Ned Mouse, the hero of this beginner reader chapter book, is a political prisoner. Having written a protest message in a pile of cooked spinach (“The government is unfair to mice,” traced with one finger), ... Read More »
November 26, 2003
I had reservations about the wisdom of condensing 15 religions, with all their complexities, into 62 pages. But The Kids Book of World Religions, a clearly written and organized primer for young readers, goes a ... Read More »
November 26, 2003
Children keen to try out martial arts will quickly learn that there’s more to karate than the stunts seen in action movies. The Martial Arts Book highlights the historical beginnings of martial arts, emphasizing the ... Read More »
November 26, 2003
An ideal gift for any Newfoundlander, tourist, or exile, this cheerfully illustrated book celebrates the land, seascapes, people, and traditions of Canada’s easternmost province. Its primary text, displayed in a banner held by two puffins ... Read More »
November 26, 2003
The intriguing question “What happened after the fugitive slaves reached Canada?” is ably answered by three writers who are specialists in Underground Railroad history. Their research, which was originally undertaken for an exhibit at the ... Read More »
November 26, 2003
Lincoln Clarkes is a Canadian fashion photographer who has made his mark both at home and in Paris and London. In 1996 he began a series of photographs whose subjects could not be less glamorous ... Read More »
November 26, 2003 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture
The first Dropped Threads anthology, the brainchild of Carol Shields and Marjorie Anderson, was a Canadian publishing phenomenon. Book clubs across the country seized on the collection of true stories about what women aren’t told ... Read More »
November 26, 2003 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography
With concrete imagery painted over punchy verse, Pouring Small Fire resembles a collection of nature photographs capturing memorable scenes. Poet and English teacher Susan Manchester writes how “the mist still paused” and “rude oaks laugh ... Read More »
November 26, 2003 | Filed under: Poetry
This book is a compilation of published articles spanning almost a decade, from the early 1990s to the post-Sept. 11 world. The articles, by Norman Spector, ex-chief of staff to the prime minister and former ... Read More »
November 26, 2003 | Filed under: History
When The Body Says No explores the intimate connection between mind, body, and spirit through life stories and intimate interviews with dozens of people who have lived, died, and sometimes overcome chronic illnesses. Vancouver physician ... Read More »
November 26, 2003 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment
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