November 30, 2003 | Filed under: Picture Books
To young Ben, the newspaperman and Wild West celebrity Arizona Charlie embodies all that makes 1899 Dawson City exciting. Enthralled by his hero, Ben spends his mornings watching the “King of the Cowboys” practice his ... Read More »
Tomson Highway’s first children’s book is a welcome, solid addition to the growing body of Ablit (Aboriginal literature) for children. The first of an English-Cree trilogy about two young brothers, this tale of nature, adventure, ... Read More »
November 30, 2003 | Filed under: Picture Books
Poet/illustrator Loris Lesynski knows children, fun food, and good poetry. Nothing Beats a Pizza, her second collection of verse, serves up 34 delectable poems for children to munch on, mull over, and, as the intro ... Read More »
November 30, 2003 | Filed under: Picture Books
Miss Wilkinson and her cat, Tommy Douglas, have grown old together. But while Miss Wilkinson keeps busy with seniors‚ choir, pottery club, and the social justice committee, Tommy Douglas, at 17, is slowing down, finding ... Read More »
November 30, 2003 | Filed under: Picture Books
If there is a lodestar in the Thousand and One Nights, it is the idea that stories, as well as being entertaining, can save your life. Just as Shahrazad, the frame narrator of the Nights, ... Read More »
November 30, 2003 | Filed under: Picture Books
The cover of Wild Bog Tea is irresistible, with Harvey Chan’s exquisite sepia-toned pencil drawings on a collage of richly textured, tea-stained papers. Inside, the words and pictures are just as intriguing. The tone is ... Read More »
November 30, 2003 | Filed under: Picture Books
Why do the bullfrog, cat, donkey, rabbit, and jackdaw sound as they do? Why does the owl have eyes that do not move? Why does the crocodile have a stiff neck? Why can’t the ostrich ... Read More »
November 28, 2003 | Filed under: Picture Books
On Oct. 23, 1958, the floors hit the ceilings of the Number 2 coal mine in Springhill, Nova Scotia, in three massive “bumps.” Above ground it felt like an earthquake, and registered as such on ... Read More »
November 26, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, History
Rogue Diamonds begins right where it should: on the land. Specifically, the land of the Dene Súliné people, near the northeastern part of Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories. But it soon shifts to ... Read More »
November 26, 2003 | Filed under: Native Peoples
Heather Ingram’s memoir about her affair with a 17-year-old student explores one of today’s trickiest topics – the sexual exploitation of minors. In Risking It All Ingram recounts her stark childhood, the emotionally and sexually ... Read More »
November 26, 2003 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography