X in Flight

X in Flight, the first book in a planned trilogy from Karen Rivers, shifts between the perspectives of its central characters: Xenos (X for short); Cat, his edgy, rebellious girlfriend; and Ruby, a girl tormented ... Read More »

November 7, 2007

Yum! Yum!! Delicious Nursery Rhymes

By Joanne Fitzgerald

Joanne Fitzgerald illustrated the GG-winning Doctor Kiss Says Yes, and The Little Rooster and the Diamond Button, winner of a Mr. Christie’s Book Award. In Yum! Yum!!, she creates a tasty marriage of ingeniously presented ... Read More »

November 7, 2007 | Filed under: Picture Books

Mechanimals

By Chris Tougas

$&Baby chicks that help with heavy lifting and steel-wool-coated sheep that can buff metal are just two of the remarkable inventions of the enterprising and mechanically minded farmer in Chris Tougas’s funny new picture book. $& ... Read More »

November 7, 2007 | Filed under: Picture Books

Clancy with the Puck

By Chris Mizzoni

As anyone who has followed the sport knows, hockey demands of its players a certain humility. Celebrating an easy goal too ostentatiously is a no-no, as is taking too much credit for your team’s success. ... Read More »

November 7, 2007 | Filed under: Picture Books

Making Grizzle Grow

By Rachna Gilmore; Leslie Elizabeth Watts, illus.

Rachna Gilmore’s picture books tend toward sweet endings, but those involving family conflict, such as the GG winner A Screaming Kind of Day and the early My Mother Is Weird, also carry a satisfying bite. ... Read More »

November 7, 2007 | Filed under: Picture Books

Breakout Dinosaurs: Canada’s Coolest and Scariest Ancient Creatures Return!

By Hugh Brewster

Kids’ books about dinosaurs roam the Earth in much higher numbers these days than their flesh-ripping, plant-stripping subjects ever did. Though advances in the field of paleontology are always being made, when it comes to ... Read More »

November 7, 2007

Silent in an Evil Time: The Brave War of Edith Cavell

By Jack Batten

Every few years, a new Cavell-for-kids biography appears, and this offering by Jack Batten is a welcome update to the collection. Targeting many of the discrepancies and myths found in previous books, Batten aims for ... Read More »

November 7, 2007

The Art of the Possible: A Handbook for Political Activism

By Amanda Sussman

The title, as well as the content, of Amanda Sussman’s guide to lobbying the federal government neatly demonstrates just how far we’ve come since the heady days of the 1960s, when “Be Realistic, Demand the ... Read More »

November 6, 2007 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Canadian Copyright: A Citizen’s Guide

By Laura Murray, Sam Trosow

Canadian Copyright is a timely but risky book. Its arrival falls smack between the Liberals’ failed attempt to revamp Canadian copyright law and the rumblings of an imminent Conservative foray into the same territory. If ... Read More »

November 6, 2007 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

My Mother’s Daughter

By Rona Maynard

Rona Maynard has deep roots in the worlds of art and storytelling. She was the editor of Chatelaine for 10 years. Before that, she worked at Maclean’s under Peter C. Newman. Her mother, Fredelle Maynard, ... Read More »

November 6, 2007 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

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