How Animals Communicate (crabapple Series)

Both these new additions to Crabtree’s Crabapple series will appeal to young animal lovers – and their teachers and parents. These books feature an attractive design, large readable typeface, and many colour photographs. How Animals ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

How a Plant Grows (crabapple Series)

By Bobbie Kalman

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

★ Grizzly Bears (the Untamed World Series)

By Janice Parker

These two excellent new non-fiction books deserve a place in any school or public library. They are packed with useful information, text that’s both readable and entertaining, and colourful photographs to grab the attention of ... Read More »

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

Martha Black: Gold Rush Pioneer

By Carol Martin

Martha Black was a determined and courageous woman whose adventures rival those of other remarkable individuals who left lives of luxury and privilege to participate in the settlement of the Canadian Northwest. A society belle ... Read More »

March 5, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Dancer

By Shelley Peterson

Dancer, a first novel for young adults by Shelley Peterson, is a horse story, a love story, and a fairytale all in one.The central human character is 16-year-old Mousie James, who lives with her mother, ... Read More »

March 5, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Monty Goes South

By Marc Tetro

Marc Tetro’s third picture book is a happy mix of preschool and adult humour. The premise is simple, the solution surprising. It’s time to fly south, but Monty, a Canada Goose, is afraid of heights. ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

The Secret of Devil Lake

By Robert Sutherland

Robert Sutherland is known for fast-paced contemporary young adult mysteries set around Westport, northeast of Kingston, Ontario. His current one sticks to the same geographical area but moves back in time to 1845. Fourteen-year-old Will ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Black Nell

By Shirley Woods, Celia Godkin, illus.

Black Nell chronicles the adventures of an Eastern coyote along an abandoned railway line in Northern Ontario. We follow Nell through her first year of life as she searches the countryside for a mate. Nell ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Zack

By William Bell

Like Forbidden City (Bell’s YA novel about Tiananmen Square), Zack is historical fiction. The main character delves into the past, but is firmly rooted in the present since that delving inspires a modern-day odyssey.Zack is ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Stephen Fair

By Tim Wynne-Jones

Beset by nightmares and troubled by the partial knowledge of a family secret, 15-year-old Stephen Fair is beginning to doubt his sanity. Part of the problem is the blurred emotional boundary between his mother and ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

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How Animals Communicate (crabapple Series)

How a Plant Grows (crabapple Series)

★ Grizzly Bears (the Untamed World Series)

Martha Black: Gold Rush Pioneer

Dancer

Monty Goes South

The Secret of Devil Lake

Black Nell

Zack

Stephen Fair

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