Ignorant Armies: Sliding into War in Iraq

As I sit writing this review, the U.S. and some of its allies are going to war against Iraq. Journalist Gwynne Dyer predicted this turn of events in his new book, Ignorant Armies. His intention ... Read More »

November 25, 2003 | Filed under: History

Reservoir of Ancestors

By Keith Garebian

On the night I should have started reading Keith Garebian’s first collection of poetry, Reservoir of Ancestors, I instead went to see Ararat, the film by Atom Egoyan about the Armenian genocide in Turkey (1915-1917). ... Read More »

November 25, 2003 | Filed under: Poetry

Sahara: A Natural History

By Marq de Villiers and Sheila Hirtle

It is true, the authors of this fascinating book tell us, that the Sahara Desert is “The Great Nothing, the Endless Emptiness,” where nomads wander for days and days under a pitiless sun, over valleys ... Read More »

November 25, 2003 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Marigold’s Wings

By Vlasta van Kampen

Vlasta van Kampen’s latest picture book recounts the adventures of a monarch butterfly as she embarks on her species’ annual migration to Mexico. For all her caterpillar life, Marigold has listened with impatient longing to ... Read More »

November 25, 2003 | Filed under: Picture Books

Waiting for Pelly

By David Glaze

David Glaze’s Waiting for Pelly features a girl who spends the spring and summer in Saskatoon hoping to reunite with a special pelican. Building on its predecessor, Pelly, in which protagonist Sandra befriends and communicates ... Read More »

November 25, 2003

Muinji’j Becomes a Man

By Saqamaw Mi’sel Joe, Clara Dunn, illus.

A trip for supplies becomes an unexpected challenge of strength and courage in this novel for middle readers. This simple and gentle story by first-time author Mi’sel Joe, chief of the only recognized band reserve ... Read More »

November 25, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Who Owns Kelly Paddik?

By Beth Goobie

Who Owns Kelly Paddik? is Saskatoon author Beth Goobie’s third contribution to the Orca Soundings teen fiction series. Aimed at reluctant readers, the series offers four new books this season, all graded according to reading ... Read More »

November 25, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

All the Way to Mexico

By Norma Charles

Jacob Armstrong, 12, is en route to Mexico with his brand-new stepbrothers, Barney and Sam, his older sister, Minerva, and his honeymooning mom, Rosalina, and her day-old husband, Fred Finkle. Jacob is willing to put ... Read More »

November 25, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Tapestry of Hope: Holocaust Writing for Young People

By Lillian Boraks-Nemetz and Irene N. Watts, eds.

Few young people today have living family who endured the Holocaust. For most kids, as one poet in this collection points out, the events of StarTrek have more immediacy. Tapestry of Hope reflects an urgently ... Read More »

November 25, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Dare to Be Different

By Quincy Mack with Robyn Burnett

Quincy Mack is a professional basketball trickster from Brantford, Ontario, who uses more than 100 Harlem Globetrotters-style tricks to grab kids’ attention so they’ll listen to his inspirational lectures. Part memoir/part Chicken Soup for the ... Read More »

November 25, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

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