A young girl sits by the fire. This is her first night in the mountain cabin, and although her parents and her brother are asleep, she is excited and wakeful. As the fire burns to ... Read More »
February 18, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
Cary Fagan has taken Nikolai Gogol’s famous Russian (long) short story “The Overcoat,” historically revised it by adding a happy ending, and turned it into a nice little picture storybook for children. The original, obviously ... Read More »
February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
On a cold, wet night Luke and his family say goodbye to friends and begin their long journey home in the car. Sandwiched between his dozing older brother and sister in the back seat, Luke ... Read More »
February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
It has been a year since Selina and her family moved from Pennsylvania to Upper Canada to escape the effects of the American Civil War. Selina is an inch taller and her family has settled ... Read More »
February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
The last thing the world really needs is a new counting book. The only reasonable justification for yet another one is a concept so fresh and original that it adds innovative perspective or rare beauty ... Read More »
February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
For fathers who feel left out of the mommy-dominated picture book market, here are two new uniquely Canadian stories starring dads who save the day.Although it’s recounted by a fictional character, In Like a Lion ... Read More »
February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books
For fathers who feel left out of the mommy-dominated picture book market, here are two new uniquely Canadian stories starring dads who save the day.Although it’s recounted by a fictional character, In Like a Lion ... Read More »
February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books
Haunted by the memory of a great famine, the people in Maddie’s village rise early, work all day in their fields, and fall into bed exhausted. Their larders are full but they have no time ... Read More »
February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
For Anya, the shiny brown chestnuts known as conkers are the stuff of dreams. When her grandmother tells her that the clusters of white blossoms on the trees in the park will become horse chestnuts ... Read More »
February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
Veteran storyteller Jan Andrews, author of the Canadian storytelling classics Very Last First Time and The Auction, has taken a true Depression-era story and moulded it into a tiny literary gem. Pa’s Harvest feels just ... Read More »
February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
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