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Flight of the Whirligigs

Grant Innes’s illustrations for his first book, Flight of the Whirligigs, are bright, primitive, and childlike – he is like a folk-art Lucy Cousins. In the accompanying story, Grant, a painter, takes his dog to ... Read More »

February 3, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

From Poppa

By Anne Carter, Kasia Charko, illus.

Marie finds it difficult to accept the fact that her grandfather, Poppa, is too old to winter in his cabin as he always has, and must now go south for his health. To comfort her, ... Read More »

February 3, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Claire’s Gift

By Maxine Trottier, Rajka Kupesic, illus.

In this gentle picture book, an account of the traditional Nova Scotian craft of rug hooking is woven – or should I say hooked – into the slight but touching story of a little girl ... Read More »

February 3, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ My Rows and Piles of Coins

By Tololwa M. Mollel, E.B. Lewis, illus.

When Saruni’s mother gives him five 10-cent coins for helping her at the market, the boy’s imagination runs wild with all that he might buy. A shiny red and blue bicycle catches his eye, and ... Read More »

February 3, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Share the Sky

By Ting-xing Ye, Suzane Langlois, illus.

Kites soar and dip in this lovely picture book by Orillia, Ontario author Ting-xing Ye and Montreal artist Suzane Langlois. Lilting text and luminous watercolours tell the story of Fei-fei, a young girl who lives ... Read More »

February 3, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Snow Day

By Werner Zimmermann

Waking to a heavy snowfall, with its pale, washed light and strange silence, touches even the most jaded Canadian adult. Everything ordinary is muffed and scarfed in plump white billows. If you happen to be ... Read More »

February 3, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Shoreline: Three Plays

Don Hannah’s plays demonstrate the theatre’s ability to grab the emotions of an audience and not let go for a second. The three plays collected here, Rubber Dolly, Running Far Back, and Fathers and Sons, ... Read More »

February 3, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Very Heaven

Home is where you hang yourself.” It may be a flippant, throwaway line in Ann Lambert’s play Very Heaven but it does capture the destructive essence of family life as portrayed by these two Canadian ... Read More »

February 3, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Marion Bridge

By Daniel MacIvor

Home is where you hang yourself.” It may be a flippant, throwaway line in Ann Lambert’s play Very Heaven but it does capture the destructive essence of family life as portrayed by these two Canadian ... Read More »

February 3, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Green Man

Certain things in this world are still better when they’re made the old-fashioned way. Certain things, but not always art. When art is made the old-fashioned way, it just feels, well, old-fashioned. As a poet, ... Read More »

February 3, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

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