Children and YA Non-fiction

Tales of Don Quixote

At the beginning of the second part of Don Quixote, published 10 years after the first part, Cervantes, not shy about self-promotion, embeds a character who comments on the great popularity of part one. “Children ... Read More »

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

The Underground Reporters

By Kathy Kacer

In August 1940, a group of Jewish youth in the Czech village of Budejovice, barred by the Nazis from almost all everyday activities, came together to start a community newspaper. Called Klepy, the newspaper began ... Read More »

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

Fearless Fashion

By Alison Bell, Jerome Mireault, illus.

Ever wonder how Goths get their look, or how to make your style a little more punky? Aimed at budding preteen fashionistas, Alison Bell’s Fearless Fashion aims to be the “thinking girl’s guide to style.” ... Read More »

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

Kitchen for Kids: 100 Amazing Recipes Your Children Can Really Make

By Jennifer Low, Mark Burstyn, photo.

Some of the best cookbooks are those you enjoy reading outside the kitchen for their own sake. Kitchen for Kids is one of these: it is a pleasure to browse because of its gorgeous design, ... Read More »

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

Catharine Parr Traill: Backwoods Pioneer

By Carol Martin

In Margaret Laurence’s The Diviners, the admonishing spirit of Catharine Parr Traill urges Morag to get busy as Traill did, planting an orchard, discovering and naming wildflowers, writing books with, as Traill puts it, “some ... Read More »

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

Making It Home: The Story of Catherine Parr Traill

By Lynn Westerhout

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

Leon’s Song

By Stephanie Simpson McLellan, Dianna Bonder, illus.

Two fine books from Fitzhenry & Whiteside both star frogs. The title character of Gummy Toes, a grey tree frog, is watching some children play when he sees them exclaiming over a robin, then a ... Read More »

December 13, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

The A to Z of Everyday Things

By Janice Weaver, Francis Blake, illus.

Though it looks like a kids’ book, Janice Weaver’s The A to Z of Everyday Things reads more like an anthology of those adult pop histories that purport to reveal the significance of familiar items ... Read More »

December 13, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Read Me a Book

By Barbara Reid

Twenty years after she first wowed the picture book world with her now-signature Plasticine artwork for The New Baby Calf, Barbara Reid has another treat for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and caregivers. Read Me a Book, ... Read More »

November 10, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

That’s Very Canadian!

By Vivien Bowers, Dianne Eastman, illus.

This book is the third in Vivien Bowers’ series of exclamation point-enhanced titles (after 1999’s Wow Canada! and 2002’s Only in Canada!). All three books share not only the same irreverent tone in educating young ... Read More »

November 10, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

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Tales of Don Quixote

The Underground Reporters

Fearless Fashion

Kitchen for Kids: 100 Amazing Recipes Your Children Can Really Make

Catharine Parr Traill: Backwoods Pioneer

Making It Home: The Story of Catherine Parr Traill

Leon’s Song

The A to Z of Everyday Things

Read Me a Book

That’s Very Canadian!

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