Secrets in Stone: All About Maya Hieroglyphs

By Laurie Coulter, Sarah Jane English, illus.

Looking at Maya hieroglyphics,” this book informs readers, “is like looking at a plate of spaghetti.” How to unlock this ancient code was a mystery that has challenged scientists and others for years. This book ... Read More »

December 10, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

A Pioneer Christmas: Celebrating in the Backwoods in 1841

By Barbara Greenwood, Heather Collins, illus.

A Pioneer Christmas is social studies in an attractive package. As a companion book to Barbara Greenwood’s 1999 A Pioneer Thanksgiving, it follows the same format: narrative interspersed with reference sections. The fiction component relates ... Read More »

December 8, 2003

Ricky Ricotta’s Giant Robot

By Dav Pilkey, Martin Ontiveros, illus.

Captain Underpants is back in award-winning author and illustrator Dav Pilkey’s completely hilarious fourth book in the series. George and Harold, Jerome Horwitz Elementary School’s resident pranksters, have struck again, and this time they’re in ... Read More »

December 3, 2003 | Filed under: Book news

Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants

By Dav Pilkey

December 3, 2003

Growing up Royal

By Jane Billinghurst

Two books this season, both for readers aged eight to 12, explore the lives of young royalty throughout history, illustrating in the process that princes’ and princesses’ lives are not the fairy-tales they may seem. ... Read More »

December 3, 2003

Made in Canada: 101 Amazing Achievements

By Bev Spencer, Bill Dickson, illus.

No one’s trying to hide lights under any bushels where these two titles are concerned. Highly energetic, hard-selling text on the cover (“amazing,” “fascinating,” “astounding” and “WOW”) sets the pace. These books share a mission, ... Read More »

December 1, 2003

Let’s Call It Canada: Amazing Stories of Canadian Place Names

By Susan Hughes, Clive Dobson and Jolie Dobson, illus.

December 1, 2003

Cool Woods: A Trip Around the World’s Boreal Forest

By Jane Drake and Ann Love, Andrew Kiss, illus.

The vast boreal forests – the “lungs of the world” circling the north from Canada and Alaska through Asia, Europe, and Scotland – are crucial to the planet’s health. To look after them, we need ... Read More »

December 1, 2003

Rosie in New York City: Gotcha!

By Carol Matas

Carol Matas, the author of 25 novels for children and young adults, is best known for her historical fiction. Her latest novel, the first in a planned trilogy, is set in 1910, in the tumult ... Read More »

December 1, 2003

★ Tom Finder

By Martine Leavitt

Most fictional characters come fully assembled by the author. For Tom, the 15-year-old hero of Martine Leavitt’s new novel, some assembly is required – by Tom himself. He has landed on the streets of Calgary ... Read More »

December 1, 2003

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