I Can Make Jewelry (i Can Make Series)

Kindergarten children are a tough crafting audience not only because of their limited dexterity and high expectations, but also because parents of this age group demand happiness all around for effort exerted. Mary Wallace hits ... Read More »

March 9, 2004

Whose Bright Idea Was It? True Stories of Invention

By Larry Verstraete

Whose Bright Idea Was It? is a contribution to the genre of books that present us with lists of interesting, unusual, and humorous facts. It’s aimed at kids as well as “children of all ages.” ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Why Do Animals Do That? (crabapple Series)

By Bobbie Kalman and Greg Nickles

With its colourful photographs and involving text, this picture book really rewards browsing. It features plenty of pictures, an attractive design, a large, readable typeface, a glossary, and an index. The text describes a variety ... Read More »

March 9, 2004

Worm Pie (shooting Star Series)

By Beverly Scudamore

Scholastic’s Shooting Star series features believable stories with realistic characters and situations. Worm Pie tells a straightforward story about a young girl named Tara who is coping with two big problems: a new teacher, whose ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Murder at Hockey Camp (the Screech Owls Series)

By Roy MacGregor

The fourth book in the Screech Owls hockey/ adventure series is somewhat short on hockey action, but it more than compensates with a fast-paced murder mystery. The Screech Owl gang is attending a summer hockey ... Read More »

March 9, 2004

If Two Are Dead

By Robert Sutherland

This is the fourth mystery featuring teenage detectives Sandy and David and it is just as action-packed as the previous ones. This time, David and his Scottish friend Sandy (short for Alexandra) are scouting out ... Read More »

March 9, 2004

What’s Tuesday?

By Mitzi Dale

Not many comic young adult novels use death as an opening device. This one does, as 16-year-old Stephanie describes her grandfather’s final moment – a nosedive into a plate of pea soup at the family ... Read More »

March 9, 2004

The Freak

By Carol Matas

Jade, 15, living in Winnipeg, recovers from a life-threatening attack of meningitis to discover that she is changed. She now has flash visions of the future, can read people’s thoughts, and has the ability to ... Read More »

March 9, 2004

Cameron and Me

By Dorothy Joan Harris, Marilyn Mets, illus.

This is a tale of usurpation and intrigue of the domestic variety, narrated in the present tense by the preschool-aged Zachary. His first-person account of how he deals with sibling rivalry is mildly entertaining and ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Long Wait

By Budge Wilson, Eugenie Fernandes, illus.

The Long Wait is a heartwarming picture book based on a true story. Ten- year-old Deirdre was a black cat that belonged to the author and her family. Every year the Wilson family travelled from ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

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