Bat Summer

Bat Summer, the winner of Groundwood Books’ 20th Anniversary First Novel for Children Contest, introduces a gritty new voice to Canadian children’s literature. In her children’s novel debut, author Sarah Withrow presents an imaginatively tough ... Read More »

March 1, 2004

Turns on a Dime

By Julie Lawson

In the first book in Julie Lawson’s Goldstone trilogy, a goldstone pendant sustained a motherless girl growing up in a mining town. In this book – the trilogy’s second – the setting moves to Victoria ... Read More »

March 1, 2004

Company’s Coming for Kids: Lunches

By Jean Paré

Lunches, from brown-bag to at-home, are the focus of this newest offering from Company’s Coming. This cookbook aims to give aspiring chefs aged eight to 15 some luncheon ideas beyond the peanut-butter sandwich – taking ... Read More »

March 1, 2004

★ She Shoots … She Scores!: A Complete Guide to Girls’ and Women’s Hockey

By Barbara Stewart

Compiled by the Ross family (father Julian is the founder of Polestar Books, while sons Noah and Jesse are 12- and 15-year-old hockey experts), the Amazing Allstar Hockey Activity Book is a jam-packed compendium of ... Read More »

March 1, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Amazing Allstar Hockey Activity Book

By Jesse Ross, Julian Ross, Noah Ross, Anne DeGrace, illus.

March 1, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Building a Shelf and Bike Rack, Building Together Series, Vol. 2

By Ken Ainsworth, Tina Holdcroft, illus., Rodrigo Moreno, photog.

The old adage “Never judge a book by its cover” certainly does not apply to this series. Both the title of this series, “Building Together,” and the cover photo of author Ken Ainsworth with his ... Read More »

March 1, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

Building a Solitaire Game and a Peg Board, Building Together Series, Vol.1

By Ken Ainsworth, Tina Holdcroft, illus., Rodrigo Moreno, photog.

March 1, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Reference

On Tumbledown Hill

By Tim Wynne-Jones, Dusan Petricic, illus.

Ostensibly a counting game in verse, this first collaboration between Tim Wynne-Jones and Dusan Petricic is a conceptually clever but esthetically flawed book. The narrator, a dapper old man, goes to Tumbledown Hill with his ... Read More »

March 1, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Kugel Valley Klezmer Band

By Joan Betty Stuchner, Richard Row, illus.

Kugel Valley is famous for its kugel (noodle pudding) and its klezmer band, featuring Isaac, “the best fiddle player this side of Nova Scotia.” Shira, the 10-year-old daughter of Yossi, the clarinet player, has always ... Read More »

March 1, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Echoes from the Square

By Elizabeth Wellburn, Deryk Houston, illus.

This first book for Victoria author Elizabeth Wellburn and her husband, artist Deryk Houston, was inspired by the heroic actions of real-life cellist Vedran Smailovic during the 1992 siege of Sarajevo. Despite the danger, the ... Read More »

March 1, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

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