This is the third installment in the life and times of Harper Winslow, first-person narrator of The Tuesday Café and A Fly Named Alfred. Harper, now 16, is still a loner with a sarcastic edge ... Read More »
March 1, 2004
The Diamondback Dog is the second foray into young adult fiction for George Bowering, a two-time Governor General’s Award-winning poet, and critic, historian, and baseball fan. In it, the eccentric foursome from his first YA ... Read More »
March 1, 2004
Girls in the 1990s are uninterested in family memorabilia, religious heritage, and events that happened over half a century ago to people they’ve never met. So Anya finds being Jewish at Christmas a big pain: ... Read More »
March 1, 2004
Bat Summer, the winner of Groundwood Books’ 20th Anniversary First Novel for Children Contest, introduces a gritty new voice to Canadian children’s literature. In her children’s novel debut, author Sarah Withrow presents an imaginatively tough ... Read More »
March 1, 2004
In the first book in Julie Lawson’s Goldstone trilogy, a goldstone pendant sustained a motherless girl growing up in a mining town. In this book – the trilogy’s second – the setting moves to Victoria ... Read More »
March 1, 2004
Lunches, from brown-bag to at-home, are the focus of this newest offering from Company’s Coming. This cookbook aims to give aspiring chefs aged eight to 15 some luncheon ideas beyond the peanut-butter sandwich – taking ... Read More »
March 1, 2004
Compiled by the Ross family (father Julian is the founder of Polestar Books, while sons Noah and Jesse are 12- and 15-year-old hockey experts), the Amazing Allstar Hockey Activity Book is a jam-packed compendium of ... Read More »
March 1, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction
Compiled by the Ross family (father Julian is the founder of Polestar Books, while sons Noah and Jesse are 12- and 15-year-old hockey experts), the Amazing Allstar Hockey Activity Book is a jam-packed compendium of ... Read More »
March 1, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction
The old adage “Never judge a book by its cover” certainly does not apply to this series. Both the title of this series, “Building Together,” and the cover photo of author Ken Ainsworth with his ... Read More »
March 1, 2004 | Filed under: Reference
The old adage “Never judge a book by its cover” certainly does not apply to this series. Both the title of this series, “Building Together,” and the cover photo of author Ken Ainsworth with his ... Read More »
March 1, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Reference
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