Kids’ Books

One More Pet

This picture book by well-known Ontario illustrator and author Eugenie Fernandes reads almost like a folktale: a child welcomes one pet into her home, then another, then another, leaving readers to wonder where it will ... Read More »

January 22, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Grizzly Pete and the Ghosts

By Janet Amsden, John Beder, illus.

Stand-up comics suffering from performance anxiety should volunteer for preschool storytime at my library to restore their confidence. Our three- to five-year- olds are reliably reduced to a state of helpless laughter by the use ... Read More »

January 22, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Night Watch

By Kevin Armstrong

Kevin Armstrong’s first collection of short fiction begins and ends with sailing stories, fictionally documenting a geographical journey the author himself undertook. Armstrong spent 15 months sailing in and around the Kingdom of Tonga, where ... Read More »

January 21, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Short

A Reckless Moon

By Dianne Warren

A Reckless Moon explores the lives of middle-class, middle-aged characters undergoing fateful moments that propel them toward an epiphany and a thorough re-evaluation of life. Often set in Prairie cities and their suburbs, the stories ... Read More »

January 21, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Short

Naked Brunch

By Sparkle Hayter

Sparkle Hayter, a transplanted Canadian turned New Yorker, has attracted a cult-like following for the sassy, girl-powered Robin Hunter mystery series. Her new novel, Naked Brunch, abandons the winning Robin Hunter formula without abandoning Hayter’s ... Read More »

January 21, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

The Wrong Madonna

By Britt Holmstrom

The Wrong Madonna, Regina writer Britt Holmstrom’s second English-language novel, begins in a deserted churchyard in Zagreb, Yugoslavia, in the spring of 1965. “In this city, where the image of Madonna and Child cropped up ... Read More »

January 21, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

Come on Dad! 75 Things for Fathers and Sons to Do Together

By Ed Avis, Geneviève Després, illus.

The idea is a good one. There’s room in the market for a book on activities for fathers and sons. But Chicago-based journalist Ed Avis’s book (with its same-size companion journal costing $15.95) fails on ... Read More »

January 21, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

The Young Adventurer’s Guide to Everest: From Avalanche to Zopkio

By Jonathan Chester

The Young Adventurer’s Guide to Everest, by climber and author Jonathan Chester, joins a spate of recent books for young readers and future mountaineers. Using the alphabet format of his popular A is for Antarctica, ... Read More »

January 21, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Flood

By James Heneghan

I detest faeries. They dress funny, have difficult names, and are usually cloyingly impish. Not surprisingly, I try to avoid books – usually long, involved Celtic epics – in which faeries might play a part. ... Read More »

January 21, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Aziz the Storyteller

By Vi Hughes, Stefan Czernecki, illus.

Books representing an Islamic perspective garner a lot of interest these days, and Aziz the Storyteller draws on that interest in both its subject matter and its presentation. Though it’s an original story, this first ... Read More »

January 21, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

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