Goldstone

Born in Canada to Swedish immigrant parents in the early 20th century, 12-year-old Karin sees herself as a modern Canadian girl. Her father speaks English: why does her mother cling to her language and old-country ... Read More »

March 3, 2004

Hold On, McGinty!

By Nancy Hartry, Don Kilby, illus.

Since the 1940s when Scuffy the Tugboat and the canoe in Paddle-to-the-Sea made their epic journeys down the eastern waterways to the Atlantic, the idea of a little boat crossing the vastness of North America ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Maple Moon

By Connie Brummel Crook, Scott Cameron, illus.

There are many stories of how maple syrup was discovered but none as moving as the fictionalized one told in Maple Moon, where maple syrup is only one of the discoveries made.Crook tells the story ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Jeremiah Learns to Read

By Jo Ellen Bogart, Laura Fernandez and Rick Jacobson, illus.

Jeremiah does not fit the down-and-out image of an illiterate old man. He’s led a particularly successful life on the farm, where he builds split-rail fences, cooks buttermilk pancakes, and grows delicious vegetables. Although he ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Bounce Me, Tickle Me, Hug Me: Lap Rhymes and Play Rhymes From Around the World

“Earkin-Hearkin/ Eyekin-Spykin/ Cheeky-Chucky/ Chin-chin-chin/ And down the hatch!” So goes the translation of a Yiddish rhyme in this delightful collection, which encourages parents and caregivers to interact with babies through songs and rhymes and brings ... Read More »

March 3, 2004

★ Listen to Us: The World’s Working Children

By Jane Springer

Toronto author Jane Springer, who spent a decade working with UNICEF in India, Mozambique, and Nepal, has written a comprehensive, accessible, thoughtful, and direct book that should be in every school and public library in ... Read More »

March 3, 2004

★ Circus

By Linda Granfield

Since 2400 BC, when animal and acrobat acts were first performed, circuses have captivated audiences around the world. In her latest book, Linda Granfield (In Flanders Fields, Amazing Grace) details the circus’s evolution, from its ... Read More »

March 3, 2004

★ The Hollow Tree

By Janet Lunn

Some months ago, writer Janet Lunn published an article about her distress at the trend toward turning Canadian historical sites into tawdry theme parks. In the article, Lunn is modest about her own reputation as ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

★ Hockey the Nhl Way: Goal Scoring

By Sean Rossiter

In a country where the sport of hockey comes pretty close to being the nation’s official religion and our one unifying cultural institution, young fanatics have no end of information sources on their hockey heroes ... Read More »

March 3, 2004