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The Light-bearer’s Daughter

By O.R. Melling

The third in O. R. Melling’s Chronicles of Faerie series combines fast-paced adventure with an intricate fantasy structure. Set in Wicklow, Ireland, The Light-Bearer's Daughter follows the quest of 11-year-old Dana, whose already fragile world ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news

Monsters

By Sylvia Funston, Joe Weissmann, illus.

Monsters of many different kinds rampage through acclaimed science writer Sylvia Funston’s newest look at “strange science.” The Kraken broods beneath the sea, Thunderbird storms from the sky, killer tomatoes stalk the urban streets, and ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Book news

Building Canada

By Bonnie Shemie

Building Canada is a fascinating introduction to architecture and the forces that influence it. Similar in concept to The Visual Dictionary of Buildings (Eyewitness series), Building Canada is shorter and simpler. It’s also unique because ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news

★ Everything on a Waffle

By Polly Horvath

Splice the literary DNA of Pippi Longstocking with Anne Shirley and you pretty much have Primrose Squarp, the 11-year-old narrator of Polly Horvath’s new novel, Everything on a Waffle. And what a vibrant, funny, frank, ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Authors

Heroes of Isle Aux Morts

By Alice Walsh, Geoff Butler, illus.

A marvellous, true Canadian story of maritime courage and ingenuity, starring a girl, a dog, and a sinking ship – the idea fairly bursts with potential. All the sharper is the disappointment, then, when the ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Kate Can’t Wait

By Marilyn Eisenstein, Miranda Jones, illus.

Marilyn Eisenstein, author of the picture book Periwinkle Isn’t Paris, introduces us here to Kate, who doesn’t like waiting for anything: “for her hair to grow until it tickled her shoulders, for her juice to ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

It’s Raining, It’s Pouring

By Andrea Spalding, Leslie Elizabeth Watts, illus.

While thunder rumbles outside, Little Girl’s mother sings: “It’s raining, it’s pouring,/ The Old Man is snoring,/ He went to bed with a cold in his head,/ And he didn’t get up in the morning.” ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Bing Finds Chutney

By Andrea Wayne von Konigslow

Who among us, child and adult alike, hasn’t at one time or another dreamed up the ideal companion? With tender humour, Toronto writer and illustrator Andrea Wayne von Königslöw beguilingly captures that most universal of ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Bun Bun’s Birthday

By Richard Scrimger, Gillian Johnson, illus.

There’s going to be a party for Bun Bun’s first birthday. Mommy, Daddy, and Eugene are busy putting up decorations and Bun Bun herself is watching the hoopla with fascination. But older sister Winifred? She’s ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Number 21

By Nancy Hundal, Brian Deines, illus.

Nancy Hundal and Brian Deines, the team behind Prairie Summer, tell the story of a hot afternoon in which a family enjoys the newest addition to the father’s truck fleet in an unusual way. While ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

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