Children and YA Fiction

Swimming in the Monsoon Sea

In the 20 years of my adult book discussion group at the library, one title stands out for the sheer delight it occasioned us all – Running in the Family, Michael Ondaatje’s outrageous Sri Lankan ... Read More »

August 29, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Hemp Jewelry

By Judy Ann Sadler, June Bradford, illus.

Judy Ann Sadler takes up knots and beads to introduce kids to hemp jewelry making in her latest craft book. Hemp cord (made from fibres of the hemp plant) is popular for making jewelry because ... Read More »

April 15, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Battle Stations!: Fortifications Through the Ages

By Stephen Shapiro, Mei Tsao and Ken Nice, illus.

In Battle Stations, Toronto author Stephen Shapiro indulges his interest in military history to outline the ways we have defended ourselves over the past 3,500 years, and how those ways have evolved to meet changing ... Read More »

April 15, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Martin Bridge: Ready for Takeoff!

By Jessica Scott Kerrin, Joseph Kelly, illus.

Halifax writer Jessica Scott Kerrin’s trio of interconnected short stories, Martin Bridge: Ready for Takeoff!, turns on daily ethical dilemmas faced by children. Young readers will readily identify with the likeable, sympathetically drawn Martin and ... Read More »

March 21, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Brave Jack and the Unicorn

By Janet McNaughton, Susan Tooke, illus.

Jack may not be handsome or clever like his brothers and might not ever amount to anything, as his mother keeps telling him, but he’s kind-hearted and that goes a long way in the world. ... Read More »

March 21, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

The Lost Island

By E. Pauline Johnson, Atanas, illus.

Almost 100 years ago, Chief Joe Capilano told this story to Pauline Johnson, the daughter of a Mohawk chief and British mother. Johnson, Canada’s first native author published in English, was highly celebrated in the ... Read More »

March 21, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

Franklin’s Big Search-and-Solve Flap Book

By Sean Jeffrey, Jelena Sisic and Shelley Southern, illus.

This oversized board book is a fresh entry in the wide-ranging Kids Can series based on the characters created by Paulette Bourgeois and Brenda Clark. Franklin the detective and his friend Bear are on the ... Read More »

March 21, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

The Ghost Horse of Meadow Green

By Anne Louise MacDonald

Poor Kim, who’s crazy about horses, has little going for her. At school, her classmates tease her about her haunted house and the crazy man – possibly her own great-grandfather – who killed himself there ... Read More »

January 21, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Turning

By Gillian Chan

Ben Larsson, the teenage protagonist of Gillian Chan’s latest YA novel, is confronted by eerie supernatural phenomena while reluctantly accompanying his professor father on his sabbatical in England. Ben finds himself scared and unsettled by ... Read More »

January 21, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Walking with the Dead

By L.M. Falcone

Walking with the Dead is a page-turning thriller for readers who like their stories to unfold at lightning speed, unencumbered by character development. Both Alex and his dad have financial troubles. Alex is being shaken ... Read More »

January 21, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

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Quill and Quire

Swimming in the Monsoon Sea

Hemp Jewelry

Battle Stations!: Fortifications Through the Ages

Martin Bridge: Ready for Takeoff!

Brave Jack and the Unicorn

The Lost Island

Franklin’s Big Search-and-Solve Flap Book

The Ghost Horse of Meadow Green

The Turning

Walking with the Dead

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