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Brave Wings: My Story as a Spitfire Pilot in Wwii

By Arthur Bishop

How heavy a burden,” wrote Voltaire, “is a name that has become too famous.” That’s a fact of life for many offspring of the rich and well-known, who just can’t help going through life being ... Read More »

January 7, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

★ Chapel of Extreme Experience: A Short History of Flicker

When 16-year old Brion Gysin hopped a train from Edmonton in 1932, it was with the intention of leaving bourgeois burgs forever, the better to become a traveller, poet, painter, and all-around student of ecstasy. ... Read More »

January 7, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Too Many Books!

By Gilles Tibo, Bruno St-Aubin, illus

At first glance, Montreal native Gilles Tibo’s new picture book seems based on an odd premise: that sometimes kids don’t have enough fun. Nicolas, the hero, finds that whenever he has trouble doing something, a ... Read More »

January 5, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Click!

By Shutta Crum, John Beder, illus.

A mother and her little boy, and a polar bear and cub, have much in common in Shutta Crum’s newest picture book. Click! tells the parallel story of how the offspring of two mother hunters (one ... Read More »

January 5, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Eye of the Wolf

By Troon Harrison

This novel’s futuristic 2055 setting is a world where much of the northern hemisphere including Canada has been devastated by an environmental crisis and lies buried under ice and snow. As a teenager, Chandra’s very ... Read More »

January 5, 2004 | Filed under: Book news

Borealis: A Polar Bear Cub’s First Year

By Rebecca Grambo, Daniel J. Cox, photog.

Borealis, a newborn polar bear cub, snuggles with his Mama inside a cozy den. Months later, they venture outside to hunt for seals on the sea ice. It’s important that they find enough to eat ... Read More »

January 5, 2004 | Filed under: Book news

The Bone Collector’s Son

Teenagers are often embarrassed by their parents, whom they perceive as terminally uncool, but the 14-year-old protagonist of this novel has a legitimate gripe. Bing-wing’s father is not only a gambling addict but a bone ... Read More »

January 5, 2004 | Filed under: Book news

★ The Little Blue House

By Sandra Comino

The Little Blue House opens the door for young people to the wonderful world of magic realist novels. The story centres on Cintia, a bookish adolescent who lives with her physically abusive father and cowed ... Read More »

January 5, 2004 | Filed under: Book news

★ Airborn

By Kenneth Oppel

From the soaring success of his Silverwing trilogy, Ken Oppel takes his readers even higher in the skies. His new novel, Airborn, is an accomplished shift from animal fantasy to an imaginary historical past, one ... Read More »

January 5, 2004 | Filed under: Book news

Oscar: The Life and Music of Oscar Peterson

Toronto musician Reva Marin’s new book on the great Canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson is a well-balanced and fair-minded biography for young people. Marin gives the reader enough background about jazz styles and the elements ... Read More »

January 5, 2004 | Filed under: Events

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