★ Dancing at the Dead Sea: Tracking the World’s Environmental Hotspots

Why do we assume that evolution ends with us? As Alanna Mitchell points out in Dancing at the Dead Sea, natural selection is always at work. Today, staggering numbers of species – 25% of all ... Read More »

April 8, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

B for Buster

By Iain Lawrence

With minimal personal fanfare, B.C. writer Iain Lawrence has established himself over the past five years as one of Canada’s most intriguing writers for young adults. Like Australian writer Ivan Southall, Lawrence launched his career ... Read More »

April 7, 2004 | Filed under: Book news

Jennifer Jones Won’t Leave Me Alone

By Frieda Wishinsky, Neal Layton, illus.

This new edition of Frieda Wishinsky’s 1995 title brings back into print a charming story with entirely new illustrations. The story, told in rhyming verse very much like Dr. Seuss’s, tells of a young boy’s ... Read More »

April 7, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Mayfly

By Marthe Jocelyn

Summer is coming and Marthe Jocelyn’s new picture book evokes those wonderful long months at the cottage when there’s all the time in the world to do what you want. It seems endless – yet ... Read More »

April 7, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Sea Crow

By Shannon Stewart, Liz Milkau, illus.

Vancouver writer Shannon Stewart’s new picture book shows the unique way one girl confronts her fears. After Jessica’s family moves to a new house, she and her little brother spend the first night talking about ... Read More »

April 7, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Secret of the Snow Leopard

By Tenzing Norbu Lama with Stephane Frattini, Shelley Tanaka, trans.

SSecret of the Snow Leopard is a sequel to Himalaya, which was a film first and then a picture book. Tsering, the boy whose late father was village chief, is still too young to succeed ... Read More »

April 7, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

The Spy in the Alley (a Dinah Galloway Mystery)

By Melanie Jackson

Kudos to Vancouver writer and editor Melanie Jackson for her novel The Spy in the Alley, the first of a series featuring a saucy 11-year-old detective/songbird named Dinah Galloway. With writing as delicious as the ... Read More »

April 7, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

A Noodle Up Your Nose

By Frieda Wishinsky, Louise-Andrée Laliberté, illus.

How will Orca distinguish its new series of chapter books, Orca Echoes, in a market glutted with fiction for beginning readers? Perhaps by providing a variety of genres. The first batch includes: one strong historical ... Read More »

April 7, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Fortress of Kaspar Snit

By Cary Fagan

Toronto author Cary Fagan’s first children’s novel is an adventure-fantasy about a battle between the nice and not-so-nice. The Blandes are a nice family with eccentric interests. Mr. Blande has covered every inch of their ... Read More »

April 7, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Silver Moon: Stories from Antonin Dvorak’s Most Enchanting Operas

By Ian Krykorka, Vladyana Krykorka, illus.

Operas and fairy tales have a natural affinity, and no one knew this more than the great Czech composer Dvorak, who put many of his native folk tales to music. His best-known opera, the enchanting ... Read More »

April 7, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

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