Database Nation: The Death of Privacy in the 21st Century

Back in the old days before the Web was born, sometime around 1985, a Toronto computer dealer set up an online bulletin board. It was a modest affair that enabled his customers to post messages ... Read More »

February 6, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

The Hundredth Window: Protecting Your Privacy and Security in the Age of the Internet

By Charles Jennings and Lori Fena

February 6, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Wishing Star Summer

By Beryl Young

Beryl Young’s son and family have shared the past four summers with children from Belarus, giving the precious gift of a holiday far away from the radiation caused by the Chernobyl disaster. Young has used ... Read More »

February 5, 2004 | Filed under: Book news

Hoop Crazy

By Eric Walters

Hoop Crazy is the third instalment in award-winning author Eric Walters’ basketball stories. Teammates and old friends Nick, Kia, and Mark are desperate to find another player for the upcoming three-on-three tournament. Help arrives in ... Read More »

February 5, 2004

The Patti Stories, Volume One: Life on the Farm

By Heather Gardam

Heather Gardam opens her series about Patti, a 10-year-old farm girl, with a highly engaging collection of linked stories called Life on the Farm. Reminiscent of E.B. White’s Charlotte’s Web in its gentle tone and ... Read More »

February 5, 2004

★ One Missing Finger

By Don Trembath

One Missing Finger is the second in the Black Belt Series, the sequel to Frog Face and the Three Boys. The series features three boys who take karate classes together and spend the rest of ... Read More »

February 5, 2004

Make Your Own Inuksuk

By Mary Wallace

For many Canadians, the evocative stone towers called inuksuit, often resembling a human form outlined against the vast northern horizon, have supplanted the igloo as a symbol of the Arctic. In this companion volume to ... Read More »

February 5, 2004

Ha! Ha! Ha!: 1,000+ Jokes, Riddles, Facts and More

By Lyn Thomas, Dianne Eastman, illus.

Why did the girl take a ruler to bed? She wanted to know how long she slept.” “Why can’t you play jokes on snakes? You can’t pull their legs.” These are just two of hundreds ... Read More »

February 5, 2004

To the Top of Everest

By Laurie Skreslet with Elizabeth MacLeod

In 1982, Laurie Skreslet became the first Canadian to climb to the summit of Mount Everest. This book, packed with detail and illustrated extensively with colour photographs, is his story of that expedition and the ... Read More »

February 5, 2004

Canadian Girls Who Rocked the World

By Tanya Lloyd, Joanna Clark, illus.

Not all rebels sport tattoos. Sultana, age 16, rebels by wearing the Muslim hijab – a cloth that covers her face and body – so people will focus on her intelligence and spirit rather than ... Read More »

February 5, 2004

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