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Venous Hum

By Suzette Mayr

Venous Hum offers none of the soothing comfort evoked by the connotation of a rhythmically beating heart. Instead, Alberta author Suzette Mayr’s latest novel weaves an outrageously comical yet surreal tale of broken hearts, burning ... Read More »

November 16, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Beckoners

When you’re the new kid in town, you keep to yourself or you make alliances. But if loners are easy targets, joining a group can be even dicier, as often the only one that will ... Read More »

November 10, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

A Thief in the House of Memory

By Tim Wynne-Jones

Thief in the House of Memory is a tantalizing title, almost vibrating with multiple possibilities and meanings. Although the novel is not the most deeply satisfying one of his career so far, it’s still true ... Read More »

November 10, 2004

Not So Very Far Away

Sarah is a young girl coping with a recent move to a new city. She misses her old school, her relatives, and her very best friend, who shares her love of bird-watching. Sarah finds it ... Read More »

November 10, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Bashful Bob and Doleful Dorinda

By Margaret Atwood, Dusan Petricic, illus.

What Margaret Atwood did with the letter R in last year’s Rude Ramsay and the Roaring Radishes, she has done again with the letters B and D in this new nonsense picture book about Bashful ... Read More »

November 10, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

In the City

Part of the Wheels at Work series, Ontario children’s author and illustrator Don Kilby’s latest two titles introduce the daily activities of hardworking trucks, buses, emergency vehicles, combines, tractors, sprayers, and more. Young readers are ... Read More »

November 10, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

In the Country

Part of the Wheels at Work series, Ontario children’s author and illustrator Don Kilby’s latest two titles introduce the daily activities of hardworking trucks, buses, emergency vehicles, combines, tractors, sprayers, and more. Young readers are ... Read More »

November 10, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

A Very Unusual Dog

By Dorothy Joan Harris, Kim LaFave, illus.

Inspired by her own children when they were young, Toronto author Dorothy Joan Harris tells the story of a young boy named Jonathan and his imaginary pet, named Dog, who likes to eat toast crumbs, ... Read More »

November 10, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Read Me a Book

By Barbara Reid

Twenty years after she first wowed the picture book world with her now-signature Plasticine artwork for The New Baby Calf, Barbara Reid has another treat for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and caregivers. Read Me a Book, ... Read More »

November 10, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

That’s Very Canadian!

By Vivien Bowers, Dianne Eastman, illus.

This book is the third in Vivien Bowers’ series of exclamation point-enhanced titles (after 1999’s Wow Canada! and 2002’s Only in Canada!). All three books share not only the same irreverent tone in educating young ... Read More »

November 10, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

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