January 26, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs
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 »
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
Any culinary library worth its salt includes a book that doubles as a source of recipes and as a base for further experimentation. The latest addition to the Kids Can Jumbo series, a vegetarian sequel ... Read More »
January 26, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction
When I grow up, I’m going to be a Mountie.” So opens Anne Laurel Carter’s new picture book, a first-person narrative of one boy’s ability to turn the task of finding his wayward little brother ... Read More »
January 26, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
A little mouse goes outside to play one morning, and in the course of the day he has fun with a bouncy dog, a wiggly pig, a timid sheep, a friendly cow, a happy cat, ... Read More »
January 26, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
In this sequel to Loon Lake Fishing Derby, Kathleen Cook Waldron takes young readers on another madcap adventure with the same four animal friends: a squirrel, salamander, mouse, and turtle. On a hot summer day, ... Read More »
January 26, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
In the middle of a Canadian winter, it’s quite a pleasure to look at a picture book about a sunny summer day on the beach. Jane Barclay tells her story in the voice of a ... Read More »
January 26, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
It is rare that a book cover truly captures the essence of the book itself. But Morley Torgov’s Stickler and Me pretty much scores perfectly. The cover features a teenage boy and his grandfather, both ... Read More »
January 22, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction
Zzz, the fourth book in Kids Can’s Mysterious You series, lives up to its lengthy title. Its brightly coloured pages, packed with ample illustrations and sidebars, make this book an attention-grabber, and its wide-ranging text ... Read More »
January 22, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction
Ready to engage in their nightly squabble over space in the bedroom they share, Tom and Lynn are distracted by a tall green cat who asks them, “What do you like the most?” They both ... Read More »
January 22, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books