Critical Injuries

Walking into a small-town ice cream parlour in the middle of a hold-up, 49-year-old Isla is shot and ultimately paralyzed from the waist down. The shooter, 17-year-old Roddy, takes off in a panic but is ... Read More »

January 30, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Waiting for the Sun

By Alison Lohans, Marilyn Mets and Peter Ledwon, illus.

To pass the time while she waits for her new brother to be born, Mollie makes a list of important things to show him: the five wriggly tadpoles she caught, a newly laid chicken egg, ... Read More »

January 29, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

Oscar Wilde’s the Happy Prince

By Robin Muller, illus.

It is often said that Oscar Wilde wrote The Happy Prince for his children, but I have my doubts. Wilde first told the story to a group of Cambridge students and read it to his ... Read More »

January 29, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

Mama Likes to Mambo

By Helaine Becker, John Beder, illus.

Nonsense verse has a ready appeal for most young children, and ever since the publication of Dennis Lee’s Alligator Pie, Canadian poets have produced many fun rhymes for families to chant and chuckle over. Mama ... Read More »

January 29, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

★ In the Light of the Moon and Other Bedtime Stories

By Sam McBratney, Kady MacDonald Denton, illus.

For bedtime or for anytime, these gentle, whimsical tales by veteran Irish storyteller and author Sam McBratney are delightfully paired with the pictures of Kady MacDonald Denton to make a book of lasting appeal. Author ... Read More »

January 29, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

Mister Got to Go and Arnie

By Lois Simmie, Cynthia Nugent, illus.

Lois Simmie opens her sequel to the popular Mister Got to Go with an allusion to Ludwig Bemelmans’ Madeline books: “In an old hotel covered with vines….” Unfortunately, this inspires the reader to make unfavourable ... Read More »

January 29, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

No Two Snowflakes

By Sheree Fitch, Janet Wilson, illus.

Author Sheree Fitch and artist Janet Wilson give readers a dazzling new appreciation of snow in No Two Snowflakes. In a Christmas letter, Lou answers her Ghanaian penpal’s questions about snow, describing in a heartfelt ... Read More »

January 29, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

★ Big Ben

By Sarah Ellis, Kim LaFave, illus.

Ben is tired of being the littlest in the family. His big sister, Robin, and big brother, Joe, can do everything. But Ben can’t swim, can’t see out the car window, can’t use chopsticks, and ... Read More »

January 29, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

★ The Kid Line

By Teddy Jam, Ange Zhang, illus.

Growing up in Toronto in the 1950s, a young hockey fan is riveted by his father’s tales of the glory days of the Toronto Maple Leafs. His dad remembers when Big Train Lionel Conacher and ... Read More »

January 29, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Naomi and Mrs. Lumbago

By Gilles Tibo, Louise Andrée Laliberté, illus.

We all know this child. At age two she cheerfully tucked into parsnips, olives, and jellied tongue. At age six she will eat only macaroni. A similar swing to the conservative often happens in children’s ... Read More »

January 29, 2004

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