Leon’s Song

By Stephanie Simpson McLellan, Dianna Bonder, illus.

Two fine books from Fitzhenry & Whiteside both star frogs. The title character of Gummy Toes, a grey tree frog, is watching some children play when he sees them exclaiming over a robin, then a ... Read More »

December 13, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

The A to Z of Everyday Things

By Janice Weaver, Francis Blake, illus.

Though it looks like a kids’ book, Janice Weaver’s The A to Z of Everyday Things reads more like an anthology of those adult pop histories that purport to reveal the significance of familiar items ... Read More »

December 13, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Rain Tonight: A Story of Hurricane Hazel

By Steve Pitt, Heather Collins, illus.

The weather forecast on Oct. 15, 1954 said only “rain tonight” (hence the book’s title), but for hundreds of Toronto residents, Hurricane Hazel was a horrific disaster. Born at the height of the storm in ... Read More »

December 13, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Ghost Voyages III: Endeavour and Resolution

By Cora Taylor

In the first two books in Alberta author Cora Taylor’s historical fantasy series Ghost Voyages, Jeremy experienced Canada’s maritime history aboard the Northcote, Nonsuch, Matthew, and Bluenose. In the third, he briefly revisits the Bluenose ... Read More »

December 13, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Mosh Pit

By Kristyn Dunnion

Remember when teen fiction was about unrequited love, troubles at school, and family problems? Mosh Pit covers the territory, but readers are in for quite a ride.Simone (AKA Freaky, because of her six-inch green Mohawk) ... Read More »

December 13, 2004

The 60s: Montreal Thinks Big

By André Lortie, ed.

Every generation comes to love its grandparents’ taste, and the architecture and planning of the mid-20th century is far enough behind us to warrant a new look. Yet while modernism is back in vogue for ... Read More »

December 13, 2004 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

Freewalker

By Dennis Foon

My first impression of Vancouver playwright Dennis Foon’s Freewalker, a sequel to The Dirt Eaters, was that it’s derivative of Philip Pullman’s Dark Materials series. Foon’s mystical “dirt” recalls Pullman’s “dust.” The animal forms that ... Read More »

December 13, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Francesca and the Magic Bike

By Cynthia Nugent

"Hippogriff, don’t fail me now!” is the plea that 10-year-old Francesca (Frankie), on a quest to recover a special ring, makes to her awesome bike. Frankie begins her adventure with frissons of doubt about whether ... Read More »

December 13, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

★ The Pepins and Their Problems

By Polly Horvath, Marylin Hafner, illus.

Polly Horvath has written a delicious and head-spinning turn on the problem novel. “There are always problems in the lives of Mr. and Mrs. Pepin; their children, Petunia and Irving; their dog, Roy; their cat, ... Read More »

December 13, 2004

Great Canadian Speeches

By Dennis Gruending, ed.

Some speeches are great in their own right. Some are made great by circumstances. Both types are well represented in journalist and former member of Parliament Dennis Gruending’s new book. Gruending has collected and edited ... Read More »

December 6, 2004 | Filed under: History

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