Brave Highland Heart

By Heather Kellerhals-Stewart, Werner Zimmermann, illus.

It is the day of the ceilidh (Gaelic for a country dance, pronounced kay-lee), and a young girl helps her family get ready, “sweeping out the hayloft in the barn, stringing colored lights from tree ... Read More »

February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

If I Were the Moon

By Sheree Fitch, Leslie Elizabeth Watts, illus.

“If I were….” Few phrases in the language do more to conjure a sense of limitless possibilities. A young girl gazing from her window at night imagines herself to be the moon who would “shine ... Read More »

February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Song Bird

By Tololwa M. Mollel, Rosanne Litzinger, illus.

In Kung’ombe, the “land of countless cattle,” the herds have mysteriously disappeared. As evening nears, Mariamu, a little girl who is picking berries, encounters a magical song bird. The two collaborate on a heroic successful ... Read More »

February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Stella, Star of the Sea

By Marie-Louise Gay

Who can forget their first sight of the ocean? Marie-Louise Gay’s delightful new picture book captures the essence of a young child’s first encounter with the seashore, as Stella, who has been there once before, ... Read More »

February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Love Ya Like a Sister: A Story of Friendship

By Katie Ouriou, Julie Johnston, ed.

Katie Ouriou was 16 years old and eager to experience life in July 1996 when she left Calgary with her close-knit family to spend a year in France. By October 5, stricken suddenly by a ... Read More »

February 13, 2004

Catching Fire: The Story of Firefighting

By Gena K. Gorrell

Toronto writer Gena K. Gorrell is fascinated by fire and firefighting but cannot understand how firefighters can muster the courage to face a fire and do their job. That’s why Gorrell, author of North Star ... Read More »

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

The Inuksuk Book

By Mary Wallace

The Inuksuk Book is a brief but fascinating description of various Arctic inuksuit (the plural of inuksuk) and the roles these stone landmarks have played for centuries. The building blocks of a communication system, inuksuit ... Read More »

February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

★ Earthlings Inside and Out: A Space Alien Studies the Human Body

By Valerie Wyatt, Dusan Petricic, illus.

The concept for Earthlings is inventive and irresistible: an alien named Danoid accidentally lands on earth where he encounters a novel and intriguing life form – human beings. With permission from his commander, he promises ... Read More »

February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Red Blood: One (Mostly) White Guy’s Encounters with the Native World

By Robert Hunter

Bob Hunter strikes again. The Greenpeace co-founder, newspaper columnist, television reporter, author, and self-appointed media guru has decided to share his experiences as a media consultant for aboriginal groups and as a general shit disturber ... Read More »

February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Industrial Cathedrals of the North

By Louie Palu and Charlie Angus

If hockey is Canada’s international sport, mining is Canada’s international industry. But while scores of picture books have honoured our hockey greats, the haunting visual legacy of mining has largely been neglected. That is, until ... Read More »

February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

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