Children and YA Non-fiction

Money, Money, Money: Where It Comes from, How to Save It, Spend It and Make It

Money, Money, Money is a comprehensive revision of Drobot’s first children’s book, Everything You Want to Know About Money, published in 1987. This new edition includes money facts on such topics as issuing euros, reprinting ... Read More »

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

Red Land, Yellow River: A Story from the Cultural Revolution

By Ange Zhang

Ange Zhang was just 13 in June 1966, when Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution utterly swept away his childhood world. In this breathtaking memoir, he seems a reluctant guide, cautiously navigating his way through the dark ... Read More »

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

A Lover’s Quarrel

By Carmine Starnino

Montreal poet, editor, and critic Carmine Starnino is a lonely brave voice in a milquetoast milieu. To readers panting in a critical desert of “joylessness and phrasal drabness” he offers “ebullience, ardency and verve.” He ... Read More »

October 18, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Criticism & Essays

Going Wild: Amazing Animal Adventures Around the World

By Brian Keating

The title of this book is a bit misleading: the stories of globetrotting and animal observing collected here aren’t so much amazing animal adventures as they are very interesting Brian Keating adventures. (As for Going ... Read More »

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

Slangalicious

By Gillian O'Reilly, Krista Johnson, illus.

Why do people call TV the “boob tube‚” or use the word “dough” for money? Why do we say we “loaf around” when we’re doing nothing? Why is something easily accomplished a “cakewalk”? All these ... Read More »

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

In Your Face: The Culture of Beauty and You

By Shari Graydon

At the end of the 18th century, British parliamentarians proposed a law that would prevent women from “trapping” men with artificial means, such as makeup. This bill seems laughable now, and yet according to this ... Read More »

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

The Big Why

By Michael Winter

For the past several years it’s seemed as if everyone and their aunt is writing historical novels. Even so, it’s hard to avoid surprise when a writer such as Newfoundland’s Michael Winter – known for ... Read More »

September 20, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

Animals and Their Mates: How Animals Attract, Fight for and Protect Each Other

By Pamela Hickman, Pat Stephens, illus.

For most kids, especially those with pets, the mystery of animal birth is revealed fairly early. Animal sex comes a little later. But unless they’ve watched a lot of nature television, the rituals of animal ... Read More »

September 17, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

The Heaven Shop

By Deborah Ellis

Life is good for 13-year-old Binti, who’s a prefect at her private girls’ school and has a starring role on Malawi’s most popular radio show. Her worst Life is Life is good for 13-year-old Binti, ... Read More »

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

Snow Amazing: Cool Facts and Warm Tales

By Jane Drake and Ann Love, Mark Thurman, illus.

In the world of snow there are three types: chionophobes (snow avoiders), chionoeuphores (snow endurers), and chionophiles (snow lovers). That’s one of many cool facts to be found in Snow Amazing, the latest collaboration by ... Read More »

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

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Money, Money, Money: Where It Comes from, How to Save It, Spend It and Make It

Red Land, Yellow River: A Story from the Cultural Revolution

A Lover’s Quarrel

Going Wild: Amazing Animal Adventures Around the World

Slangalicious

In Your Face: The Culture of Beauty and You

The Big Why

Animals and Their Mates: How Animals Attract, Fight for and Protect Each Other

The Heaven Shop

Snow Amazing: Cool Facts and Warm Tales

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