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Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants

Captain Underpants is back in award-winning author and illustrator Dav Pilkey’s completely hilarious fourth book in the series. George and Harold, Jerome Horwitz Elementary School’s resident pranksters, have struck again, and this time they’re in ... Read More »

December 3, 2003

Growing up Royal

By Jane Billinghurst

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 »

December 3, 2003

Made in Canada: 101 Amazing Achievements

By Bev Spencer, Bill Dickson, illus.

No one’s trying to hide lights under any bushels where these two titles are concerned. Highly energetic, hard-selling text on the cover (“amazing,” “fascinating,” “astounding” and “WOW”) sets the pace. These books share a mission, ... Read More »

December 1, 2003

Let’s Call It Canada: Amazing Stories of Canadian Place Names

By Susan Hughes, Clive Dobson and Jolie Dobson, illus.

December 1, 2003

Cool Woods: A Trip Around the World’s Boreal Forest

By Jane Drake and Ann Love, Andrew Kiss, illus.

The vast boreal forests – the “lungs of the world” circling the north from Canada and Alaska through Asia, Europe, and Scotland – are crucial to the planet’s health. To look after them, we need ... Read More »

December 1, 2003

Rosie in New York City: Gotcha!

By Carol Matas

Carol Matas, the author of 25 novels for children and young adults, is best known for her historical fiction. Her latest novel, the first in a planned trilogy, is set in 1910, in the tumult ... Read More »

December 1, 2003

★ Tom Finder

By Martine Leavitt

Most fictional characters come fully assembled by the author. For Tom, the 15-year-old hero of Martine Leavitt’s new novel, some assembly is required – by Tom himself. He has landed on the streets of Calgary ... Read More »

December 1, 2003

Dot to Dot in the Sky: Stories of the Planets

By Joan Marie Galat, Lorna Bennett, illus.

Like its predecessor in the Dot to Dot in the Sky series, Stories of the Planets is somewhat deceptively packaged. A quick glance at the cover with its brightly coloured drawings of the first few ... Read More »

December 1, 2003

Why Animals Show off

By Peter Cook and Laura Suzuki, Ron Broda, illus.

The newest work of non-fiction by well-known children’s science writers Peter Cook and Laura Suzuki begins by asking the question “If blending in helps animals stay safe, why would they want to be showoffs?” In ... Read More »

December 1, 2003

William Lyon Mackenzie King: Dreams and Shadows

By Lian Goodall

William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canada’s longest-serving prime minister, hoped to be remembered as “the man who did the most for Canada.” Our most enduring memory of him, however, seems to be as the guy who ... Read More »

December 1, 2003

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Quill and Quire

Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants

Growing up Royal

Made in Canada: 101 Amazing Achievements

Let’s Call It Canada: Amazing Stories of Canadian Place Names

Cool Woods: A Trip Around the World’s Boreal Forest

Rosie in New York City: Gotcha!

★ Tom Finder

Dot to Dot in the Sky: Stories of the Planets

Why Animals Show off

William Lyon Mackenzie King: Dreams and Shadows

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