Wacky Canada

Just in time for summer come several inexpensive non-fiction books about Canada to accompany families on cross-country journeys or to help while away rainy afternoons, all aimed at seven- to 12-year-olds. Where once there was ... Read More »

July 8, 2005

Sun and Storms: Canadian Summer Weather

By Nicole Mortillaro

Although it fails to address the fundamental weather-related question of most children – why is the sky blue? – Sun and Storms, a new book from Nicole Mortillaro, is a thorough, solid introduction to weather ... Read More »

July 8, 2005

Juice

By Eric Walters

Prolific Ontario author Eric Walters’ third contribution to the Orca Soundings series for reluctant readers, Juice balances a low reading level (Grade 2) with high interest and teen subject matter. However, there is a cost. ... Read More »

July 8, 2005

The Cure for Crushes

By Karen Rivers

The sequel to The Healing Time of Hickeys chronicles the misadventures of 16-year-old Haley Harmony in Bridget Jones-style diary form. Haley is now in the second term of her senior high school year, which, like ... Read More »

July 8, 2005

Introducing Vivien Leigh Reid: Daughter of the Diva

By Yvonne Collins and Sandy Rideout

Introducing Vivien Leigh Reid, a comic chick-lit-style teen novel, is the third book written collaboratively by Toronto authors Yvonne Collins and Sandy Rideout. Living with her father in Seattle, 15-year-old Leigh is sent kicking and ... Read More »

July 8, 2005

★ Far Traveler

By Rebecca Tingle

At 16, Ælfwyn is the sheltered, educated, only daughter of Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians. When her mother dies suddenly, her uncle, King Edward, needs to be sure of Mercia’s loyalty. But can his niece ... Read More »

July 8, 2005

The Girls They Left Behind

By Bernice Thurman Hunter

Bernice Thurman Hunter, who died in May 2002, was Toronto’s L.M. Montgomery. More than any other children’s author who used Toronto as a setting, Thurman Hunter sang the city into vivid life on the page. ... Read More »

July 7, 2005 | Filed under: Book news

Carmen

By Carole Frechette; Susan Ouriou, trans.

Fourteen-year-old Carmen feels sure she’s never going to live up to her namesake, the heroine of Bizet’s famous opera. She’s not popular; the new boy at school looks right through her as if she were ... Read More »

July 7, 2005

Me and My Sister

By Ruth Ohi

Now writing as well as illustrating, the prolific and award-winning Ruth Ohi presents a new picture book exploring the relationship between two young sisters. Inspired by Ohi’s own daughters, the two girls (who appear to ... Read More »

July 7, 2005 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Sandcastle Contest

By Robert Munsch; Michael Martchenko, illus.

A new story by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Michael Martchenko – knowing that, what more do you need? However: in The Sandcastle Contest, a happy-looking family stacks their trailer high with boats and barbecues and ... Read More »

July 7, 2005 | Filed under: Picture Books

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