Kids’ Books

Editing Canadian English (2nd Edition)

It’s a family legend that my husband married me because I could spell and I knew how to punctuate. With the advent of computer spellchecks, he’s joked occasionally that my usefulness is somewhat diminished these ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Reference

Fishing for Brookies, Browns and Bows: The Old Guy’s Complete Guide to Catching Trout

By Gord Deval and Paul Quarrington

At casting demonstrations Gord Deval has been known to slice up a peeled banana at 40 feet with a well-aimed hook. This fact – and the prodigious amount of information in Fishing for Brookies, Browns ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Sports, Health & Self-help

In Abby’s Hands

By Wendy A. Lewis, Marilyn Mets & Peter Ledwon, illus.

In Abby’s Hands is a poignant story about a young girl and her pregnant dog, by Toronto area author Wendy A. Lewis. Abby, who is still mourning the loss of her beloved grandmother, bites her ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

Canada: A People’s History Volume Two

By Don Gillmor,Achille Michaud, and Pierre Turgeon

Some historians have complained bitterly that the grand sweep, the great events, of Canadian history are being forgotten or deliberately ignored. What a surprise it was then that millions of 21st-century Canadians sat in front ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, History

The Subway Mouse

By Barbara Reid

Nib is a mouse who lives in a subway tunnel. One day he decides to leave his nest, family, and friends to try to find the legendary “Tunnel’s End.” Some mice say it is only ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

The Life: The Siren Song of Politics

By Steve Paikin

Journalist and television host Steve Paikin’s authorial debut, The Life, promises to shed light on the seductive call of Canadian politics, but underdelivers on this ambitious goal. Paikin uses the political lives of such Canadian ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs

★ Suki’s Kimono

By Chieri Uegaki, Stéphane Jorisch, illus.

It’s the first day of school and Suki chooses to wear her favourite cotton kimono, a gift from her visiting grandmother. Obachan had taken Suki to a street festival where they danced, ate slippery noodles, ... Read More »

October 16, 2003 | Filed under: Picture Books

Fox on the Ice/ Mahkesis Miskwamihk E-cipatapit

By Tomson Highway, Brian Deines, illus.

Established authors of books for adults who turn their hands to children’s literature tend to take one of two routes. Some focus the lens of childhood on the same material that they use in their ... Read More »

October 16, 2003 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Mud City

By Deborah Ellis

Mud City, the final volume in Deborah Ellis’s Afghan trilogy, follows 14-year-old Shauzia, Parvana’s best friend, into a refugee camp in Pakistan. Having fled an arranged marriage in Kabul, Shauzia becomes little more than a ... Read More »

October 16, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction