Oxygen

What’s happening in Vancouver? The availability of high-grade espresso may be responsible, but the city’s newest fiction writers are certainly subverting the regional stereotype of West Coast mellow. The past couple of years have seen ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

The Book of You: The Science and Fun of Why You Look, Feel, and Act the Way You Do

By Sylvia Funston, Susanna Denti, illus.

"Every man…represents the unique.” This line from Hermann Hesse’s prologue to Demian might well have been the inspiration for Sylvia Funston’s book. Writing in an upbeat style, the author explains how each person’s physical characteristics, ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news

Pull Gently, Tear Here

By Alexandra Leggat

The motives that compel a writer to create very short fiction are various, but whatever the reason for a story’s length, one rule remains constant: the fewer the words, the more crucial each one becomes. ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

My Father and Me: A Memory Scrapbook for Kids

By Jane Drake and Ann Love, Scot Ritchie, illus.

Jane Drake and Ann Love, sisters and co-authors of several activity books for kids, have teamed up with Vancouver illustrator Scot Ritchie to produce a pair of memory scrapbooks, the third and fourth in a ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

My Mother and Me: A Memory Scrapbook for Kids

By Jane Drake and Ann Love, Scot Ritchie, illus.

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

The Ghost of Avalanche Mountain

By Julie Lawson

The Ghost of Avalanche Mountain is the final book in Vancouver Island writer Julie Lawson’s Goldstone trilogy. The stories span several generations, each propelled by a mystical gem and its effects on the people who ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Book news

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

Numbermagnets: Learning to Count with Ally and Zack

By Jennifer Glossop, Barbara Feldman, illus.

Somerville House has come out with yet another cleverly packaged kit created to teach young children specific skills. In this case, the skills are counting and identifying basic geometric shapes. Designed as a book, with ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Book news

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