Who Killed Jackie Bates? Murder and Mystery During the Great Depression

At the outset of Who Killed Jackie Bates?, University of Saskatchewan history professor Bill Waiser seems to make it pretty clear that Jackie’s parents, Ted and Rose, murdered their seven-year-old son in cold blood in ... Read More »

December 11, 2008 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent

By Andrew Nikiforuk

For the better part of their history, the Alberta tar sands have been out of sight and out of mind for most Canadians. A thinly populated wilderness and (in the words of one early bitumen ... Read More »

December 11, 2008 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

A Fair Country: Telling Truths About Canada

By John Ralston Saul

The title of John Ralston Saul’s newest book, A Fair Country, sounds like a rejected Liberal Party campaign slogan, but its contents are much more combative, provocative, and stimulating than anything likely to be uttered ... Read More »

December 11, 2008 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

One Peace: True Stories of Young Activists

By Janet Wilson

This collection of poems, stories, and illustrations of young lives caught up in a cycle of poverty, violence, and illiteracy unleashes the voices of those too-often silenced or ignored. Though at times the layout is ... Read More »

December 10, 2008

The Bite of the Mango

By Mariatu Kamara with Susan McClelland

At the age of 12, Sierra Leoneon Mariatu Kamara suffered more trauma than most adults could endure. Shortly after being raped (and impregnated) by a family friend, Kamara was captured by rebels who cut off ... Read More »

December 10, 2008

The Ancient Ocean Blues

By Jack Mitchell

When it comes to reading, kids are like dogs. Try sneaking a pill into the kibble and they will likely sniff it out. Jack Mitchell’s second historical novel, The Ancient Ocean Blues, gives readers many ... Read More »

December 10, 2008

The Shepherd’s Granddaughter

By Anne Laurel Carter

From the age of six, Amani has wanted to follow in her beloved grandfather’s footsteps and become a shepherd. Despite the tradition that only boys tend sheep, she is most at home on the mountains ... Read More »

December 10, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Cleavage: Breakaway Fiction for Real Girls

By Deb Loughead & Jocelyn Shipley, eds.

Cleavage is a collection of short stories about the challenges faced by young girls as they navigate their way through the turbulence of adolescence. There are 15 stories here, some by first-time authors, and for ... Read More »

December 10, 2008

The Octonauts & the Frown Fish

By Meomi

The Octonauts & the Frown Fish is the third installment in a series of picture books created by the Vancouver/L.A.-based design duo Meomi, whose trendy Pokemon-meets-Brueghel-meets-Hello Kitty sensibility has made their commercial work a worldwide ... Read More »

December 10, 2008 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Littlest Sled Dog

By Michael Kusugak; Vladyana Krykorka, illus.

The Littlest Sled Dog is the ninth collaboration between Inuit storyteller Michael Kusugak and Czech-born illustrator Vladyana Krykorka. Like several of their earlier works, this one is set in Kusugak’s hometown of Rankin Inlet. The ... Read More »

December 10, 2008 | Filed under: Picture Books

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