In her first novel, Karen Bass tells the story of a Canadian teen coming to terms with his grandfather’s history. Kurt Schreiber, a Canadian exchange student, spends a year in the town in Germany where ... Read More »
July 4, 2008
The title of Ottawa teacher Kevin Bolger’s first novel says it all, placing the book firmly in the “disgusting bodily functions” genre. I suspect that the marketing money spent on the book – including, intriguingly, ... Read More »
July 4, 2008
In Love Every Leaf, Kathy Stinson explores the life and career of landscape architect Cornelia Hahn Oberlander, a woman who has both literally and figuratively broken ground in her field. In a career spanning six ... Read More »
July 4, 2008 | Filed under: Book news
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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