Islam: A Short History

The subject of Islam and Muslims has been of continuing interest to the West for a long time. Some historians observe that such an interest dates back to the founding of the religion. Indeed, Maxime ... Read More »

March 8, 2004 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

Close Ups: Best Stories for Teens

By Peter Carver, ed.

Editor Peter Carver observes in his introduction that the short story is a demanding genre. It’s also difficult to anthologize, particularly for the range of ages and interests his collection aims to embrace. By and ... Read More »

March 8, 2004

Leslie’s Journal

By Allan Stratton

Fifteen-year-old Leslie hides her lack of sexual experience behind a provocative facade of micro-miniskirts and fishnet stockings. She talks tough, skips school, and dabbles in drugs, but her journal reveals her vulnerable side. Stinging from ... Read More »

March 8, 2004

Two False Moves

By Ted Staunton, Roger Lafontaine, illus.

Chapter book readers will enjoy the pranks and predicaments friends and families face in Ted Staunton’s new Monkey Mountain Books series. Two False Moves introduces the small community of Hope Springs, Monkey Mountain, and the ... Read More »

March 8, 2004

★ The Boy in the Burning House

By Tim Wynne-Jones

Somebody is trying to blackmail Father Fisher of the Church of the Blessed Transfiguration, and his teenage stepdaughter, Ruth Rose, wants to know why. She’s pretty sure Father was involved in the mysterious disappearance of ... Read More »

March 8, 2004

★ Be Afraid! Tales of Horror

By Edo van Belkom, ed.

Thanks to virtuoso publications in the 1990s by Budge Wilson, Martha Brooks, Sarah Ellis, Tim Wynne-Jones, R.P. MacIntyre, and others, YA short story writing in Canada is in the midst of a golden age. Be ... Read More »

March 8, 2004

★ Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen

By Ken Setterington, Nelly and Ernst Hofer, illus.

A classic tale of friendship, Andersen’s The Snow Queen is retold here by Toronto librarian and storyteller Ken Setterington, and illustrated with filigree cut-paper art (scherenschnitt) by Nelly and Ernst Hofer. The result is a ... Read More »

March 8, 2004

The Kids Book of the Far North

By Ann Love and Jane Drake, Jocelyne Bouchard, illus.

Pithy questions and differing points of view make this book a source of material for serious thought and lively debate about the world’s Far North. Ann Love and Jane Drake, sisters who have co-authored a ... Read More »

March 8, 2004

The Kids Book of Canada’s Railway and How the CPR Was Built

By Deborah Hodge, John Mantha, illus.

The building of the Canadian Pacific Railway is a remarkable story, and this informative new book from Kids Can does quite a good job of presenting it. An experienced writer of non-fiction books, Hodge works ... Read More »

March 8, 2004

Emily Carr: Rebel Artist

By Kate Braid

One of Canada’s most important female artists, Emily Carr was also one of the first to sympathize deeply with First Nations people. Out of her personal struggles emerged a vivid, elemental art rooted in the ... Read More »

March 8, 2004

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