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BOOK REVIEWS

Creatures Great and Small

By Karen Patkau

Creatures Great and Small is a book that uses every possible surface to inform and impress the reader. The text presents interesting facts about some of the world’s largest and smallest animals, while the book’s ... Read More »

January 9, 2007

June Callwood: A Life of Action

By Anne Dublin

June Callwood: A Life of Action is straight-ahead juvenile biography. The bland writing, though initially off-putting, is redeemed by rich detail and insight into the life of this brilliant Toronto activist and writer. Toronto teacher-librarian ... Read More »

January 9, 2007

Fire! The Renewal of a Forest

By Celia Godkin

It may seem paradoxical to call a book about forest fires gentle, but that’s exactly what Fire! is. Written in simple, short, descriptive sentences, Celia Godkin’s prose sounds like poetry. Page spreads that show fire ... Read More »

January 8, 2007

Carew

By J.C. Mills

J.C. Mills’ new environmental mystery/adventure novel is set in a lush valley in Nepal, where cryptozoologist Sir Jeffrey Parnell and his niece Lucy are on a quest to locate rare animals. They expect to find ... Read More »

January 8, 2007

The 25 Pains of Kennedy Baines

By Dede Crane

Fifteen-year-old Kennedy Baines is coping with an unresponsive boyfriend, an annoying little sister, friends who think shoplifting is fun, and a liberal mom who may be having an affair. Contemporary life is nothing like her ... Read More »

January 8, 2007