Snakes and Lizards

By Dennis Bockus, Julian Mulock, illus., Simon Bell, photog.,

Both children and adults will find Snakes and Lizards a book with lots of eye appeal. The laminated pages are attractively designed with text presented in relatively short paragraphs on pastel backgrounds. In addition, colour ... Read More »

March 7, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Amazing Grace: The Story of the Hymn

By Linda Granfield, Janet Wilson, illus.

Linda Granfield’s latest non-fiction work is modestly titled: it is far more than the story of the hymn. It is an encapsulated history for young readers about the second half of the 18th century, focusing ... Read More »

March 7, 2004

A Blue True Dream of Sky

By Meredy Maynard

It takes an intrepid juvenile writer to tackle the theme of logging these days. Not only do the polarized questions of forestry seem to attract idea-squelchers and book-suppressors of all stripes but even at the ... Read More »

March 7, 2004

Jess and the Runaway Grandpa

By Mary Woodbury

Mary Woodbury’s latest novel for young adults offers a compelling mix of adventure, suspense, and psychological realism. The main plot centres around 12-year-old Jess and her elderly neighbour Ernie, the runaway grandpa of the book’s ... Read More »

March 7, 2004

The Belonging Place

By Jean Little

Once again, Jean Little, author of more than 20 books for children, has reached into the rich vein of her personal and incidental history for a tale of an orphan’s search for a place to ... Read More »

March 7, 2004

Free Reign

By Rosemary Aubert

The premise of Free Reign is promising. Ellis Portal, a former judge, is one of Toronto’s homeless, living in the bush lining the city’s Don River Valley. One day, he finds a man’s amputated hand, ... Read More »

March 7, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Couchwarmer: A Laundromat Adventure

By Greg Kramer

Couchwarmer, the second novel by Toronto writer Greg Kramer, builds on many of the obsessions of its predecessor, The Pursemonger of Fugu: A Bathroom Mystery. Like Fugu, this novel gleefully scratches at the underbelly of ... Read More »

March 7, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Buying on Time

By Antanas Sileika

Buying On Time is a moving and entertaining collection of short stories about a Lithuanian-Canadian family set in the Toronto suburb of Weston. Ordered chronologically from 1953 to 1981, the collection has the unified feel ... Read More »

March 7, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Homer in Flight

By Rabindranath Maharaj

When prospective Canadians check the rhetoric of travel brochures against the country they encounter on arrival, the art that results can sting. For minority authors, this work is crucial to community and personal identity in ... Read More »

March 7, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Two-headed Calf

By Sandra Birdsell

In The Two-Headed Calf, Sandra Birdsell’s first collection of stories in 12 years, the Manitoban writer explores the strangeness lurking in Winnipeg’s tidy streets. Here, parents and children, lovers, and friends live in conflict, sometimes ... Read More »

March 7, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

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