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Badger’s New House

By Robin Muller

“Badger lived in a cozy little house,” writes Robin Muller charmingly. When a terrible storm necessitates repairs to his humble abode, Badger doesn’t feel inclined to undertake them so he moves. He finds himself rattling ... Read More »

January 22, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Art Room

By Susan Vande Griek, Pascal Milelli, illus.

In response to an ad in the paper in the early 1900s, three children are sent to take drawing and painting classes with a “Miss M. Emily Carr.” What they find when they reach the ... Read More »

January 22, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

How Sleep Found Tabitha

By Maggie deVries, Sheena Lott, illus.

Cozy in bed, Tabitha imagines her toys inviting her to sleep in their habitats: the whale in the sea, the eagle in her nest, the rabbit in his burrow. Tabitha tries sleeping coiled on the ... Read More »

January 22, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Cappuccina Goes to Town

By Mary Ann Smith and Katie Smith Milway, Eugenie Fernandes, illus.

Cappuccina is a cow with a wandering eye. Watching people drive by her field on their way to town, she longs to sample freedom and seizes the chance when a storm knocks a hole in ... Read More »

January 22, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Edward the “crazy Man”

Marie Day’s latest picture book is a comic, fable-like story about creativity, mental illness, and the healing powers of friendship. One morning Charlie, a young boy, sees a homeless man named Edward dressed in a ... Read More »

January 22, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Abc of Canada

By Kim Bellefontaine

Kim Bellefontaine’s ABC is a better tool for teaching toddlers about Canada than for teaching the alphabet. Young readers catch glimpses of some of our cities and tourist spots. They are introduced to ice fishing, ... Read More »

January 22, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Bear on the Bed

By Ruth Miller, Bill Slavin, illus.

With primary school audiences, there are few crowd-pleasers as reliable as toilet humour. Whether it’s jokes about farts or superheroes in underpants, anything along this subversive line hits the mark. In Ruth Miller’s new book, ... Read More »

January 22, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Vernacular Drawings

Cartoonist and illustrator Seth has played a definitive role in the modern underground comics movement. His illustration work has been seen in such publications as New York, The Globe and Mail, and The Washington Post, ... Read More »

January 22, 2004 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

The Last Trip to Oregon: Poems in the Wake of Red’s Death

By George Payerle

Introductions to poetry collections can be a letdown for a reader, mapping too definitively terrain that should be left unexplored until one reaches the end. The introduction to George Payerle’s latest collection, however, poignantly explores ... Read More »

January 22, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

Holding Pattern

By Shane Rhodes

This second poetry collection from Shane Rhodes takes a good long look at dualities. A selective list of the themes covered (and uncovered) in Holding Pattern might include memory and experience, science and religion, heterosexual ... Read More »

January 22, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

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