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Double or Nothing

Dennis Foon’s drama for young audiences has won him a heap of awards, including a Gemini, and an Emmy nomination for last year’s CBC movie White Lies, about white supremacist organizations recruiting teenagers. So while ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Bookselling, Industry news

White Lily

By Ting-Xing Ye

Set in late 19th-century China, Ting-Xing Ye’s short chapter book White Lily is the story of a young girl (named White Lily) who rebels against the cruel practice of foot binding. A norm amongst girls ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Book news

How to See Fairies: A Fairy Gift Box

By Charles van Sandwyk

Charles van Sandwyk, a young Vancouver artist who splits his home between the West Coast and a remote Fijian island, has written and illustrated this keepsake fairy kit. The kit contains van Sandwyk’s book, a ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

A Seaside Alphabet

By Donna Grassby, Susan Tooke, illus.

This Atlantic alphabet book combines alliterative sentences with beautifully rendered realistic paintings. Each page consists of a large, detailed painting illustrating the sentence underneath; on either side of the sentence are small graphic boxes containing ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Wild Cameron Women

By Maureen Hull, Judith Christine Mills, illus.

Every night, frightening bears emerge from Kate’s closet. Then Kate’s Nana tells her how her ancestor, an early settler from Scotland, scared a bear away from her wilderness home while wearing skirts of the family ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Yuck, a Love Story

By Don Gillmor, Marie-Louise Gay, illus.

Austin Grouper doesn’t like his new next-door neighbour, Amy, but can’t get the curly-haired, freckle-faced girl out of his head. When Amy invites Austin to her birthday party, he decides to give her a very ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ The Cowboy Kid

By Gilles Tibo, Tom Kapas, illus.

In the time of then and once, of yet and still and will be, a boy lived deep in the canyons of the city. He was a cowboy of the streets and alleys, a garbage-can ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Kilt

By Jonathan Wilson

There are figurative and literal deserts in this play: the real desert is Tobruk, a port on the Mediterranean Coast, while the emotional deserts exist in the mind of Tom Robertson, a young exotic dancer ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The Coronation Voyage

By Michel Marc Bouchard,Linda Gaboriau, trans.

It has taken almost five years for Michel Marc Bouchard’s 1995 play, Le Voyage du couronnement, to reach English language audiences as The Coronation Voyage. But the wait has been worthwhile. This play is Bouchard’s ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Invisible to Predators

By R.M. Vaughan

A candid celebration of homosexual love is the predominant theme of Toronto-based poet R.M. Vaughan’s latest collection.Vaughan delves into all aspects of romantic and physical love, from awkward courtship rituals to carnal pleasures. There is ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

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