Eye on Canada: Manitoba

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 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

When We Go Camping

By Margriet Ruurs, Andrew Kiss, illus.

The author and illustrator of A Mountain Alphabet rejoin to create this picture book featuring West Coast scenery. Waking early in a wonderful wilderness world, a sister and brother drag their canoe into the water ... Read More »

February 6, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Biggest Fish in the Lake

By Margaret Carney, Janet Wilson, illus.

Naturalist Margaret Carney and award-winning Ontario illustrator Janet Wilson make fishing the focus of their take on the popular picture-book theme of a young girl learning to appreciate nature while spending idyllic days with her ... Read More »

February 6, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Buzz, Buzz, Buzz

By Verónica Uribe, Gloria Calderón, illus.

The moonlit night is quiet, and Juliana and Andrés are trying to go to sleep. But a pesky mosquito keeps buzzing, “back and forth, in and out, round about, trying to bite – bzzZZZZZzz bzzzzZZZZZZzzz ... Read More »

February 6, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Leon the Chameleon

By Melanie Watt

Writer/illustrator Mélanie Watt’s debut picture book began as a colour theory project undertaken while studying graphic design. Leon the Chameleon is not only a lesson on the interaction of colour but a celebration of being ... Read More »

February 6, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Coke Machine Glow

By Gordon Downie

Can’t we just ignore the fact that Gord Downie is the frontman for Canada’s most popular rock band and review his debut collection of poetry as an autonomous artistic endeavour entirely separate from his musical ... Read More »

February 6, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

Sheep’s Vigil: By a Fervent Person

By Eirin Moure

Sheep’s Vigil: By a Fervent Person, the latest collection of poetry by Eirin Moure, also known as Erin Mouré, is a translation, or transelation, of the Portuguese O Guardador de Rebanhos by Alberto Caeiro, also ... Read More »

February 6, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

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