A Time of Golden Dragons

By Song Nan Zhang and Hao Yu Zhang, Song Nan Zhang, illus.

Only once every 3,000 years do a Western millennium year and a Chinese golden dragon year coincide. Acclaimed artist and book illustrator Song Nan Zhang and his journalist son, Hao Yu Zhang, have co-authored a ... Read More »

March 8, 2004

The Story of Life on Earth

By Margaret Munro, Karen Reczuch, illus.

The idea of capturing the nearly five-billion-year history of our planet in a 64-page book for children is daunting. But prize-winning science journalist Margaret Munro, who interviewed geologists, paleontologists, and evolutionary biologists in her research, ... Read More »

March 8, 2004 | Filed under: Book news

★ Castles in the Sea: All About Icebergs

By Lawrence Jackson, Diana Dabinett, illus.

Although Castles in the Sea is a book about icebergs – how they are formed, how they travel, and how they eventually die – the text reads like poetry. From the very beginning (“Far away, ... Read More »

March 8, 2004 | Filed under: Authors

Men of Stone

By Gayle Friesen

In Gayle Friesen’s second novel, Men of Stone, 15-year-old Ben Conrad is hardly thrilled when his great-aunt Frieda comes to stay for several weeks. Ambitiously, Friesen, whose acclaimed first novel, Janey’s Girl, won a host ... Read More »

March 8, 2004 | Filed under: Book news

Anna’s Goat

By Janice Kulyk Keefer, Janet Wilson , illus.

We live in a time when to be a migrant or refugee is one of the commonest human conditions,” writes Janice Kulyk Keefer, who has memorably addressed the refugee experience in her award-winning fiction and ... Read More »

March 8, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Lu & Clancy’s Spy Stuff

By Adrienne Mason, Pat Cupples, illus.

Lu and Clancy, the canine sleuths who introduced kids to secret codes and crime science in two earlier books, have returned with a new story and a set of activities for the junior espionage set.Lu ... Read More »

March 8, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Sleepy Little Mouse

By Eugenie Fernandes, Kim Fernandes, illus.

A very tired little mouse who doesn’t want to nap, no matter how much her mother tries to lull her, kicks and cries until she floods her bedroom with tears and her bed floats out ... Read More »

March 8, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Three Prince Charming Tales: Cinderella, Snow White, Rapunzel

By Marilyn Helmer, Kasia Charko, illus.

Some critics think we’ve had enough of these passive girls modelling beauty and marriage to our daughters. But there is a mysterious power in these tales of girls with memorable names who marry anonymous fellows. ... Read More »

March 8, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Stella, Queen of the Snow

By Marie-Louise Gay

Prolific, award-winning Montreal author/illustrator Marie-Louise Gay has delightful access to the world seen through a child’s eyes. Stella, Queen of the Snow is a wonderful picture book – child-oriented, fancifully illustrated, joyful, funny, and sweet. ... Read More »

March 8, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Trouble Sleeping

By Phil Hall

Phil Hall describes his latest work as a haiban, “a Japanese form of interwoven journey-prose and poetry,” which he uses to explore his troubled childhood in Rokeby, situated in northeastern Ontario. Trouble Sleeping evokes the ... Read More »

March 8, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

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