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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

Money, Money, Money: Where It Comes from, How to Save It, Spend It and Make It

By Eve Drobot, Claudia Davila, illus.

Money, Money, Money is a comprehensive revision of Drobot’s first children’s book, Everything You Want to Know About Money, published in 1987. This new edition includes money facts on such topics as issuing euros, reprinting ... Read More »

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

Red Land, Yellow River: A Story from the Cultural Revolution

By Ange Zhang

Ange Zhang was just 13 in June 1966, when Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution utterly swept away his childhood world. In this breathtaking memoir, he seems a reluctant guide, cautiously navigating his way through the dark ... Read More »

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

Bake and Make Amazing Cookies

By Elizabeth MacLeod, June Bradford, illus.

Bake and Make Amazing Cookies has more specialized appeal than Eat It Up!, and not just because it zeros in on cookies and squares. Judging by its design elements (bright pink endpapers, butterfly and flower ... Read More »

November 10, 2004

Greetings from the Vodka Sea

By Chris Gudgeon

Victoria non-fiction author Chris Gudgeon’s first book of short fiction contains stories so unique that it’s near impossible to draw them under one clean phrase. One thing is clear: these are not normal people Gudgeon ... Read More »

November 8, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

A Short History of Progress

By Ronald Wright

The Massey Lectures series has weighed in, once again, with a provocative and timely exploration of important ideas. Ronald Wright, one of this country’s intellectual treasures, brings his background in archaeology, history, and comparative culture ... Read More »

November 1, 2004 | Filed under: Criticism & Essays

★ Runaway

By Alice Munro

Alice Munro’s 11th collection is exactly what readers expect from this writer, quintessential Munro at top form. At the same time, every story in it is surprising, turning on unexpected, even inexplicable human actions.With each ... Read More »

November 1, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Adultery

By Richard B. Wright

This novel could be charged with false advertising. The one-word title screams sex, and the cover art of a dark-haired beauty in a car, her head thrown back in passionate abandonment, redefines steamy. “That’s a ... Read More »

November 1, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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Quill and Quire

A Very Unusual Dog

Read Me a Book

That’s Very Canadian!

Money, Money, Money: Where It Comes from, How to Save It, Spend It and Make It

Red Land, Yellow River: A Story from the Cultural Revolution

Bake and Make Amazing Cookies

Greetings from the Vodka Sea

A Short History of Progress

★ Runaway

Adultery

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