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George Johnson’s War

By Maureen Garvie and Mary Beaty

George Johnson’s War is an accomplished work of historical “faction.” Garvie and Beaty have done much research on the fascinating Johnson family, real-life central players in the drama of the American War of Independence. The ... Read More »

January 21, 2004

Berta: A Remarkable Dog

By Celia Barker Lottridge, Elsa Myotte, illus.

Marjory Miller, Berta’s nine-year-old owner, admits that Berta appears to be interested in only two things: eating and sleeping. To Marjory, the docile canine seems entirely unremarkable. Then, one spring day, Berta begins to behave ... Read More »

January 21, 2004

Firewing

By Kenneth Oppel

Firewing is a first-rate sequel to Ken Oppel’s earlier award-winning novels, Silverwing and Sunwing. With a spring-tight plot, it propels the reader through exciting, chilling, and deliciously satisfying adventure. Oppel has created a new cast ... Read More »

January 21, 2004

Aziz the Storyteller

By Vi Hughes, Stefan Czernecki, illus.

Books representing an Islamic perspective garner a lot of interest these days, and Aziz the Storyteller draws on that interest in both its subject matter and its presentation. Though it’s an original story, this first ... Read More »

January 21, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Jessica’s X-ray

By Pat Zonta, Clive Dobson, illus.

Jessica’s X-Ray provides a look at health care from the perspective of a child. After falling from a tree, young Jessica is taken to the hospital where a doctor orders an x-ray of her arm. ... Read More »

January 21, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

If the Shoe Fits: Voices from Cinderella

By Laura Whipple, Laura Beingessner, illus.

Since her first print appearance in 1697, in Charles Perrault’s Mother Goose’s Tales, Cinderella has maintained a dizzily high profile. Featured more frequently than any other fairy-tale character, the char maiden turned princess has represented ... Read More »

January 21, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Princesses Are Not Quitters!

By Kate Lum, Sue Hellard, illus.

Three young princesses live a luxurious life in their palace by the sea, but they are b-o-r-e-d. One day they see three servant girls walking by with buckets of milk, and decide that “servants have ... Read More »

January 21, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ The Jade Necklace

By Paul Yee, Grace Lin, illus.

The children in Paul Yee’s award-winning books are haunted by their pasts. Often forced by circumstances to emigrate from their beloved China, they feel “caught between two worlds” like Yee, a third-generation Chinese Canadian who ... Read More »

January 21, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Pavilion

By Stephanie Bolster

Poetry collections that include long lists of books that “shaped the development” of the work often suffer from one of two problems: either the poems are so bloated with information that they plod along like ... Read More »

January 21, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

Killing Things

John Degen’s 2000 poetry debut, The Animal Life of Budapest, was a slim, strong evocation of a very particular city and its discontents. Killing Things pursues his fascination with place, stopping in London, New York, ... Read More »

January 21, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

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