★ Eh? to Zed: A Canadian Abecedarium

To introduce another alphabet book into the world is a risky venture, given the apparent glut of these books on the market and the centuries’ worth of precedents in our libraries. Happily, this creative new ... Read More »

February 11, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Tall in the Saddle

By Anne Carter, David McPhail, illus.

Prolific children’s writer and illustrator David McPhail (he’s created more than 70 books) of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, has teamed up with first-time picture book author Anne Carter of Toronto to spin a rollicking cowboy fantasy. ... Read More »

February 10, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Beowulf

By Welwyn Wilton Katz, Laszlo Gal, illus.

If your only experience of Beowulf has been a brief excerpt at the beginning of a survey course in English literature, then you may have given (as I did) short shrift to this West Saxon ... Read More »

February 10, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

★ Rain, Rain

By Maryann Kovalski

Wouldn’t we all like a magic charm to drive away the rain when it arrives on precisely the wrong day? Maryann Kovalski, a well-known Canadian author/illustrator, uses the old folk rhyme “Rain, rain, go away” ... Read More »

February 10, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

Elliot Bakes a Cake

By Andrea Beck

It’s Lionel’s birthday, and Elliot Moose enlists the help of his friends to bake Lionel a cake. However, the recipe contains many mysteries. What does “separate two eggs” mean? How do you “cream the butter”? ... Read More »

February 10, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Emma and the Coyote

By Margriet Ruurs, Barbara Spurll, illus.

Are chickens smarter than coyotes? It seems unlikely, but Margriet Ruurs tells a jaunty tale of one hen, Emma, who outwits a marauding coyote and wins the praise of the farmyard. Of course, her victory ... Read More »

February 10, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Aboriginal Peoples: Building for the Future

By Kevin Reed

Part of a scholastic series entitled Canadian Challenges, this book is aimed at secondary school students, but it’s accessible and attractive enough to be an invaluable resource for anyone wanting to know more about aboriginal ... Read More »

February 10, 2004

Whose Feet Are These?

By Wayne Lynch

This is a book of animal riddles – not the kind that make you laugh or groan, but the kind that make you think. The reader is invited to guess the identity of the seven ... Read More »

February 10, 2004

★ Stormy Night

By Michèle Lemieux

On hearing of the recent death of illustrator Shel Silverstein, I began to meditate on the power of black and white. Would his 1964 classic The Giving Tree even get published today? A gentle, slightly ... Read More »

February 10, 2004

The Principal’s Kid

By Joan Weir

In Joan Weir’s sequel to The Witcher, the same two pubescent sleuths (Lion and his sister, Bobbi) foil a plot to discredit the principal of a school in Powell River. The principal is spearheading a ... Read More »

February 10, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

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