Many Canadians – no matter what their age – are pretty fuzzy about the details of the War of 1812, beyond knowing that it’s a war for which both sides have claimed victory. Luckily, Toronto ... Read More »
July 7, 2008
The Dutch experience of the Second World War remains, for many children, synonymous with Anne Frank and her diary. In Brave Deeds, B.C. writer Ann Alma describes the experience of a couple who helped people ... Read More »
July 7, 2008
Novelist and poet Joy Kogawa has added another volume to her oeuvre about the experiences of Japanese Canadians during the Second World War. Naomi’s Tree is a folk tale based on Kogawa’s childhood memories. It ... Read More »
July 7, 2008 | Filed under: Picture Books
A real community, complete with vividly drawn portraits of real residents, comes to life in Shauntay Grant and Susan Tooke’s Up Home, a tender portrayal of Grant’s memories of growing up in the close-knit black ... Read More »
July 7, 2008 | Filed under: Picture Books
The day of the purpose-built children’s information book is over. Facts about dinosaurs? How to care for your guinea pig or draw cartoons? School projects on the Gold Rush? Kids are not turning to books ... Read More »
July 4, 2008
In her first novel, Karen Bass tells the story of a Canadian teen coming to terms with his grandfather’s history. Kurt Schreiber, a Canadian exchange student, spends a year in the town in Germany where ... Read More »
July 4, 2008
The title of Ottawa teacher Kevin Bolger’s first novel says it all, placing the book firmly in the “disgusting bodily functions” genre. I suspect that the marketing money spent on the book – including, intriguingly, ... Read More »
July 4, 2008
In Love Every Leaf, Kathy Stinson explores the life and career of landscape architect Cornelia Hahn Oberlander, a woman who has both literally and figuratively broken ground in her field. In a career spanning six ... Read More »
July 4, 2008 | Filed under: Book news
In February 1908, six automobiles from four different countries set off from New York City, travelling west, to see who could reach Paris first. The machines were unreliable, the roads non-existent, and the driving teams ... Read More »
July 4, 2008
In last year’s Mechanimals, author/illustrator Chris Tougas married an original idea – a farmer who has lost his animals creates delightful new mechanical ones – to charmingly offbeat illustrations. With Art’s Supplies, he tells a ... Read More »
July 2, 2008 | Filed under: Picture Books
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