Into Thin Air: The Illustrated Edition

Sometimes simple demographics make it possible to predict what books are going to top the non-fiction bestseller lists. In recent years, baby boomers hoping to live long and prosper have fuelled prolific sales of books ... Read More »

February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

The Hidden World

By Alison Baird

Teenage Torontonian Maeve O’Connor is plain and unpopular. Her parents seem destined for divorce and have shunted her off to her father’s relatives in the Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland. Her only solace is the book her ... Read More »

February 13, 2004

The Hydrofoil Mystery

By Eric Walters

Billy McCracken is a juvenile on the verge of delinquency. The First World War has filled Halifax with soldiers, sailors, and easy money. The waterfront is an ideal place for this mature-looking 15-year-old to hone ... Read More »

February 13, 2004

★ Touch of the Clown

By Glen Huser

Here’s a fresh and surprisingly funny first novel for young adults – surprising since incontinence, illness, neglect, alcoholism, abuse, AIDS, and a much-mourned mother don’t seem the stuff of comedy. The 13-year-old narrator, Barbara Stanwyck ... Read More »

February 13, 2004

The Family Tree Detective

By Ann Douglas, Stephen MacEachern, illus.

Ann Douglas, author of the popular Baby Science: How Babies Really Work!, has created another intriguing non-fiction book, this one for helping children to explore their family history. Subtitled Cracking the Case of Your Family’s ... Read More »

February 13, 2004

Dirty Dog Boogie

By Loris Lesynski

Comic verse for children is a well-practised art in Canada these days, and Loris Lesynski’s Dirty Dog Boogie is a jolly, child-friendly addition to the genre. Lesynski has not only supplied funny drawings to bounce ... Read More »

February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Quennu and the Cave Bear

By Marie Day

Marie Day’s story and illustrations throw light on a subject relatively rare in picture books – human prehistory. In this imaginative recreation of a prehistoric community, Day combines speculative and factual material to describe how ... Read More »

February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Ribbon Rescue

By Robert Munsch, Eugenie Fernandes, - illus.

Jillian DeLaronde, a young Mohawk from the Kahnawake reserve near Montreal, inspired Robert Munsch when she attended one of his readings wearing a traditional Mohawk costume, a brand-new ribbon dress. The result is Ribbon Rescue, ... Read More »

February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Sundog Rescue

By Alison Lohans, Vladyana Langer Krykorka, illus.

Melissa, the main character in Sundog Rescue, is one of those young children whose fears are triggered by an overactive imagination. In her fantasies, which are always related to nature, she sees sharks in a ... Read More »

February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

★ Bridge 6

By Jim McGugan, Judith Christine Mills, illus.

Jim McGugan’s second picture book is a tale of two brothers, named Owen and Prune. Owen has a rule for everything, from the proper way to eat Crème Caramel to the proper way to read. ... Read More »

February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

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