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Seal Song

By Andrea Spalding, Pascal Milelli, illus.

After spending the day fishing with his father at the cannery wharf, Finn likes to escape to a secret cove to go swimming with the seals. When he discovers a young seal trapped in a ... Read More »

November 15, 2011 | Filed under: Picture Books

Ankylosaur Attack

By Daniel Loxton; Daniel Loxton and Jim W.W. Smith, illus.

Dinosaur books usually default to the tooth-and-claw scenario we’ve been visualizing for these terrible lizards for over a century. Dinosaur-on-dinosaur violence underpinned the very first stop-motion films made about them and, even today, no dino ... Read More »

November 15, 2011 | Filed under: Picture Books

Juba This, Juba That

By Helaine Becker, Ron Lightburn, illus.

Toronto author Helaine Becker draws on catchy Nigerian “juba” rhythms for her latest picture book. The varied rhymes and hand-clapping games were brought to North America by West African slaves, who transformed them into work ... Read More »

November 15, 2011 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Dogs Don’t Eat Jam and Other Things Big Kids Know

By Sarah Tsiang; Qin Leng, illus.

Author Sarah Tsiang and illustrator Qin Leng return with a charming picture book every bit as delightful as their well-received 2010 release, A Flock of Shoes. Their new work is a nostalgic reflection on growing ... Read More »

November 15, 2011 | Filed under: Picture Books

Wandering Wenda and Widow Wallop’s Wunderground Washery

By Margaret Atwood; DuŠan Petricic, illus.

Whenever new work appears from Margaret Atwood, we wonder what award it will win. Wandering Wenda, her newest book for children, wanders the well-worn pathway winding through her other tales for wee ones, which are ... Read More »

November 15, 2011 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Picture a Tree

By Barbara Reid

Virtuoso Plasticine artist Barbara Reid has created another extraordinary book to delight readers of every age. The variety of shapes and textures she creates by pressing the brightly coloured clay onto her illustration board and ... Read More »

November 15, 2011 | Filed under: Picture Books

Apologetic for Joy

By Jessica Hiemstra-Van Der Horst

Jessica Hiemstra-Van Der Horst’s first full-length book of poetry incorporates two previously published chapbooks alongside new material. The book explores the nature of artistic creation; thematically, it elevates the visual, sensory, tactile world. Whether focusing ... Read More »

November 15, 2011 | Filed under: Poetry

Gift Horse

By Mark Callanan

Mark Callanan’s second collection of poetry opens with an examination of life after near-death, an experience the poet knows first-hand. The book was written after a “near-fatal medical emergency,” and many of the early poems ... Read More »

November 15, 2011 | Filed under: Poetry

Seeing Red: A History of Natives in Canadian Newspapers

By Mark Cronlund Anderson and Carmen L. Robertson

There is no denying that the new book by University of Regina professors Mark Cronlund Anderson and Carmen L. Robertson is a valuable and valiant effort. Addressing the way Canada’s native population has historically been ... Read More »

November 15, 2011 | Filed under: Native Peoples

Everyday Exotic, the Cookbook: It’s About Flavour

By Roger Mooking

Born in Trinidad, Roger Mooking grew up in Edmonton and now lives in Toronto. The title of his first cookbook, Everyday Exotic, refers to his bifocal perspective on food in Canada. As explained in the ... Read More »

November 15, 2011 | Filed under: Food & Drink

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