Kids’ Books

Ice Age Mammoth: Will This Ancient Giant Come Back to Life?

If scientists perfect the technique of cloning, woolly mammoths might live again with other Ice Age descendants in a Pleistocene Park. Barbara Hehner, author of an earlier children’s book on these creatures, advances that possibility ... Read More »

November 8, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

97 Orchard Street, New York: Stories of Immigrant Life

By Linda Granfield, Arlene Alda, photog.

While perhaps not the most boring book ever created for young readers, If the World Were a Village is certainly a contender. A worthy attempt to inculcate global awareness in children, David J. Smith’s information ... Read More »

November 8, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

To Be a Princess

By Hugh Brewster and Laurie Coulter, Laurie McGaw, illus.

Two books this season, both for readers aged eight to 12, explore the lives of young royalty throughout history, illustrating in the process that princes’ and princesses’ lives are not the fairy-tales they may seem. ... Read More »

November 6, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

★ The Cat and the Wizard

By Dennis Lee, Gillian Johnson, illus.

A wild wizard party on the turrets of Toronto’s eccentric castle, Casa Loma – who could resist it? And who could resist the rollicking verses of Dennis Lee, matched with the delicately zany pictures of ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Picture Books

An Alien in My House

By Shenaaz G. Nanji, Chum McLeod, illus.

When his grandfather moves in, Ben tells his friends that an alien has invaded his house. By the way he describes the old man’s removable teeth and hair, taste for greens, and apparent fixation on ... Read More »

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

Stanley Park

By Timothy Taylor

Start with Jeremy Papier, chef. He’s in his early thirties, with life coming at him, and fast. His restaurant, The Monkey’s Paw Bistro, is making a name for itself in Vancouver. He’s got ideas, energy, ... Read More »

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

The Last Amigo: Karlheinz Schreiber and the Anatomy of a Scandal

By Stevie Cameron and Harvey Cashore

Writing a book about a political scandal comes with its own challenges, including the aggressive research involved and the process of rearranging those facts into a compelling narrative. Writing a book about a Canadian political ... Read More »

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

Forward Through the Rearview Mirror: Reflections on and by Marshall Mcluhan

By Paul Benedetti and Nancy DeHart, eds.

BOOK DESIGN TODAY is driven by magazine design. Magazines, with their quick cycles and relatively low production costs, are highly responsive to design trends and consumer caprice. And they’re ephemeral – you can correct your ... Read More »

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

Alien Invasion: How the Harris Tories Mismanaged Ontario

By Ruth Cohen, ed.

While it can be argued that the half-dozen years of Ontario’s Harris government have produced little of lasting value, the same might be said for critical works on a government whose premier is commonly referred ... Read More »

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