January 27, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books
Say the word “castle” and kids think of towers, moats, princesses, and knights. Toronto author Richard Scrimger plays with these magical elements in his latest picture book, Princess Bun Bun. In this delightful sequel to ... Read More »
Although adults may have forgotten this, any child who’s been enraptured by the rhymes, rhythms, riddles, and wordplay of Dennis Lee, Mother Goose, or Dr. Seuss instinctively knows that spieltrieb (as the German critic Baumgarten ... Read More »
January 27, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books
Ananse the spiderman is, like fellow tricksters Raven, Coyote, Jaguar, and Br’er Rabbit, always getting himself into extraordinary trouble. A lazybones and greedy-guts who is constantly making mischief, he’s also a clever fast-talker brazen enough ... Read More »
January 27, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction
This beautifully written novel from historical fiction writer Joan Clark will be a real pleaser for the kids who love Jean Little’s works. The Word for Home is a tribute to life in 1926 Newfoundland ... Read More »
January 27, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction
While perhaps not the most boring book ever created for young readers, If the World Were a Village is certainly a contender. A worthy attempt to inculcate global awareness in children, David J. Smith’s information ... Read More »
January 27, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction
Eric Walters has dedicated his latest novel to the memory of Sir William Stephenson, the Canadian who headed British security during the Second World War and established a spy camp in Whitby, Ontario, in 1941. ... Read More »
January 27, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction
Marta Weisz, daughter of a well-respected Jewish doctor, sees her world turn upside down in March 1944, when Nazi soldiers march into Budapest. Her father is sent to a work camp, her mother can find ... Read More »
January 27, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction
If you think Canadian history can’t be fun, think again. Here comes Claire Mackay’s rollicking, irreverent version of Canada’s early centuries, from prehistory to the exploits of Samuel de Champlain (“Sam the Tripper”) and Etienne ... Read More »
January 27, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction
After Chrysler boss Lee Iacocca published his autobiography in 1984, it seemed every CEO had a story to tell. While most of these aggrandizing treatments offered readers little more than a recipe for success or ... Read More »
January 26, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs
Invariably when children think about animals talking, their first thoughts are of the many articulate animals they’ve encountered in books, movies, and cartoons. Etta Kaner’s latest book on animal behaviour, Animal Talk, entertainingly and informatively ... Read More »
January 26, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction