Tarcadia

We know from the beginning that Tarcadia, Jonathan Campbell’s debut novel, is going to end badly, and that’s a good thing. Otherwise when a table improbably collapses under a Christmas feast a few pages into ... Read More »

September 10, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Dawn Watch

By Jean E. Pendziwol, Nicolas Debon

TThis nautical adventure takes place at the proverbial darkest hour – just before dawn – while a young girl is helping her father keep watch as they sail across Lake Superior at night. Looking out ... Read More »

September 10, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Doggie in the Window

By Elaine Arsenault, Fanny, illus.

Making a costume and dressing up can be lots of fun for a young child. In this charming picture book by new Montreal author Elaine Arsenault, however, it’s a young dog who makes the costumes ... Read More »

September 10, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Jabberwocky

By Stephane Jorisch

Picture books are an illustrators’medium, and their artwork plays the greatest part in their success or failure. A weak or mismatched text, however, can topple the work of even the most accomplished illustrators. Wallace Edwards ... Read More »

September 10, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Monkey Business

By Wallace Edwards

Picture books are an illustrators’ medium, and their artwork plays the greatest part in their success or failure. A weak or mismatched text, however, can topple the work of even the most accomplished illustrators. Wallace ... Read More »

September 10, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

The Mob: The Crow Chronicles, Book One

By Clem Martini

At the reunion of the six great clans of the Crow Family Kinaar, Kalum, their official historian and storyteller, chronicles recent tragic events. In true bardic style, Kalum leads his fellow crows through the story ... Read More »

September 10, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Angeline

By Karleen Bradford

Five years after the end of her award-winning Crusades trilogy, Karleen Bradford re-engages the Holy Wars – this time the Children’s Crusade, the last and most tragic of the campaigns. Along with 20,000 other young ... Read More »

September 10, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Heaven Shop

By Deborah Ellis

Life is good for 13-year-old Binti, who’s a prefect at her private girls’ school and has a starring role on Malawi’s most popular radio show. Her worst Life is Life is good for 13-year-old Binti, ... Read More »

September 10, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Snow Amazing: Cool Facts and Warm Tales

By Jane Drake and Ann Love, Mark Thurman, illus.

In the world of snow there are three types: chionophobes (snow avoiders), chionoeuphores (snow endurers), and chionophiles (snow lovers). That’s one of many cool facts to be found in Snow Amazing, the latest collaboration by ... Read More »

September 10, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Great Girls: Profiles of Awesome Canadian Athletes

By Laura Robinson, Maija Robinson

Canadian libraries need more resources that celebrate our stellar athletes. This new book fulfills this need and will inspire youngsters to get in the game. Great Girls profiles 17 Canadian women athletes ranging in age from ... Read More »

September 10, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

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