Children and YA Fiction

The Fortress of Kaspar Snit

Toronto author Cary Fagan’s first children’s novel is an adventure-fantasy about a battle between the nice and not-so-nice. The Blandes are a nice family with eccentric interests. Mr. Blande has covered every inch of their ... Read More »

April 7, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Silver Moon: Stories from Antonin Dvorak’s Most Enchanting Operas

By Ian Krykorka, Vladyana Krykorka, illus.

Operas and fairy tales have a natural affinity, and no one knew this more than the great Czech composer Dvorak, who put many of his native folk tales to music. His best-known opera, the enchanting ... Read More »

April 7, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

★ Good for Nothing

By Michel Noël, Shelley Tanaka, trans.

Fifteen-year-old Nipishish, a Métis orphan, finds things have changed for the worse on the Lac Cabonga reserve when he returns home after being kicked out of residential school. Loggers are altering the northern Quebec landscape, ... Read More »

April 7, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

My Arctic 1, 2, 3

By Michael Arvaarluk Kusugak, Vladyana Krykorka, illus.

This very attractively presented counting book is actually two books in one. The counting book itself, with full-colour illustrations by Vladyana Krykorka, shows the Arctic animals in a hunter-prey relationship – one polar bear hunts ... Read More »

April 6, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

★ A Cat in a Kayak

By Maria Coffey, Eugenie Fernandes, illus.

Teelo, the feline hero of this adventure story, is a reluctant traveller. When he loses his first home, he is adopted by Victor, a kindly vet who lives by himself on the seemingly idyllic Cloud ... Read More »

April 6, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

Lady Kaguya’s Secret

By Jirina Marton

A poor bamboo-cutter finds a luminous baby girl in the trunk of a tree one day, and he and his wife raise her as their own. But when she becomes a beautiful young woman, she ... Read More »

April 6, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

The Mole’s Daughter

By Julia Gukova

Father mole decides his daughter is too perfect to marry a mere mole. Against her wishes, he approaches the sky. The sky professes to be honoured, but claims the sun is more powerful, as it ... Read More »

April 6, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

But If They Do

By Bill Richardson, Marc Mongeau, illus.

“Nighty night. Sleep tight. Don’t let the bedbugs bite.” This familiar childhood refrain is the premise behind Bill Richardson’s lively picture book. The idea for the book began when callers to his CBC radio show ... Read More »

April 6, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

The Sidewalk Rescue

By Hazel Hutchins, Ruth Ohi, illus.

Hazel Hutchins’ and Ruth Ohi’s new picture book – the 16th they’ve done together – is a lively fantasy about a girl named Josie who disappears into the world of her sidewalk chalk drawings. We ... Read More »

March 24, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

★ Miss Rafferty’s Rainbow Socks

By Annette LeBox, Heather Holbrook, illus.

Miss Rafferty’s rainbow socks move her to lively tunes and joyful dance. Being magic socks, they also grow along with her, even into her old age. And so it is that Miss Rafferty is a ... Read More »

March 17, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

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