Lilliput 5357

"Every morning Lilliput 5357 wound up his motor and marched out to play. But then one morning … BIG robots with BAD attitudes showed up.” And we’re off – on a manic, eye-popping adventure by ... Read More »

March 16, 2006 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Red Rock: A Graphic Fable

By Tomio Nitto

Old Beaver and the other animals watch in horror as their tranquil mountain valley is invaded by a greedy developer. The animals try to stop the demolition, building barricades that are swept away by the ... Read More »

March 16, 2006 | Filed under: Picture Books

Tapicero Tap Tap

By Warabé Aska

In Warabé Aska’s lovely new picture book, a young Spanish boy learns that his grandfather still harbours his childhood dreams. With gentle words and evocative illustrations, Aska depicts the life of an elderly furniture maker ... Read More »

March 16, 2006 | Filed under: Picture Books

Stanley’s Wild Ride

By Linda Bailey; Bill Slavin, illus.

Stanley, a lovable galoot of a lab, proves himself a master of mischief and mayhem as he once again breaks the house rules in Linda Bailey’s Stanley’s Wild Ride, the rambunctious sequel to Stanley’s Party. ... Read More »

March 16, 2006 | Filed under: Picture Books

Every Single Night

By Dominique Demers; Nicolas Debon, illus.

Every single night, it happens. Simon lies waiting on his bed for his father to climb the stairs and begin their nighttime ritual. And every night, Simon’s father tucks him in and utters the words ... Read More »

March 16, 2006 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Fragrant Garden

By Day's Lee; Josée Bellemare, illus.

Two new picture books examine Chinese family life from the perspective of girls who outgrow confining roles. Bamboo is a folktale set in south China about a century ago. It follows the travails of Ming, ... Read More »

March 16, 2006 | Filed under: Picture Books

Bamboo

By Paul Yee; Shaoli Wang, illus.

March 16, 2006 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Horrors: Terrifying Tales Book II

By Peter Carver, ed.

Smart horror writers know that when monsters appear, they’ve usually been invited. That is, they turn up when we are already made vulnerable by times of great stress, confusion, guilt, and fear. Since nothing combines ... Read More »

March 14, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

A Race for Real Sailors: The Bluenose and the International Fishermen’s Cup, 1920-1938

By Keith McLaren

Is there anyone in Canada who doesn’t know that the Bluenose schooner is on the back of the Canadian dime? If there is, B.C. author Keith McLaren tells them this fat three or four times ... Read More »

March 6, 2006 | Filed under: History

The Birth House

By Ami McKay

Although she is Knopf’s New Face of Fiction for 2006, Ami McKay springs from a venerable tradition of Maritime storytelling. Her engaging first novel, set in rural Nova Scotia around the time of the First ... Read More »

February 27, 2006 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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