The story of Hamelin, rid of its plague of rats by a mysterious piper who then entices away the town’s children when the mayor refuses to pay the promised 500 gold ducats, is a well-known ... Read More »
February 17, 2004
Veteran storyteller Jan Andrews, author of the Canadian storytelling classics Very Last First Time and The Auction, has taken a true Depression-era story and moulded it into a tiny literary gem. Pa’s Harvest feels just ... Read More »
February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
In Beth Goobie’s latest novel, Before Wings, 15-year-old Adrien struggles with the aftermath of a brain aneurysm. Numb with fear of “the Big One” that doctors predict will finish her off, she entombs herself in ... Read More »
February 17, 2004
This new picture book from the popular team of Hutchins and Ohi is a characteristically gentle and humorous story exploring the concepts of direction and size and the experience of disorientation – all topics of ... Read More »
February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
Overheard conversation between two mothers of teenage girls:“How’s your daughter?”“She’s fifteen.”Rueful smile and wordless look of deep sympathy.The relationship between adolescent girls and their mothers seems to be a vexed affair and is thus rich ... Read More »
February 17, 2004
The Magnificent Piano Recital, a gentle story filled with feminine touches, marks an about-face from The Prairie Fire, last year’s action-packed “boy story” by Marilynn Reynolds. Yet the protagonists of both books yearn for the ... Read More »
February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
Every night for six nights, as a witch walks down the road, something lurks behind her in the shadows, and each night she scares it away. On Sunday night, when the witch reaches her house, ... Read More »
February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
Inspired by Inuit folklore, Bushey’s third picture book tells the story of a young girl confronted with her own ambitions and the supernatural. Orphaned Pani goes fishing with her grandmother, who gives her a small ... Read More »
February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
This deceptively simple story packs a wallop. With a minimalist setting, simple storyline, and only two key characters, it celebrates the wonders of a northern winter night and speaks quietly to readers about such worthy ... Read More »
February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
Elizabeth Bathory, a cult favourite in the world of vampire films, was a 17th-century Hungarian countess, infamous for her obsession with virgin blood. In Bathory, Toronto playwright Moynan King reimagines the last years of Bathory’s ... Read More »
February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
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