December 10, 2003 | Filed under: Picture Books
Is hockey still at the heart of the Canadian psyche? Is it still our defining myth? It’s the kind of topic the CBC would turn into a rambling, multi-part documentary. Hockey’s a bigger business than ... Read More »
Stanley knows the couch is off-limits to dogs, but his owners are out every evening and he’s bored. So one night he sits on the couch and nothing happens! Emboldened, he turns on music the ... Read More »
December 1, 2003 | Filed under: Picture Books
West Coast author Sally Fitz-Gibbon has parlayed the magic of wearing fresh footwear into a joyful rhyming picture book. Using simple structured rhyme and ending each line with the word “shoes,” Fitz- Gibbon tells the ... Read More »
December 1, 2003 | Filed under: Picture Books
Whenever I read a book to my children and they enjoy it more than I do, I send them straight to bed and assume they’re just tired and exhibiting poor aesthetic judgment. But when, despite ... Read More »
December 1, 2003 | Filed under: Picture Books
Richard Thompson and Martin Springett continue to explore mythology in The Night Walker, their latest collaboration. The story opens with a native boy adventuring starts homeward, strange noises follow him but stop abruptly whenever he ... Read More »
December 1, 2003 | Filed under: Picture Books
If there is a lodestar in the Thousand and One Nights, it is the idea that stories, as well as being entertaining, can save your life. Just as Shahrazad, the frame narrator of the Nights, ... Read More »
November 30, 2003 | Filed under: Picture Books
Young fans of Ontario illustrator Andrea Beck’s Elliot Moose will be pleased to find an Elliot story in large format, embellished with lots of flaps to lift and see what’s hidden inside. “Story” is not ... Read More »
November 30, 2003 | Filed under: Picture Books
Using photographs of homemade dolls posed in scenes of a simple story, Vancouver graphic designers Robin Mitchell and Judith Steedman have begun a series of engaging books for preschoolers. The first, Windy, follows a little ... Read More »
November 30, 2003 | Filed under: Picture Books
Tomson Highway’s first children’s book is a welcome, solid addition to the growing body of Ablit (Aboriginal literature) for children. The first of an English-Cree trilogy about two young brothers, this tale of nature, adventure, ... Read More »
November 30, 2003 | Filed under: Picture Books
Rescuing Einstein’s Compass recounts a memorable day in the life of a young boy named Theo when he meets “the most famous man alive.” Theo’s parents introduce him to Albert Einstein and suggest the pair ... Read More »
November 30, 2003 | Filed under: Picture Books