The Chinese Violin

Canada used to be a place where children’s writers disappeared. A book or two would be published, full of promise, and then the writer would vanish into utter darkness. I have a little shelf of ... Read More »

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ The Mole Sisters and the Moonlit Night

By Roslyn Schwartz

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ The Mole Sisters and the Blue Egg

By Roslyn Schwartz

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Nose to Toes

By Marilyn Baillie, Marisol Sarrazin, illus.

“My body does amazing things,” begins the child narrator, listing some of the neat things hands, legs, and mouths can do. Marilyn Baillie, author of Owl’s Amazing Things Animals Do series, has created a catchy ... Read More »

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Divorced Kids Club and Other Stories

By W.D. Valgardson

The Divorced Kids Club is an unfortunate title for this collection, implying a high level of angst that is thankfully not delivered. Very few of the characters in these stories are the children of divorce. ... Read More »

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Isaac’s Dreamcatcher

By Bonnie Farmer, Anouk Pérusse-Bell

Many children’s books have been written about bad dreams and monsters, but this one is unique in offering a practical activity – making a native dreamcatcher – to help children cope with nightmares. First-time picture ... Read More »

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Being with Henry

By Martha Brooks

Martha Brooks’ latest novel for young adults expands the horizons of the coming-of-age story. Not only does Laker, the 16-year-old protagonist, find himself on the inhospitable threshold of adulthood, but the other main character, Henry, ... Read More »

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

★ Red Moon Follows Truck

By Stephen Eaton Hume, Leslie Elizabeth Watts, illus.

A moon to follow, a moon to capture; red moon, golden moon; a moon making its shining path across the water into the imagination of a child. These two engaging picture books look in very ... Read More »

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Mr. Dickens Hits Town

By Jan Mark, Regolo Ricci, illus.

Jan Mark’s effervescent text and Regolo Ricci’s jewelled illustrations in Mr. Dickens Hits Town make a striking debut for Tundra’s new line, Storybooks, intended for readers making the transition to novels.Mark mingles fact and fiction ... Read More »

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Eunoia

By Christian Bök

Trust the French to produce an avant-garde novelist, Georges Perec, who could write a 300-page novel, La Disparition, without a single use of the letter ‘e.’ Trust Christian Bök – a Toronto poet, linguist, and ... Read More »

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

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