Abby’s Birds

By Ellen Schwartz; Sima Elizabeth Shefrin, illus.

Picture book illustration can, at its finest, transport you right into the heart of a story’s emotion and momentum. How anyone can achieve that transmogrification with the lumpish medium of Plasticine is an artistic mystery. ... Read More »

January 9, 2007 | Filed under: Picture Books

Hockey Trivia for Kids

By Eric Zweig

These two new books are both about pro hockey, both are for young readers in primary to middle grades, both are also available in French, and both will have wide appeal for their intended readers. ... Read More »

January 9, 2007

Creatures Great and Small

By Karen Patkau

Creatures Great and Small is a book that uses every possible surface to inform and impress the reader. The text presents interesting facts about some of the world’s largest and smallest animals, while the book’s ... Read More »

January 9, 2007

June Callwood: A Life of Action

By Anne Dublin

June Callwood: A Life of Action is straight-ahead juvenile biography. The bland writing, though initially off-putting, is redeemed by rich detail and insight into the life of this brilliant Toronto activist and writer. Toronto teacher-librarian ... Read More »

January 9, 2007

Being a Girl: Navigating the Ups and Downs of Teen Life

By Kim Cattrall, with Amy Briamonte; Martha Richler, illus.

I was all set to hate Kim Cattrall’s book Being a Girl. The little I’d seen of her hit TV show Sex and the City left me disgusted, and the fact that Cattrall’s photographs are ... Read More »

January 9, 2007

Refugee Child

By Bobbie Kalman; Barbara Bedell, illus.

In 1956, Bobbie Kalman was nine and living in Mosonmagyaróvár, Hungary, a town made infamous when the state police opened fire on unarmed protestors during the Hungarian Revolution. Kalman records her memories of that day ... Read More »

January 8, 2007

Fire! The Renewal of a Forest

By Celia Godkin

It may seem paradoxical to call a book about forest fires gentle, but that’s exactly what Fire! is. Written in simple, short, descriptive sentences, Celia Godkin’s prose sounds like poetry. Page spreads that show fire ... Read More »

January 8, 2007

Secret Agent Y.O.U.: The Official Guide to Secret Codes, Disguises, Surveillance, and More!

By Helaine Becker; Dave Whamond, illus.

If you’ve been paying attention to films aimed at children during the last decade or so, you’ll know the kid-as-secret-agent genre is popular, as evidenced by such movies as Spy Kids and Agent Cody Banks. ... Read More »

January 8, 2007

Well-Schooled Fish and Feathered Bandits: The Wondrous Ways Animals Learn from Animals

By Peter Christie

Well-Schooled Fish and Feathered Bandits is a good starting point, both for science writer Peter Christie (it’s his first book) and for young people beginning to look at the extraordinary world of animal learning and ... Read More »

January 8, 2007

Backyard Circus

By Jill Bryant; Stephen MacEachern, illus.

Toronto writer Jill Bryant – who now lives in England – has written a dynamic guide to creating a circus in your backyard. In humorous prose, she teaches kids to clown, juggle, tumble, mime, and ... Read More »

January 8, 2007

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