February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books
This delightful and lively book of poems for younger children is a pleasure to read aloud. Vancouver author, teacher, and Greek and Latin scholar Robert Heidbreder, who wrote the collections of poems Don’t Eat Spiders ... Read More »
The first stunning image in Firedancers is the hot orange-yellow-red of a brilliant autumn landscape at sunset. The world is on fire with light and colour, sky and trees blending with the clothing and faces ... Read More »
February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
Canada used to be a place where children’s writers disappeared. A book or two would be published, full of promise, and then the writer would vanish into utter darkness. I have a little shelf of ... Read More »
February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
Canada used to be a place where children’s writers disappeared. A book or two would be published, full of promise, and then the writer would vanish into utter darkness. I have a little shelf of ... Read More »
February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
Canada used to be a place where children’s writers disappeared. A book or two would be published, full of promise, and then the writer would vanish into utter darkness. I have a little shelf of ... Read More »
February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
“My body does amazing things,” begins the child narrator, listing some of the neat things hands, legs, and mouths can do. Marilyn Baillie, author of Owl’s Amazing Things Animals Do series, has created a catchy ... Read More »
February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
Many children’s books have been written about bad dreams and monsters, but this one is unique in offering a practical activity – making a native dreamcatcher – to help children cope with nightmares. First-time picture ... Read More »
February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
A moon to follow, a moon to capture; red moon, golden moon; a moon making its shining path across the water into the imagination of a child. These two engaging picture books look in very ... Read More »
February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
Emily’s grandma (oma) is not happy when she has to move from her home on Maple Street to a retirement home. She misses cooking, sleeping in her own bed, and seeing her neighbour. At their ... Read More »
January 30, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
Vancouverite Linda Bailey is an accomplished and lighthearted writer for children, best known for her Stevie Diamond detective series. She recently won the Silver Birch Award for Adventures in the Middle Ages, a title in ... Read More »
January 30, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books