The Kids Book of Canadian Firsts

How many kids know that the first Canadian to climb the dizzy heights of Mount Everest was Calgarian Laurie Skreslet in 1982? Or that Superman first flew in 1932 in the imagination of his creator, ... Read More »

January 30, 2004 | Filed under: Authors

Baa! the Most Interesting Book You’ll Ever Read About Genes and Cloning

By Cynthia Pratt Nicolson, Rose Cowles, illus.

Baa! may very well be, as its subtitle promises, the most interesting book on the topic of genes written exclusively for kids. Certainly the first engaging book for children about the topic, it’s part of ... Read More »

January 30, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

The Emily Carr Mystery

By Eric Wilson

Among the most popular kids’ whodunits are B.C. writer Eric Wilson’s Tom and Liz Austen mysteries, which have sold more than a million books. For 25 years, those intrepid amateur-detective siblings have been solving crimes ... Read More »

January 30, 2004

The Goodfellow Chronicles, Book One: The Sacred Seal

By J.C. Mills

Moving into the rickety old Hawthorne house in New England is no fun for 10-year-old Sam Middleton, who doesn’t like his new house or room. Until, that is, he encounters mouse-sized Mr. Goodfellow. Goodfellow is ... Read More »

January 30, 2004

Boys’ Own: An Anthology of Canadian Fiction for Young Readers

By Tim Wynne-Jones, ed.

Like a banquet featuring a dish or two for every taste, Tim Wynne-Jones provides young readers with 20 short stories by contemporary Canadian writers, all originally published in the last 16 years. He cheerfully acknowledges ... Read More »

January 30, 2004

★ Mary Ann Alice

By Brian Doyle

Plot has never been a big concern of Brian Doyle’s. The closest he came to a traditional narrative was probably Angel Square, when his young hero Tommy became a private eye (modelling himself after the ... Read More »

January 30, 2004

★ Seven for a Secret

By Mary C. Sheppard

Toronto journalist Mary C. Sheppard’s first novel is a searching portrayal of life in a Newfoundland outport, Cook’s Cove, in 1960. The novel’s first-person narrator, Melinda, is a fun-loving 15-year-old with a reputation for putting ... Read More »

January 30, 2004

Oma’s Quilt

By Paulette Bourgeois, Stéphane Jorisch, illus.

Emily’s grandma (oma) is not happy when she has to move from her home on Maple Street to a retirement home. She misses cooking, sleeping in her own bed, and seeing her neighbour. At their ... Read More »

January 30, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Best Figure Skater in the Whole Wide World

By Linda Bailey, Alan and Lea Daniel, illus.

Vancouverite Linda Bailey is an accomplished and lighthearted writer for children, best known for her Stevie Diamond detective series. She recently won the Silver Birch Award for Adventures in the Middle Ages, a title in ... Read More »

January 30, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ The Little Rooster and the Diamond Button

By Celia Barker Lottridge, Joanne Fitzgerald, illus.

When a little rooster, scratching for his supper, finds a diamond button, he’s delighted to have something special to take home to his poor old mistress. But before he can peck it up, it’s snatched ... Read More »

January 30, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

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