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The Money Pit Mystery

By Eric Walters

Say the words “Oak Island” and your imagination immediately conjures up images of pirate ships, Captain Kidd’s legendary treasure supposedly hidden on the island, and more than 200 years of ghostly goings-on. Eric Walters deftly ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news

Hamlet for Kids

By Lois Burdett

Hamlet is Lois Burdett’s latest effort in the Shakespeare Can Be Fun Series. Burdett, who teaches Grades 2 and 3 in Stratford, has written Shakespeare’s biography and five other verse adaptations of his plays for ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Book news

A World of Difference

By Dianne Young

In Saskatchewan writer Dianne Young’s first non-fiction book for children, A World of Difference, she challenges her young readers to distinguish between seven pairs of similar-looking animals, such as the dolphin and porpoise, and the ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Authors, Events

Duncan’s Way

By Ian Wallace

In The Composition, nine-year-old Pedro asks if he, like his parents, is against the dictatorship in their country. His mother replies, “Children aren’t against anything. Children are just children. They have to go to school, ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books