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
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
Another successful title in the Kids Can Do It series, Gifts to Make and Eat is full of inexpensive, creative ways for children to give personalized and tasty gifts. In her latest craft book, author/editor ... Read More »
January 29, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction
Activity books for Christmastime and Hanukkah are common enough, but how can kids keep busy from January to April, when winter seems to drag on forever? Drake and Love, the talented team of sisters who ... Read More »
January 29, 2004 | Filed under: Book news
Jane Peeler has problems. It’s not easy being 12 and discovering that your very best friend is more interested in boys than in being your best friend. Jane’s also directing a version of The Nutcracker ... Read More »
January 29, 2004
True crime stories and murder mysteries are both popular with young readers, and Norah McClintock successfully pairs the two genres here. Part novel, part non-fiction, this book takes its readers through each step of a ... Read More »
January 29, 2004
Spurred by a series of scurrilous newspaper stories into making a comeback, the Great Zandini, conjuror extraordinaire, plans an evening of astounding magical illusions that will dazzle Paris and also introduce his audience to his ... Read More »
January 29, 2004
Celebrated West Coast painter Emily Carr was also an accomplished writer, winning a Governor General’s Award in 1941 for her first book, Klee Wyck. In Emily Carr Country ($60 cloth 0-7710-5889-6, 208 pp., McClelland & ... Read More »
January 29, 2004 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture
This polished debut collection of poetry is loosely based on the memoirs of author Karen Press’s French Canadian grandfather, Donat Sylvestre, which were translated from the French by Press’s mother, Mariette. Pale Red Footprints is ... Read More »
January 29, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry
Despite the 10 volumes of poetry, three novels, and six books of short fiction that Ottawa author Cyril Dabydeen has to his name, the prolific writer and former poet laureate of Ottawa still remains largely ... Read More »
January 29, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short
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