★ Eating Dirt: Deep Forests, Big Timber, and Life with the Tree-Planting Tribe

Start with a winter in the mountains of temperate Vancouver Island, then add a troop of tree planters, about to begin their annual cycle once more. Then add Charlotte Gill. After 20 years on the ... Read More »

September 20, 2011 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Why Not? Fifteen Reasons to Live

By Ray Robertson

Toronto author Ray Robertson’s Why Not? Fifteen Reasons to Live is equal parts intimate autobiography, philosophical treatise, and cri de coeur regarding the sorry state of Canadian culture. Peppered liberally with quotations from the poets, ... Read More »

September 19, 2011 | Filed under: Criticism & Essays

To Hope and Back: The Journey of the St. Louis

By Kathy Kacer

The Holocaust is not an easy subject to discuss with children – how do you convey the horror without overwhelming them? In To Hope and Back, former psychologist Kathy Kacer introduces the topic to young ... Read More »

September 14, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Biomimicry: Inventions Inspired by Nature

By Dora Lee; Margot Thompson, illus.

Biomimicry is packed with the natural world’s inherent innovations and solutions to problems. Vancouver writer Dora Lee has pulled together dozens of examples of the ways science follows nature’s lead, from wild prairies acting as ... Read More »

September 14, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Wayne Lynch’s Canadian Rockies Wildlife for Kids

By Wayne Lynch

Renowned Canadian wildlife photo-grapher and author Wayne Lynch has produced another winning reference for middle-grade readers. Wayne Lynch’s Canadian Rockies Wildlife for Kids is fabulous to look at. Lynch’s photos take up the majority of ... Read More »

September 14, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

My Stretchy Body

By Liza Fromer and Francine Gerstein; Joe Weissmann, illus.

Childhood is about looking for answers to the kinds of perplexing questions that arise with each day and new experience, and the biggest question marks get planted all over that item kids carry around with ... Read More »

September 14, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

My Noisy Body

By Liza Fromer and Francine Gerstein; Joe Weissmann, illus.

September 14, 2011

My Messy Body

By Liza Fromer and Francine Gerstein; Joe Weissmann, illus.

September 14, 2011

My Achy Body

By Liza Fromer and Francine Gerstein; Joe Weissmann, illus.

September 14, 2011

Money Boy

By Paul Yee

Saskatchewan-born author Paul Yee is known for his award-winning tales of Chinese-Canadians. In his latest effort, 18-year-old Ray Liu has a lot on his plate: an uphill battle to improve his English; a hot-tempered and ... Read More »

September 14, 2011

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