March 1, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
In the early 1920s, my mother learned to read using New Canadian Readers, collections that included a rich selection of folk tales, nursery rhymes, legends, fables, hymns, poetry, and original fiction. She considered the school ... Read More »
In the early 1920s, my mother learned to read using New Canadian Readers, collections that included a rich selection of folk tales, nursery rhymes, legends, fables, hymns, poetry, and original fiction. She considered the school ... Read More »
March 1, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
In the early 1920s, my mother learned to read using New Canadian Readers, collections that included a rich selection of folk tales, nursery rhymes, legends, fables, hymns, poetry, and original fiction. She considered the school ... Read More »
March 1, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
During a camping trip with their grandparents in coastal British Columbia, Katelyn and her younger brother Matthew visit a nearby island, where they find a cache of seashells, beach glass, and a necklace in an ... Read More »
March 1, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
Young hockey fans and their parents who are frustrated by the lack of picture books on the subject will welcome sports writer Mike Leonetti’s first book for children.My Leafs Sweater is about a boy obsessed ... Read More »
March 1, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
Elliot Moose’s morning begins with a snag – a protruding nail tears his leg and his stuffing starts spilling out. Luckily he’s surrounded by clever and helpful friends, all soft toys like him. Author and ... Read More »
March 1, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
Fernandes’ version of this Christmas classic excels while differing from existing versions in several respects. A sense of light humour pervades the story, as when Santa is shown struggling to free his bulging sack from ... Read More »
March 1, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books
“I wasn’t always Grandma, you know, bespectacled and stiff-kneed. Once I was Sarah May.” So begins a beautiful, lyrical story about a young girl from long ago, her practical parents, and an elusive red dress.Sarah ... Read More »
March 1, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books
On May 2, 1907, L.M. Montgomery wrote, in a letter to a prairie homesteader she had been corresponding with, of the good news that her book manuscript had been accepted by a publisher. In this ... Read More »
March 1, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books
On May 2, 1907, L.M. Montgomery wrote, in a letter to a prairie homesteader she had been corresponding with, of the good news that her book manuscript had been accepted by a publisher. In this ... Read More »
March 1, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books