Children and YA Fiction

Norman Bethune: A Life of Passionate Conviction

Bethune is the first to be profiled in the newly launched Quest Library, a series of biographies of famous Canadians including Pauline Johnson and Tommy Douglas. Bethune emerges a far more interesting and complex man ... Read More »

February 3, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Wish upon a Unicorn

By Vicki Blum, Alan Barnard, illus.

One day Arica falls through a crack in her grandmother’s kitchen floor and finds herself kidnapped by trolls and dragged into North Bundelag, a land of magic. Soon she is in the clutches of the ... Read More »

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

A Circle of Silver

By Maxine Trottier

In 1760, 13-year-old John joins his father, Captain MacNeil, on his return to Canada from England. The captain thinks time in the uncharted war zone of the New World will “make a man” out of ... Read More »

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

The Divorced Kids Club and Other Stories

By W.D. Valgardson

The Divorced Kids Club is an unfortunate title for this collection, implying a high level of angst that is thankfully not delivered. Very few of the characters in these stories are the children of divorce. ... Read More »

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

★ Being with Henry

By Martha Brooks

Martha Brooks’ latest novel for young adults expands the horizons of the coming-of-age story. Not only does Laker, the 16-year-old protagonist, find himself on the inhospitable threshold of adulthood, but the other main character, Henry, ... Read More »

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

Mr. Dickens Hits Town

By Jan Mark, Regolo Ricci, illus.

Jan Mark’s effervescent text and Regolo Ricci’s jewelled illustrations in Mr. Dickens Hits Town make a striking debut for Tundra’s new line, Storybooks, intended for readers making the transition to novels.Mark mingles fact and fiction ... Read More »

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

Waiting for the Sun

By Alison Lohans, Marilyn Mets and Peter Ledwon, illus.

To pass the time while she waits for her new brother to be born, Mollie makes a list of important things to show him: the five wriggly tadpoles she caught, a newly laid chicken egg, ... Read More »

January 29, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

Oscar Wilde’s the Happy Prince

By Robin Muller, illus.

It is often said that Oscar Wilde wrote The Happy Prince for his children, but I have my doubts. Wilde first told the story to a group of Cambridge students and read it to his ... Read More »

January 29, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

Mama Likes to Mambo

By Helaine Becker, John Beder, illus.

Nonsense verse has a ready appeal for most young children, and ever since the publication of Dennis Lee’s Alligator Pie, Canadian poets have produced many fun rhymes for families to chant and chuckle over. Mama ... Read More »

January 29, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

★ In the Light of the Moon and Other Bedtime Stories

By Sam McBratney, Kady MacDonald Denton, illus.

For bedtime or for anytime, these gentle, whimsical tales by veteran Irish storyteller and author Sam McBratney are delightfully paired with the pictures of Kady MacDonald Denton to make a book of lasting appeal. Author ... Read More »

January 29, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

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