Children and YA Non-fiction

Willow and Twig

Jean Little doesn’t shy away from the darker side of life in her latest novel, a departure from her usual style. In Willow and Twig, a brother and sister, abandoned by their drug-addicted mother, finally ... Read More »

February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

When Night Eats the Moon

By Joanne Findon

What imaginative visitors to Stonehenge don’t wish away the turnstile and tour groups and envision themselves greeting the rising sun in some prehistoric dawn? Such a fantasy comes true for teenaged Holly, unwillingly sent from ... Read More »

February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

The Kids Book of Canadian Prime Ministers

By Pat Hancock, John Mantha, illus.

This attractive and informative book fills a real need. Entries for each of the 20 PMs, which range from two to five pages depending on their length of time in office, provide a good balance ... Read More »

February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Losing the Dead

By Lisa Appignanesi

There is an intensely immediate quality to Lisa Appignanesi’s family memoir Losing the Dead. The story is told in the present tense with constant temporal shifts that transport the reader from wartime Poland, to 1950s ... Read More »

February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography

Saqiyuq: Stories from the Lives of Three Inuit Women

By Nancy Wachowich,Apphia Agalakti Awa, Rhoda Kaukjak Katsak and Sandra Pikujak Katsak

Saqiyuq is the Inuktitut word for a strong wind that suddenly shifts direction. Inuit life has also undergone a sudden shift in the last four decades, from nomadic subsistence hunting to permanent settlement in communities. ... Read More »

February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Native Peoples

Uncivilizing

By Caroline Davidson et al.,Jennifer Footman, ed.

In the editor’s introduction, Jennifer Footman makes a distinction between Uncivilizing and other contemporary poetry anthologies that herald the arrival of “new and exciting” writers (usually poets under 30 or those not-yet-known). In contrast, Footman ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Poetry

Blue Skies and Boiler Rooms: Buying and Selling Securities in Canada, 1870-1940

By Christopher Armstrong

For Canadian stock exchanges, the Bre-X mining scandal shows the truth in Mark Twain’s description of a gold mine as “a hole in the ground with a liar standing next to it.” Author Christopher Armstrong, ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs

Daughters of the Moon, Sisters of the Sun: Young Women and Mentors of the Transition to Womanhood

By K. Wind Hughes and Linda Wolf, photos by Linda Wolf

Daughters of the Moon, Sisters of the Sun is the latest addition to the recent deluge of books that explore the perilous emotional passage of girls into womanhood. The book is a compilation of bittersweet ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs

Growing up Naked: My Years in Bump and Grind

By Lindalee Tracey

When a stripper associate and I ran into Lindalee Tracey (aka “Fonda Peters”) in Montreal in the early 1980s, I was dutifully impressed. To be a famous stripper in a city that is so girl ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography

Unauthorized Entry: The Truth About Nazi War Criminals in Canada, 1946-1956

By Howard Margolian

Howard Margolian, author of Conduct Unbecoming, which told the story of the murder of Canadian prisoners of war in Normandy in 1944, turns his attention to refuting the common perception that Canada was a haven ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, History

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Willow and Twig

When Night Eats the Moon

The Kids Book of Canadian Prime Ministers

Losing the Dead

Saqiyuq: Stories from the Lives of Three Inuit Women

Uncivilizing

Blue Skies and Boiler Rooms: Buying and Selling Securities in Canada, 1870-1940

Daughters of the Moon, Sisters of the Sun: Young Women and Mentors of the Transition to Womanhood

Growing up Naked: My Years in Bump and Grind

Unauthorized Entry: The Truth About Nazi War Criminals in Canada, 1946-1956

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