The Great Race: The Amazing Round-the-World Auto Race of 1908

In February 1908, six automobiles from four different countries set off from New York City, travelling west, to see who could reach Paris first. The machines were unreliable, the roads non-existent, and the driving teams ... Read More »

July 4, 2008

Art’s Supplies

By Chris Tougas

In last year’s Mechanimals, author/illustrator Chris Tougas married an original idea – a farmer who has lost his animals creates delightful new mechanical ones – to charmingly offbeat illustrations. With Art’s Supplies, he tells a ... Read More »

July 2, 2008 | Filed under: Picture Books

Yellow Blues

By Sean L. Moore

The young protagonist in Vancouver author/illustrator Sean L. Moore’s latest rhyming picture book has a footwear obsession: Jane yearns for yellow boots. She drops subtle clues for her clueless parents by drawing pictures of bananas ... Read More »

July 2, 2008 | Filed under: Picture Books

Emily Carr’s Attic

By Diane Carmel Léger; Michael Léger, illus.

All her life, Canadian artist and author Emily Carr retained a strong sense of connection with her own childhood, and there are many elements in her life story of interest to young people. In this ... Read More »

July 2, 2008 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Terrible Horrible Smelly Pirate

By Carrie Muller and Jacqueline Halsey; Eric Orchard, illus.

A pirate sailing in the foggy waters of Halifax Harbour is so stinky that his only friend is Polly, a cracker-obsessed parrot with no sense of smell. A chance encounter with a clever mermaid who ... Read More »

June 27, 2008 | Filed under: Picture Books

Royal Murder: The Deadly Intrigue of Ten Sovereigns

By Elizabeth MacLeod

Toronto author Elizabeth MacLeod, a prolific writer of non-fiction for children, knows how to make history exciting for young readers. The title combines two words with instant appeal; scrawled in blood red on the cover, ... Read More »

June 26, 2008

Science on the Loose

By Helaine Becker; Claudia Dávila, illus.

Torontonians Helaine Becker and Claudia Dávila, who worked together on the fun and useful how-to manual Like a Pro, have teamed up again for Science on the Loose. This book is brimming with fascinating facts ... Read More »

June 26, 2008

Forestry A-Z

By Kathleen Cook Waldron and Ann Walsh; Bob Warick, photog.

Veteran B.C. authors Ann Walsh and Kathleen Cook Waldron, both long-time residents of lumber-based communities, present an alphabetical collection of forestry facts providing insight into this vital industry. Every letter is given a full page, ... Read More »

June 26, 2008

Afrika

By Colleen Craig

Kim, 13, has very mixed feelings about spending the summer in South Africa. She is excited to be visiting her mother’s homeland (which her mother, a journalist, left for Canada just before Kim’s birth) and ... Read More »

June 25, 2008

One for Sorrow

By Mary C. Sheppard

Mary Sheppard’s second novel in the continuing series Tales from Cook’s Cove tells the story of Issy Heffernan, a young girl in outport Newfoundland in the early 1970s. Issy feels awkward and isolated, in part ... Read More »

June 25, 2008

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