The Wonder in Water

Victoria-based science writer Diane Swanson, author of more than 60 books, is clearly fascinated by her subjects and the challenge of presenting them to kids. In The Wonder in Water, she peers closely at aquatic ... Read More »

November 21, 2005 | Filed under: Book news

The Blue Jean Book: The Story Behind the Seams

By Tanya Lloyd Kyi

Of all sartorial success stories, that of blue jeans must be the most remarkable. When first fashioned in California in the 1870s, denim overalls with copper rivets had immediate appeal as a practical, durable garment ... Read More »

November 21, 2005

Red Sea

By Diane Tullson

The dramatic red cover of Vancouver author Diane Tullson’s second novel promises blood, and teen readers will not be disappointed by this modern-day pirate yarn.Fourteen-year-old Libby has been coerced into a year-long sailing trip with ... Read More »

November 21, 2005

The Freedom of Jenny

By Julie Burtinshaw

Writers of historical novels need to maintain a delicate balance between history and telling good stories. The Freedom of Jenny, by Vancouver’s Julie Burtinshaw (Dead Reckoning and Adrift), doesn’t always keep this balance, though it ... Read More »

November 21, 2005

The Sower of Tales

By Rachna Gilmore

Ottawa writer Rachna Gilmore (whose picture book A Screaming Kind of Day won the 1999 Governor General’s Award for text) delves into the world of juvenile fantasy for the first time, with impressive results. The ... Read More »

November 21, 2005

Forever: The Annual Hockey Classic

By Roy MacGregor; Brian Deines, illus.

The “Classic” referred to in Forever’s subtitle is what the Finnegans call the game of shinny they’ve played at Christmas family get-togethers for more than a generation. Will this book, too, become a Christmas classic? ... Read More »

November 21, 2005

Ben’s Big Dig

By Daniel Wakeman; Dirk van Stralen, illus.

You create a world. I’ll come visit. This is the tacit but essential bargain struck between reader and writer. In picture books this agreement is a group negotiation as reader and writer are joined by ... Read More »

November 21, 2005 | Filed under: Picture Books

Crocodiles Say

By Robert Heidbreder; Rae Maté, illus.

November 21, 2005 | Filed under: Picture Books

Rainbows in the Dark

By Jan Coates; Alice Priestley, illus.

In Rainbows in the Dark, a picture book by Wolfville, Nova Scotia, author Jan Coates, a young girl helps a blind musician find the perfect outfit for a concert, making new friends with both the ... Read More »

November 21, 2005 | Filed under: Picture Books

Puppies on Board

By Sarah Harvey; Rose Cowles, illus.

When 11 puppies are born on board the Brady Lee, Mollie’s family boat, she finds each puppy uniquely charming, though her mother says one dog is enough. Mollie names the whole litter after characters in ... Read More »

November 21, 2005 | Filed under: Picture Books

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