April 20, 2004 at 01:50pm | Filed under: Picture Books
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The heroine of this quiet folk tale feels rooted in her own land. Damson, whose cottage and plum orchard were…Read More »
In her seventh appearance as Canada’s best-known amateur detective (and the recent focus of a couple of CTV movies) Joanne…Read More »
April 3, 2004 at 03:01pm | Filed under: Fiction: Novels
At the age of 70, Penelope Stephens creates a list of life goals. On reviewing them, she decides to find…Read More »
March 8, 2004 at 10:24am | Filed under: Fiction: Novels
Not long ago books on pregnancy and delivery could barely fill their allotted bookstore shelf. Women were having babies; they…Read More »
March 3, 2004 at 02:19pm | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment
Dennis Foon’s drama for young audiences has won him a heap of awards, including a Gemini, and an Emmy nomination…Read More »
February 23, 2004 at 04:15pm | Filed under:
This Atlantic alphabet book combines alliterative sentences with beautifully rendered realistic paintings. Each page consists of a large, detailed painting…Read More »
February 23, 2004 at 04:11pm | Filed under: Picture Books
In The Composition, nine-year-old Pedro asks if he, like his parents, is against the dictatorship in their country. His mother…Read More »
February 23, 2004 at 02:35pm | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books
Matthew Holmes, the Walter Mitty of the schoolyard set, and his exuberantly comic nighttime adventures have been very popular since…Read More »
February 23, 2004 at 02:29pm | Filed under: Picture Books
When morning comes, I lie down beside my mother until she wakes up. She likes that.” So begins this gentle…Read More »
February 23, 2004 at 02:23pm | Filed under: Picture Books
From Paul Bowles’ Morocco to the San Francisco of the Beats, Literary Trips collects short literary memoirs with a travel…Read More »
February 23, 2004 at 02:11pm | Filed under: Memoir & Biography