Alice, I Think

You’ve got to like a kid who continues in therapy just so her mental-health professional won’t be traumatized. And 15-year-old Alice, notwithstanding the opinions of her classmates, parents, and neighbours in Smithers, B.C., is terrific. ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Grave Secrets

By Sylvia McNicoll

For Nicholas Dilon, 15, who’s recently moved into a new neighbourhood, the usual problems of making new friends and starting at a new school are compounded by ghostly goings-on. Nick’s plagued by nightmares about the ... Read More »

February 22, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Papier-mâché

By Renée Schwarz

Strips of newspaper, empty juice containers, detergent boxes, twist ties, toilet paper rolls: in Papier-Mâché, an activity book for young readers, writer and illustrator Renée Schwarz enthusiastically demonstrates how these ordinary household materials (essentially garbage) ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Teeth That Stab and Grind

By Diane Swanson

Award-winning nature author Diane Swanson has just released the third and fourth books in her Up Close series (previous titles are Tails That Talk and Fly and Noses That Plow and Poke.) Beyond the catchy ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Feet That Suck and Feed

By Diane Swanson

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

★ In Like a Lion

By Julie Lawson, Yolaine Lefebvre, illus.

For fathers who feel left out of the mommy-dominated picture book market, here are two new uniquely Canadian stories starring dads who save the day.Although it’s recounted by a fictional character, In Like a Lion ... Read More »

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

The Strongest Man This Side of Cremona

By Georgia Graham

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

Goldfish Don’t Take Bubble Baths

By Trina Wiebe, Marisol Sarrazin, illus.

How to lure children from picture books into chapter books – those with fewer illustrations and more text –- is a tricky task and surely an important one for creating new generations of readers. As ... Read More »

February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Screech Owls Scrapbook

By Roy MacGregor, Greg Banning, illus.

Ever since veteran hockey writer Roy MacGregor published his first book about a fictional team of young hockey players back in 1995, young readers have been following the exploits of the Screech Owls with fascination.Until ... Read More »

February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Sundog Rescue

By Alison Lohans, Vladyana Langer Krykorka, illus.

Melissa, the main character in Sundog Rescue, is one of those young children whose fears are triggered by an overactive imagination. In her fantasies, which are always related to nature, she sees sharks in a ... Read More »

February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

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