My Union, My Life

While Canadians have decidedly divided views on the benefits of organized labour, there’s no doubt that the paucity of books on the movement’s struggles makes it easy to forget that paid maternity leave and work-free ... Read More »

May 17, 2005 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Canada and the Liberation of The Netherlands, May 1945

By Lance Goddard

Much is made of the special and enduring friendship between the Dutch and Canadians that began with the triumphant arrival of liberation forces in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands in May 1945. The arrival of Canadian soldiers ... Read More »

May 16, 2005 | Filed under: History

Owls

By Wayne Lynch, Sherry Neidigh, illus.

The newest additions to NorthWord Press’s Our Wild World series – now topping 30 titles, ranging from alligators to wolves – focus on three well-known birds of prey. For this group of titles, Calgary author ... Read More »

May 11, 2005

Falcons

By Wayne Lynch, Sherry Neidigh, illus.

May 11, 2005

The Big Night Out

By Jeanne Beker, Nathalie Dion, illus.

Girls taking their first tentative steps into the world of fashion will get sound advice from this book about dressing up for special occasions. Author Jeanne Beker, star of Fashion Television, says that in this ... Read More »

May 11, 2005

The Book of Living and Dying

By Natale Ghent

Since the death of her older brother John, Sarah Wagner has totally lost interest in life. She enters senior year bored with school politics, dating, and her usual girlfriends. Only her friend Donna, a self-proclaimed ... Read More »

May 11, 2005

The Prairie Dogs

By Glenda Goertzen, Philippe Béha, illus.

Prince Pierrot Rudolphe IV L’Orgueil De Montreal, or “Pierre” for short, is a coddled show dog accidentally left behind by his owners at a gas station parking lot in a small Prairie town. Accustomed to ... Read More »

May 11, 2005

Somebody Else’s Summer

By Jeean Little

On a flight from Vancouver to Toronto, 10-year-olds Alexis and Samantha meet and cook up a plan far beyond either of their wildest dreams. Due to extenuating family circumstances, both girls are being shipped off ... Read More »

May 11, 2005

A Brazilian Alphabet for the Younger Reader

By P.K. Page; P.K. Page

A seven-year-old of my aquaintance once passed the hours of a long car trip by inventing her own language. The language was based on the ingenious idea of using ordinary English words to mean something ... Read More »

May 11, 2005 | Filed under: Picture Books

Roger Gets Carried Away

By Barbara Todd, Rogé, illus.

When it comes to Roger’s imagination, the sky’s the limit – or nearly so, since, as the heroic Captain Kaboodle, he can reach outer space. But when Roger gets his first pair of eyeglasses – ... Read More »

May 11, 2005 | Filed under: Picture Books

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