★ The Spirit of Canada: Canada’s Story in Legends, Fiction, Poems, and Songs

Anthologies are one of the original, interactive, non-linear technologies. In the real world (as opposed to the reviewer’s world) readers of anthologies dip and skip, fanning out from the familiar to the new, selecting a ... Read More »

February 2, 2004

Wish upon a Unicorn

By Vicki Blum, Alan Barnard, illus.

One day Arica falls through a crack in her grandmother’s kitchen floor and finds herself kidnapped by trolls and dragged into North Bundelag, a land of magic. Soon she is in the clutches of the ... Read More »

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

A Circle of Silver

By Maxine Trottier

In 1760, 13-year-old John joins his father, Captain MacNeil, on his return to Canada from England. The captain thinks time in the uncharted war zone of the New World will “make a man” out of ... Read More »

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

★ In Spite of Killer Bees

By Julie Johnston

Aggie, Helen, and Jeannie Quade lurch into tiny Port Desire, Ontario, in a broken-down car, convinced they’re going to whirl right out as millionaires, courtesy of their late grandfather, one of Canada’s wealthiest men. The ... Read More »

February 2, 2004

The Chinese Violin

By Madeleine Thien, Joe Chang, illus.

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

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