★ The Book of Stanley

At the moment, there are a number of popular TV shows (Heroes and Medium among them) that feature protagonists with superhuman abilities while still being more character-driven than the usual superhero fare. These heroes, like ... Read More »

July 9, 2007 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

That Stripy Cat

By Norene Smiley; Tara Anderson, illus.

Written by Halifax author Norene Smiley, That Stripy Cat tells the story of a cat that seems difficult to love but still manages to find a home. At the Hummingbird Animal Shelter, the stripy cat ... Read More »

July 4, 2007 | Filed under: Picture Books

Looking for Loons

By Jennifer Lloyd; Kirsti Anne Wakelin, illus.

In a cottage by a lake, golden sunlight wakes a young boy named Patrick. Carefully reaching for his binoculars, he creeps out of the bedroom, telling his sister Emily he’s off to look for loons. ... Read More »

July 4, 2007 | Filed under: Picture Books

Cinderella

By Michele Marineau; Mylene Pratt, illus.

Does the world need another Cinderella? The tale has been retold for millennia, from China to Hollywood, from the Brothers Grimm to Roald Dahl. Something in the old classic of oppressed heroine and oppressing stepfamily ... Read More »

July 4, 2007 | Filed under: Picture Books

Mr. Gaugin’s Heart

By Marie-Danielle Croteau; Isabelle Arsenault, illus.; Susan Ouriou, trans.

In the whimsical picture-book biography Mr. Gauguin’s Heart, Québécoise writer Marie-Danielle Croteau tells how the young Paul Gauguin discovers painting after his father dies. While the family is travelling to Peru, Mr. Gauguin dies suddenly, ... Read More »

July 4, 2007 | Filed under: Picture Books

Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose: The Story of a Painting

By Hugh Brewster; John Singer Sargent, illus.

Between 1885 and 1887, renowned expat American painter John Singer Sargent crafted his most famous work. Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose, a study of two girls in a garden lighting paper lanterns, is brought to life ... Read More »

July 4, 2007 | Filed under: Picture Books

Honey Cake

By Joan Betty Stuchner; Cynthia Nugent, illus.

How does one stand against tyranny? What’s the true nature of bravery? Big questions for an early-reader chapter book, but Joan Betty Stuchner handles them with grace and honesty. Stuchner’s novel tells the fictional story ... Read More »

July 4, 2007

★ Eye of the Crow: The Boy Sherlock Holmes: His First Case

By Shane Peacock

When 13-year-old Sherlock Holmes meets the eyes of a young Arab butcher’s assistant arrested for supposedly committing a brutal murder in London’s East End, he’s drawn into a web of villainy while simultaneously setting out ... Read More »

July 4, 2007

★ Mistik Lake

By Martha Brooks

Young adult novels often seem under-populated. Like low-budget TV dramas, they feature two or three protagonists, a stripped-down set, empty streets, and a few stock characters in the background to prop up the plot. Many ... Read More »

July 4, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Naturally Wild Musicians: The Wondrous World of Animal Song

By Peter Christie

Who would have thought that female fruit flies could distinguish a male of their own species from other courting males just by the tune he sings? Or that a tree frog in Borneo adjusts the ... Read More »

July 4, 2007

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