Children and YA Non-fiction

One Man at a Time: Secrets of a Serial Monogamist

The title of this memoir might lead the reader to expect a dishy, bitchy, spaghetti-strapped session with a Helen Fielding or a Melissa Bank, the top-girls in the urban dating adventures genre. But the reader ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs

Pain: Journeys Around My Parents

By Keith Garebian

Keith Garebian’s background is rich with potential autobiographical material. Born to an Armenian father and a mother of mixed Indian and English ancestry, he spent his early years in the polyglot expatriate community in Bombay. ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography

The Bone Museum: Travels in the Lost World of Dinosaurs and Birds

By Wayne Grady

Old dinosaurs never die, they just evolve into something else,” might make a good motto for many of today’s paleontologists. Going beyond the strict boundaries of the all-the-dinosaurs-were-killed-by-a-meteorite theory, cutting-edge paleontologists now believe that a ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Science, Technology & Environment

Tropic of Hockey

By Dave Bidini

Dave Bidini – of the rock band the Rheostatics – has a level of enthusiasm for “our game” that goes beyond fanaticism. Words with religous associations spring to mind: reverence, veneration, adoration, worship. In his ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Reference

Sammy Sitstill: How Sammy Feels About Attention Deficit Disorder and What He Does About It

By Catherine Thompson

This rhyming book is a first-person account of Sammy, a cartoon child with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) who hears the angry words, “Sammy, sit still!” so often that he thinks that’s his name. Written ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Better Books! Better Readers!

By Linda Hart-Hewins and Jan Wells

The authors, seasoned educators, have carefully designed a literature-rich program for primary students. Based on the premise that lifelong literacy is best achieved in an environment where real books are celebrated, this book includes a ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

It’s Your Future: You + Investing = Success

By Patricia Lovett-Reid and Anna Iacobelli

The basic premise of this book is simple: If young people develop good money habits at an early age, they’ll lay the groundwork for financial success as adults.Authors Patricia Lovett-Reid and Anna Iacobelli of the ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Menace and Mischief

By Sylvia Gunnery

The cast of characters here is lengthy. This is the story of CJ, Raymond, and Julie (three Grade 7 students), Hobo (their homeroom hamster), Miss Hiss (the science lab’s boa constrictor), Wilson (a Grade 9 ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Panther: Shadow of the Swamp

By Jonathan London, Paul Morin, illus.

Information and stories about the habits and antics of animals fascinate young children. These picture books, featuring big cats in their natural settings, will intrigue and delight preschoolers and primary readers. The first title is ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books