November 23, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction
Fifteen-year-old Tara Mehta considers herself 100% Canadian and doesn’t want to be labelled by her skin colour or her Indian heritage. But when her paternal grandmother, Naniji, comes to Canada for a visit, Tara is ... Read More »
The celebration of Black History Month every February challenges teachers and librarians to find materials on a largely invisible part of Canada’s past. This new Kids Can title will be a boon for them and ... Read More »
November 20, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction
The cover illustration for The Waiting Dog issues a tongue-in-cheek caution: “Warning!” it says, “Do you have the guts to read this book?” The joke is that the book is awash in guts – specifically, ... Read More »
November 20, 2003 | Filed under: Picture Books
In a stunning debut picture book called Imagine a Night, Ontario artist Rob Gonsalves opens our eyes to his creative and highly original visions of the night. Rendered in acrylic, these exquisite paintings capture night ... Read More »
November 20, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books
Shelley Tanaka has carved out a niche for herself writing strongly illustrated books about dramatic incidents in the past. Among other things, she has made Pearl Harbor, the Titanic, and Pompeii come alive for countless ... Read More »
November 20, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction
There’s a lot going on between this book’s attractive covers: the story of a father and daughter’s riverbank walk in autumn, a lesson in biology and ecology, an encounter with a native family who provide ... Read More »
November 19, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction
Who knew that the Fathers of Confederation considered calling the new nation Hochelaga before settling on Canada, or that Canada Post keeps a mailbox deep in Sudbury Mines? Such are among the Canadian facts that ... Read More »
November 19, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction
Suppose we took all the ingredients of the traditional young adult novel – divorce, bullies, frustrated romance, angst, personal introspection – and handed them to a little-known writer. Suppose the writer was a stay-at-home dad ... Read More »
November 14, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction
Any Canadian grown-up can tell you all you need to know about how, back in 1972, Paul Henderson scored the dramatic goal that lifted Team Canada to a win over the Soviet Union in the ... Read More »
November 12, 2003 | Filed under: Picture Books
Author/illustrator Marc Tetro’s sixth picture book combines wit and bold illustration with the theme of learning that home is truly where the heart is. Hudson, Tetro’s latest animal hero, is a hardworking husky living in ... Read More »
November 11, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books