February 11, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction
A Gift for Ampato, by New Brunswick writer Susan Vande Griek, weaves together the stories of three Incas: a pubescent girl, Timta, who is chosen unwillingly as a sacrifice to persuade the mountain gods to ... Read More »
The 10th title in Roy MacGregor’s Screech Owls series finds the adventurous team of young hockey stars in the Badlands of Alberta for a winter tournament. A warm chinook has made the weather in Drumheller ... Read More »
February 11, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction
Set on the West Coast during the Second World War, this exquisitely sad and beautiful book tells of the friendship between Mary, a prairie girl visiting her grandmother for the summer, and Mr. Hiroshi, the ... Read More »
February 11, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books
Mr. Reez lives a quiet life until the day he puts too much pepper on his salad. A breeze from the open window swirls the pepper up his nose and prompts him to erupt in ... Read More »
February 11, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
With its luxurious illustrations and subtle, Zen-like story, this book is a treasure. The tale takes place in a garden, where Lucy, the young narrator, is visiting her adult friend, Anna Zinnia. The plot is ... Read More »
February 11, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books
A celebration of the diversity of human life, Mama God, Papa God retells the creation myth in a way that’s both traditional and freshly contemporary. Although a long-time Toronto resident and former host of CBC ... Read More »
February 11, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
Author-illustrator Eugenie Fernandes’ latest work explores babies’ dreams in a soothing way for parents and infants. In the same warm fuzzy bedtime genre as Teddy Jam’s This New Baby and Sam McBratney’s Guess How Much ... Read More »
February 11, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
Despite its evocative imagery and technical excellence, Roo Borson’s ninth collection feels like a hodgepodge of diary clippings, poems, and short stories that try hard to find cohesion under a consistent theme. Short Journey Upriver ... Read More »
February 11, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry
Canadian politics in the 20th century have been driven by three ideologies: toryism, liberalism, and socialism. The force that has brought together these disparate ideologies is nationalism.While toryism accepts social privilege and economic inequality as ... Read More »
February 11, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
Canadian politics in the 20th century have been driven by three ideologies: toryism, liberalism, and socialism. The force that has brought together these disparate ideologies is nationalism.While toryism accepts social privilege and economic inequality as ... Read More »
February 11, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs