Carnal Knowledge: A Navel Gazer’s Dictionary of Anatomy, Etymology, and Trivia

Though these two engaging new word books should set logophiles atwitter, their broad appeal and lack of pretension make them attractive to a far broader audience as well. In Can I Have a Word with ... Read More »

January 18, 2008 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Can I Have a Word With You?

By Howard Richler

January 18, 2008 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

All-Star Sports Puzzles: Hockey

By Jesse Ross

As any hockey fan knows, the game doesn’t end on the ice. Statistics, details, weird stories, and generally obscure trivia constitute a large part of any fan’s arsenal. Knowing which NHL player has won the ... Read More »

January 16, 2008

Faceoff! Hockey Games, Facts and Fun

By Jeff Sinclair

January 16, 2008

How Soccer Works

By Keltie Thomas

After tackling hockey, baseball, and basketball, Toronto author Keltie Thomas now turns to the world’s most popular game. As with the other titles in the How Sports Work series, this is not just another sports ... Read More »

January 16, 2008

Footwork: The Story of Fred and Adele Astaire

By Roxane Orgill; Stéphane Jorisch, illus.

Before Fred and Ginger, there was Fred and his sister Adele. From the respective ages of five and seven, the young Astaires danced together for more than 20 years. Orgill and Jorisch tell the true ... Read More »

January 16, 2008 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Twilight Box: Tales of Terre II

By Troon Harrison

In this post-Harry Potter era, fantasy novel series that might pick up some of Rowling’s readers are understandably a popular publishing trend. In The Twilight Box, prolific Ontario author Troon Harrison revisits the world and ... Read More »

January 16, 2008

Down at the Sea Hotel

By Greg Brown; Mireille Levert, illus.

A dot-eyed pig in red tartan Bermuda shorts and suspenders is our guide through the surreal world of Down at the Sea Hotel, a song by Greg Brown that has morphed into a picture book ... Read More »

January 16, 2008 | Filed under: Picture Books

Scholastic Canada Book of Hockey Lists

By Paul Romanuk

January 15, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Maggie and the Chocolate War

By Michelle Mulder

Children’s lit has long looked to chocolate for great drama. In The Chocolate Touch (1984), Patrick Catling explores the pros and cons of turning everything into candy. Alex Shearer’s witty Bootleg (2003) has youths profiting ... Read More »

January 15, 2008

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