Kids’ Books

Leo’s Tree

Simple, yet profound: many of the best stories for very young children share these qualities, and they are indeed the feelings evoked by Leo’s Tree. Torontonian Debora Pearson, author of both the Mighty Wheels and ... Read More »

January 15, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Big Week for little Mouse

By Eugenie Fernandes, Kim Fernandes, illus.

Here’s another charming offering from the successful mother/daughter team of Eugenie and Kim Fernandes. Little Mouse is busy again, working hard all week long to prepare for her upcoming birthday party. There are invitations to ... Read More »

January 15, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

Wendy

By Karen Wallace

A disclaimer on the back of Karen Wallace’s latest novel, Wendy, states: “This book is not authorised by or affiliated with Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity, the owner of the copyright in J M ... Read More »

January 15, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Kids Guide to Money Cent$

By Keltie Thomas, Stephen MacEachern, illus.

Kids grow up so fast. And Keltie Thomas, former editor of OWL magazine, has devised another way to nudge them along with a straightforward guide that hopes to have “fixed income investment” rolling off kids’ ... Read More »

January 15, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Baseballissimo: My Summer in the Italian Minor Leagues

By Dave Bidini

Author and musician Dave Bidini is single-handedly creating his own genre of sports book: the North-American-sport-in-a-strange-land category. In his last book, Tropic of Hockey, Bidini looked at how Canada’s national pastime is played in unusual ... Read More »

January 15, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Sports, Health & Self-help

Exact Fare Only 2

By Ian Cockfield

In a rare instance of form following function in the book world, Exact Fare Only 2 seems designed for the express purpose of being read on the subway, streetcar, or bus. Editor Ian Cockfield has ... Read More »

January 15, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography

On Six Continents: A Life in Canada’s Foreign Service 1966-2002

By James K. Bartleman

If there are any kinds of hazards, mishaps, prickly encounters, or bizarre turns of event that James Bartleman did not encounter during his 35-year career in Canada’s foreign service, it’s difficult to imagine what they ... Read More »

January 15, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography

Natural Light: Visions of British Columbia

By David Nunuk

In his foreword to David Nunuk’s Natural Light: Visions of British Columbia ($49.95 cloth 1-55017-273-5, 122 pp., Harbour Publishing), editor Dave Jones describes the two traditional methods of photographing the province’s bountiful scenery. The first ... Read More »

January 15, 2004 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture, Children and YA Non-fiction

The Skinny on Fat

By M. Sara Rosenthal

Prominent bioethicist and prolific author M. Sara Rosenthal promises to distill the overwhelming abundance of diet information in The Skinny on Fat. Rosenthal wants to get to the bottom of “low-fat culture” and put readers ... Read More »

January 15, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Science, Technology & Environment

A Richer Dust: Family, Memory and the Second World War

By Robert Calder

Given the vagaries of memory and historical record, there are bound to be gaps in any family history. For those with the resources and faculty, many of these gaps can be filled. Robert Calder, an ... Read More »

January 15, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography

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