Iterations

A caveat to start: this new collection of short stories from Toronto writer Robert J. Sawyer isn’t new. Rather, it’s a reprint of a 2002 Quarry Press edition, published here under Sawyer’s own imprint with ... Read More »

March 24, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Bannock, Beans and Black Tea

By J.H. Gallant, Seth, illus.

Maybe it’s the alliteration in the title that makes the trio of foods sound strangely appetizing upon first glance, or maybe it’s that I didn’t have to eat them morning after morning. But 86-year-old John ... Read More »

March 24, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

★ Galveston

By Paul Quarrington

Paul Quarrington’s lovely and amazing ninth novel is about a motley group of hurricane chasers who encounter the Force Five disturbance of their dreams. In that sense, this novel is the tale of an oddball ... Read More »

March 24, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

My Dad Never Had a Paper Route

By Julie Graham and Jim Graham, Beverley Boomer, illus.

My Dad Never Had a Paper Route is intended to serve as a helpful guide for prospective newspaper carriers. The ins and outs of having a paper route are described by a young carrier as ... Read More »

March 19, 2004

Sing, Like a Hermit Thrush

By Richard G. Green

Sing, Like A Hermit Thrush has an undeniable air of authenticity. It was written by a native Canadian, contains Mohawk words and phrases, is published by a native-owned press, and has even been registered as ... Read More »

March 19, 2004

Starshine on Television

By Ellen Schwartz

Starshine on Television is the latest book in the growing series featuring Starshine Shapiro, a teenaged girl who loves spiders. Although Starshine is excited to be participating in an international science contest to develop an ... Read More »

March 19, 2004

The Earth

By Cynthia Pratt Nicolson, Bill Slavin, illus.

Cynthia Pratt Nicolson cleverly begins The Earth by urging children to write their cosmic address on a post card, affirming their place in the universe. The book offers a range of information about the solar ... Read More »

March 19, 2004

Buffalo Sunrise: The Story of a North American Giant

By Diane Swanson

The title is a bit of a mystery, considering that Diane Swanson’s text describes the decline of the buffalo from a time when there were millions, to the bleak years early in this century when ... Read More »

March 19, 2004

On Board the Titanic

By Shelley Tanaka, Ken Marshall, illus.

Hubris – the ship that could not sink. Gallantry – women and children first. Social history – the end of an era. Sentimentality – “Abide With Me.” The story of the Titanic disaster has something ... Read More »

March 19, 2004

★ Cybersurfer: The Owl Internet Guide for Kids

By Nyla Ahmad

Owl has wiped the competitors off the map with an attractive, accessible, and inexpensive guide to the Internet for both “newbies” (neophytes) and veterans of cyberspace – including kids, teens, parents, and teachers. The most ... Read More »

March 19, 2004

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