Mommy Works, Daddy Works

By Marika Pedersen and Mikele Hall, Deirdre Betteridge, illus.

First-time authors Marika Pederson and Mikele Hall were inspired by their own children to create this picture book. Focusing on careers, they present a stereotype-free view of working moms and dads. Sixteen jobs are featured. ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Peg and the Whale

By Kenneth Oppel, Terry Widener, illus.

At the outset of this exuberant sea yarn, Peg is “pushing seven” and determined to make a big splash in the world by catching herself a whale. She signs onto the whaling ship Viper and, ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Waiting to Dive

By Karen Rivers

Put your ear to the ground. Hear a low rumble? The new children’s writers are afoot. All across the country they are taking courses, forming writers’ groups, joining organizations, turning up at blue pencil cafés. ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Graveyard Girl (stories)

By Wendy A. Lewis

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

The Queen, the Bear and the Bumblebee

By Dini Petty, Rose Cowles, illus.

One day the Bear invites his friends, the Queen and the Bumblebee, to come with him to a magical land. There they meet the Prince of Night, who offers them three wishes. The Queen wishes ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Golden Goose

By Barbara Reid

Barbara Reid is one of Canada’s most gifted and popular illustrators. Her tantalizingly tactile Plasticine pictures have inspired imitators and won her the coveted UNICEF-Ezra Jack Keats award. Her new interpretation of the golden goose ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ The Market Wedding

By Cary Fagan, Regolo Ricci, illus.

Morris sells fish in Toronto’s Kensington Market; across the street, Minnie sells ladies’ hats. They fall in love and want to get married. Minnie would be happy with a little wedding but Morris, wanting to ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Wild Girl & Gran

By Nan Gregory, Ron Lightburn, illus.

If there’s one thing Cindy, a teenager with Down’s Syndrome who lives in a group home, knows, it’s that there’s a world of difference between institutional caretaking and caring. And so when she finds an ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Fat Lady Struck Dumb

By David Waltner-Toews

In The Fat Lady Struck Dumb, his sixth book of poems, David Waltner-Toews convicts himself of “the crime” identified in one of his cheerfully reflective poems: “that a man can still be amateur.” Fortunately Waltner-Toews ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

Shahnaz

By Hiro McIlwraith

Shahnaz, a first novel from Nanaimo-based author Hiro McIlwraith, is a troubling book, only in part because its major theme is the oppression of women in India. The novel begins in 1972 when Shahnaz, the ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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