★ Clara’s War

Clara’s War, the first book in Second Story Press’s new Holocaust Remembrance Series for Young Readers, is an auspicious start. Kathy Kacer, whose first book, The Secret of Gabi’s Dresser, won the Silver Birch Award ... Read More »

February 6, 2004

The Thumb in the Box

By Ken Roberts, Leanne Franson, illus.

Anyone who remembers being fooled, as a child, by someone pretending to remove a finger will smile at the central motif of Ken Roberts’s latest book for early readers. “The thumb in the box” is ... Read More »

February 6, 2004

Daughter of Light

By Martha Attema, Stephen McCallum, illus.

Daughter of Light is a powerful and dramatic novel that will certainly appeal to younger readers. Set in Holland during the exceptionally cold winter of 1944, it’s the story of nine-year-old Ria, who’s determined that ... Read More »

February 6, 2004

Eye on Canada: Nunavut

By Harry Beckett

The first five titles in the Eye on Canada series are an effective reminder of just how much information a well-planned and carefully organized 32-page book can present. Harry Beckett, the series’ author, is a ... Read More »

February 6, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Eye on Canada: Nova Scotia

By Harry Beckett

February 6, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Eye on Canada: Newfoundland & Labrador

By Harry Beckett

February 6, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Eye on Canada: Manitoba

By Harry Beckett

February 6, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Eye on Canada: Alberta

By Harry Beckett

February 6, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Last Summer in Agatha

By Katherine Holubitsky

Every so often while channel surfing I wash up on the shores of Dawson’s Creek, and am momentarily transfixed, not so much by the characters’ uniform beauty but by how incredibly distressed they always are: ... Read More »

February 6, 2004

Eco-fun: Great Projects, Experiments and Games for a Greener Earth

By David Suzuki and Kathy Vanderlinden, Jane Kurisu, illus.

Appropriately printed on recycled paper, Eco-Fun contains 48 science activities that are designed to increase readers’ knowledge and appreciation of specific elements of the environment as well as raise their consciousness about ecology. Suzuki and ... Read More »

February 6, 2004

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