the popular Mister Got to Go with an allusion to Ludwig Bemelmans’ Madeline books: “In an old hotel covered with vines….” Unfortunately, this inspires the reader to make unfavourable ... Read More »
January 29, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books
Author Sheree Fitch and artist Janet Wilson give readers a dazzling new appreciation of snow in No Two Snowflakes. In a Christmas letter, Lou answers her Ghanaian penpal’s questions about snow, describing in a heartfelt ... Read More »
January 29, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books
Ben is tired of being the littlest in the family. His big sister, Robin, and big brother, Joe, can do everything. But Ben can’t swim, can’t see out the car window, can’t use chopsticks, and ... Read More »
January 29, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books