Children and YA Non-fiction

★ My Brother’s Train

By Heather Kellerhals-Stewart, Paul Zwolak, illus.

A young girl and her older brother travel from Ontario to the West Coast by train. Along the way they see the prairies and the mountains. They stay a while on the coast with a ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

The Leaky Iron Boat: Nursing an Old Barge Through Holland, Belgium and France

By Hart Massey, Joe Weissman, illus.

It is one thing to suffer the hardships of travel in order to get a glimpse of the unknown and the exotic. But for Hart Massey – architect, metalworker, son of a Governor General, and ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography

Heaven’s Coast

By Mark Doty

Biography, autobiography, and memoir reflect and create fame or notoriety as they document lives and experiences. Canadian Elspeth Cameron’s latest book, No Previous Experience: A Memoir of Love and Change, presents a biographer turning her ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography

The Kids Guide to the Millennium

By Ann Love and Jane Drake, Bill Slavin, illus.

It would have been nice to have had a comprehensive guide to the millennium – a topic we’re certain to get very tired of in the next two years. Sadly, however, this book-in-a-hurry does very ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Fun with Modeling Clay

By Barbara Reid

Barbara Reid remains the undisputed doyenne of Plasticine illustration. In Have You Seen Birds? and Effie, she uses not just the medium, but perspective in remarkable ways. In 1997, she won the Governor General’s Award ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Father and Daughter Tales

By Josephine Evetts-Secker, Helen Cann, illus.

As psychologist Bruno Bettelheim noted in The Uses of Enchantment, folk tales are important to the psychological well-being of children. Jungians have long shared similar views, so it is not surprising to find that Josephine ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, History

To Tell the Truth

By Patti Farmer, Stephen Taylor, illus.

Diogenes might have appreciated the honesty of young Benjamin Gates, but his companions clearly do not. It has not been a good week for Benjamin who speaks the unvarnished truth. Monday’s candour about the lack ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

Rumpelstiltskin

By retold and illustrated by Marie-Louise Gay

Rumpelstiltskin, the scary and delicious tale by the Brothers Grimm about a menacing little man who can spin straw into gold, has been reinvented by writer and illustrator Marie-Louise Gay (The Three Little Pigs, Fat ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

★ The Parrot

By retold and illustrated by Laszlo and Raffaella Gal

The Parrot is a retelling of an Italian folktale, adapted and gorgeously illustrated by the renowned Canadian illustrator Laszlo Gal and his daughter Raffaella. The Gals respond to the structure of the story – a ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, History

High Cuisine: The Cannabis Cookbook

By Barbara Lamb

Rumour has it that food becomes more enjoyable when one is stoned on cannabis, the so-called “munchies.” Truth is, being high doesn’t affect food, just objectivity. A dry saltina is a dry saltina. That it ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Food & Drink

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