The Freak

Jade, 15, living in Winnipeg, recovers from a life-threatening attack of meningitis to discover that she is changed. She now has flash visions of the future, can read people’s thoughts, and has the ability to ... Read More »

March 9, 2004

Cameron and Me

By Dorothy Joan Harris, Marilyn Mets, illus.

This is a tale of usurpation and intrigue of the domestic variety, narrated in the present tense by the preschool-aged Zachary. His first-person account of how he deals with sibling rivalry is mildly entertaining and ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Long Wait

By Budge Wilson, Eugenie Fernandes, illus.

The Long Wait is a heartwarming picture book based on a true story. Ten- year-old Deirdre was a black cat that belonged to the author and her family. Every year the Wilson family travelled from ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Pocketful of Stars: Rhymes, Chants and Lap Games

By Felicity Williams, Michael Martchenko, illus.

This collection of rhymes and games is designed to help parents interact with their babies in fun and playful ways. The book includes both entirely new rhymes and new versions of old favourites like “This ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

★ Muddle Cuddle

By Laurel Dee Gugler, Vlasta van Kampen, illus.

Muddle Cuddle, a rhyming, rollicking tale of a daddy’s lap and the various creatures who pile into it, is pure fun for the two-to-six age group and adults who read to them. It all begins ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Farmer Joe Baby-sits

By Nancy Wilcox Richards, Werner Zimmermann, illus.

Farmer Joe is a warm-hearted, simple soul, a lovable schlemiel who gets by with a little help from his animal friends and a very competent wife. The whole crew first appeared in Farmer Joe’s Hot ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

Apparatus

By Don McKay

I am reading this book, Land to Light On, this collection of poetry, this history, this anger, this celebration. Or am I? I have the impression that I am not reading. I am listening. Is ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

Land to Light on

By Dionne Brand

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

Two by George: Consecrated Ground and Gideon’s Blues

By George Elroy Boyd

In George Elroy Boyd’s Gideon’s Blues, Momma-Lou remembers how her husband, Poppy, used to say that this was “one nigger-hatin’ town.” I hazard a guess that it might be comforting for some Canadians’ self-image if ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs

High Life

By Lee Macdougall

Neither Andrew Moodie, author of Riot, nor Lee Macdougall, who wrote High Life, had plays produced before writing these. Both men were, and are, actors who decided they wanted to write. Many people involved in ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

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