Miss Smithers

My first exposure to the genre of junior chick-lit happened in an airport departure lounge. The girl sitting across from me was engrossed in her book. She was a tidy girl, ten-something, with a tidy ... Read More »

February 11, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Mariner’s Curse

By John Lunn

A high seas adventure, ghost story, and problem novel all in one, The Mariner’s Curse is a nicely crafted yarn by first-time novelist John Lunn. The adventure aspect of this novel is imaginative, but what ... Read More »

February 11, 2004

Boldly Canadian: The Story of the RCMP

By Joann Hamilton-Barry, Frances Clancy, illus.

Want to be a Mountie? Even if you’re one of the successful 600 chosen annually out of some 10,000 applicants, you won’t get far in basic training unless you can type over 19 words a ... Read More »

February 11, 2004

★ First on the Moon

By Barbara Hehner, Greg Ruhl, illus.

When the editors of the I Was There series asked Barbara Hehner to author First on the Moon, they certainly chose the right person. Hehner’s writing makes us feel as if we really were there ... Read More »

February 11, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Cousins

By Elisa Amado, Luis Garay, illus.

The main character in this story inhabits the awkward social space of two very different worlds. She lives with her widowed father and maternal grandmother in a house where there is money and plenty of ... Read More »

February 11, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

Stretch, Swallow & Stare

By Veronika Martenova Charles

Folktales are fair game for retellers since they represent the anonymous collective wisdom of the folk – the common people. As descendants of the oral tradition, they beg to be told and told and told ... Read More »

February 11, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

A Song for Ba

By Paul Yee, Jan Peng Wang, illus.

Toronto writer Paul Yee offers another story of the Chinese immigrant experience in the New World. Wei Lim is proud of both his grandfather and father (Ba) who perform Chinese opera.In his youth, Grandfather played ... Read More »

February 11, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

★ Rainy Days with Bear

By Maureen Hull, Leanne Franson, illus.

It’s raining again! What can a little bear do, when his friend is busy writing, and it’s just too wet outside? Nova Scotia writer Maureen Hull’s Bear gets bored, just like a little child who’s ... Read More »

February 11, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

The Red Bandanna

By David John Smith

Eleven-year-old Jake Grant and his family move from the city to a ranch in British Columbia’s Cariboo district. He is befriended by a plucky tomboy, Willy, and they discover a wild coyote in Jake’s barn. ... Read More »

February 11, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Lucy Maud and Me

By Mary Frances Coady

When a spring flood closes her school, Laura, 12, is sent to live for a week with her grandfather in 1940s Toronto. Her grandfather’s new neighbourhood holds little promise for Laura until she meets a ... Read More »

February 11, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

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