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The Paperboy’s Winter

Poet Tim Bowling’s intensely interiorized story of 10-year-old Callum Taylor often reads more like a personal memoir than a typical coming-of-age novel, which is both a good and a bad thing. The intense memories of ... Read More »

December 1, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

Sindbad in the Land of Giants

By Ludmila Zeman

If there is a lodestar in the Thousand and One Nights, it is the idea that stories, as well as being entertaining, can save your life. Just as Shahrazad, the frame narrator of the Nights, ... Read More »

November 30, 2003 | Filed under: Picture Books

Elliot’s Great Big Lift-the-flap Book

Young fans of Ontario illustrator Andrea Beck’s Elliot Moose will be pleased to find an Elliot story in large format, embellished with lots of flaps to lift and see what’s hidden inside. “Story” is not ... Read More »

November 30, 2003 | Filed under: Picture Books

Windy

By Robin Mitchell and Judith Steedman

Using photographs of homemade dolls posed in scenes of a simple story, Vancouver graphic designers Robin Mitchell and Judith Steedman have begun a series of engaging books for preschoolers. The first, Windy, follows a little ... Read More »

November 30, 2003 | Filed under: Picture Books

Caribou Song (atíhko Níkamon)

By Tomson Highway, Brian Deines, illus.

Tomson Highway’s first children’s book is a welcome, solid addition to the growing body of Ablit (Aboriginal literature) for children. The first of an English-Cree trilogy about two young brothers, this tale of nature, adventure, ... Read More »

November 30, 2003 | Filed under: Picture Books

Rescuing Einstein’s Compass

By Shulamith Levy Oppenheim, George Juhasz, illus.

Rescuing Einstein’s Compass recounts a memorable day in the life of a young boy named Theo when he meets “the most famous man alive.” Theo’s parents introduce him to Albert Einstein and suggest the pair ... Read More »

November 30, 2003 | Filed under: Picture Books

What’s That Bug? Everyday Insects and Their Really Cool Cousins

By Nan Froman, Julian Mulock, illus.

When C.S. Lewis was a child he had an insect phobia. He says that their “angular limbs, their jerky movements, their dry, metallic noises” suggested to him “either machines that have come to live or ... Read More »

November 30, 2003 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Ghost Cat

By Mark Abley, Karen Reczuch, illus.

Miss Wilkinson and her cat, Tommy Douglas, have grown old together. But while Miss Wilkinson keeps busy with seniors‚ choir, pottery club, and the social justice committee, Tommy Douglas, at 17, is slowing down, finding ... Read More »

November 30, 2003 | Filed under: Picture Books

All Along the River

By Blair Drawson

Grandpa Joe sips tea with his granddaughter, telling her of his exploits along the river as a young boy – and particularly of his search for the great river giant. On the way down the ... Read More »

November 30, 2003 | Filed under: Picture Books

Have You Seen Dogs?

By Joanne Oppenheim, Susan Gardos, illus.

When C.S. Lewis was a child he had an insect phobia. He says that their “angular limbs, their jerky movements, their dry, metallic noises” suggested to him “either machines that have come to live or ... Read More »

November 30, 2003 | Filed under: Picture Books

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