Children and YA Non-fiction

Omar on Board

This engaging picture book glows with the feeling of summer holidays. Popular author-illustrator Maryann Kovalski, who divides her time between Toronto and New York, sets her latest story about the plump bear Omar and his ... Read More »

April 15, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

Resurrection Blues

By Mike Tanner

Eighteen-year-old Flynn Robinson leaves high school and his sleepy suburban life to join a popular club circuit band, following his dream to be a rock musician like his Uncle Ray, who’s spent his whole life ... Read More »

April 15, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

★ Quid Pro Quo

By Vicki Grant

The narration of teen Cyril MacIntyre in the comic legal thriller Quid Pro Quo has the kind of timing, pacing, deadpan one-liners, and punchy humour that a seasoned stand-up comic would envy. No wonder that ... Read More »

April 15, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Alice MacLeod, Realist at Last

By Susan Juby

Fans of Susan Juby’s first two Alice books will find themselves well rewarded for the wait for the third. Here we catch up with Alice, still living in the small B.C. interior town of Smithers, ... Read More »

April 15, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Where’s Mom’s Hair? A Family’s Journey Through Cancer

By Debbie Watters, with Haydn and Emmett Watters, Sophie Hogan, photog.

Children tend to worry about things that are concrete and visible, so when a parent has cancer, kids often focus on hair loss. Their parent looks very different and might be quite self-conscious about this. ... Read More »

April 15, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Empires at War: The Seven Years’ War and the Struggle for North America 1754-1763

By William Fowler

Empires at War does not fit in the modern trend toward creative non-fiction history books. William Fowler, the American author of numerous books on 18th- and 19th-century U.S. naval history, writes solidly within the realm ... Read More »

March 22, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, History

Media Madness

By Dominic Ali, Michael Cho, illus.

This cool, colourful, highly visual guide to media covers the territory from TV, music, magazines, and comic books to video games and the Internet. Deconstructing media while it informs, the book is built around six ... Read More »

March 21, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

The Girls’ Yoga Book

By Michael Caldwell, Claudia Davila, illus.

Maple Tree Press’s Girl Zone series aims to foster healthy physical attitudes in girls of a vulnerable age by encouraging them to take an active role in developing their physical and mental wellness. In this, ... Read More »

March 21, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

38 Ways to Entertain Your Parents on Summer Vacation

By Dette Hunter, Kitty Macaulay, illus.

As she did in her two other craft books, Dette Hunter opens with the comic inversion that it’s adults who need entertaining, not children. Lily, the lively narrator, sharing a room in the family cabin ... Read More »

March 21, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Torrie & the Pirate Queen

By K.V. Johansen, Christine Delezenne, illus.

Having an invisible magical friend proves very helpful to young Anna, the heroine of this second book in a projected series by New Brunswick writer K.V. Johansen. Torrie, the magical creature who is “the oldest ... Read More »

March 21, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

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Omar on Board

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★ Quid Pro Quo

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Where’s Mom’s Hair? A Family’s Journey Through Cancer

Empires at War: The Seven Years’ War and the Struggle for North America 1754-1763

Media Madness

The Girls’ Yoga Book

38 Ways to Entertain Your Parents on Summer Vacation

Torrie & the Pirate Queen

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