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Carew

J.C. Mills’ new environmental mystery/adventure novel is set in a lush valley in Nepal, where cryptozoologist Sir Jeffrey Parnell and his niece Lucy are on a quest to locate rare animals. They expect to find ... Read More »

January 8, 2007

The 25 Pains of Kennedy Baines

Fifteen-year-old Kennedy Baines is coping with an unresponsive boyfriend, an annoying little sister, friends who think shoplifting is fun, and a liberal mom who may be having an affair. Contemporary life is nothing like her ... Read More »

January 8, 2007

★ Rex Zero and the End of the World

By Tim Wynne-Jones

It’s the summer of 1962, and Rex Zero, nearly 11, is the new kid in Ottawa. Rex wants to figure out how to fit in before school starts – he’s going to have to speak ... Read More »

January 8, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Carl the Christmas Carp

By Ian Krykorka; Vladyana Krykorka, illus.

For another new Orca picture book, Ian Krykorka teams up with his mother, illustrator Vladyana Krykorka, for Carl the Christmas Carp, a reworking of what’s obviously a well-loved and oft-told family anecdote. We’re in the ... Read More »

January 8, 2007 | Filed under: Picture Books

A Sack Full of Feathers

By Debby Waldman; Cindy Revell, illus.

The stories we tell each other are a treasure that goes largely unremarked. Old stories, handed down and polished through generations, and new stories, freshly minted yesterday at Tim Hortons – these form the glue ... Read More »

January 8, 2007 | Filed under: Picture Books

Black-and-White Blanche

By Marj Toews; Dianna Bonder, illus.

Blanche Weatherspoon’s uptight family will only let the unfortunate child wear black and white, like Queen Victoria. After Felicity, a flower-seller, gives Blanche a pink dress that her family promptly throws in the trash, the ... Read More »

January 8, 2007 | Filed under: Picture Books

When-I-was-a-little-girl

By Rachna Gilmore; Renné Benoit, illus.

Family relationships are commonly the subject of the endearing picture books of Governor General’s Award-winning author Rachna Gilmore, and this book (with updated text and new illustrations) deals with the need for different generations to ... Read More »

January 8, 2007 | Filed under: Picture Books

This is Daniel Cook on a Plane

By Yvette Ghione

Children’s TV shows do not always translate well to print. Happily, the four books published under the Daniel Cook rubric have not only managed to survive the transition, they show a marked improvement upon the ... Read More »

January 8, 2007 | Filed under: Picture Books

This is Daniel Cook on a Hike

By Yvette Ghione

Children’s TV shows do not always translate well to print. Happily, the four books published under the Daniel Cook rubric have not only managed to survive the transition, they show a marked improvement upon the ... Read More »

January 8, 2007 | Filed under: Picture Books

This is Daniel Cook at the Farm

By Yvette Ghione

Children’s TV shows do not always translate well to print. Happily, the four books published under the Daniel Cook rubric have not only managed to survive the transition, they show a marked improvement upon the ... Read More »

January 8, 2007 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

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