Children and YA Non-fiction

Rousseau’s Garden

Elegant and cosmopolitan, Ann Charney’s Rousseau’s Garden, is a novel of mid-life preoccupations. Claire, a Montreal photographer, has recently married Adrian, an art historian, their tasteful match cemented by a close physical relationship. But if ... Read More »

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

Dolce Agonia

By Nancy Huston

The dinner party has long been a handy plot device for writers. Consider the delicious possibilities: a diverse cast of characters, secret agendas, smoldering affairs, equal parts dialogue and inner monologue, the chance to toss ... Read More »

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

Baa! the Most Interesting Book You’ll Ever Read About Genes and Cloning

By Cynthia Pratt Nicolson, Rose Cowles, illus.

Baa! may very well be, as its subtitle promises, the most interesting book on the topic of genes written exclusively for kids. Certainly the first engaging book for children about the topic, it’s part of ... Read More »

January 30, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Crimes of Passion: An Unblinking Look at Murderous Love

By Howard Engel

Howard Engel’s second non-fiction book, Crimes of Passion, is another thematic collection of material relating to death, but this time it is the provocation rather than the process that’s under examination. The assumed link between ... Read More »

January 30, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs

The Swashbucklers: The Story of Canada’s Battling Broadcasters

By Knowlton Nash

One of the great things about living in Canada is the wide range of choices in broadcast content both on the radio and on television. Living so close to the U.S., we’re able to pick ... Read More »

January 30, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs

No Two Snowflakes

By Sheree Fitch, Janet Wilson, illus.

Author Sheree Fitch and artist Janet Wilson give readers a dazzling new appreciation of snow in No Two Snowflakes. In a Christmas letter, Lou answers her Ghanaian penpal’s questions about snow, describing in a heartfelt ... Read More »

January 29, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

★ Big Ben

By Sarah Ellis, Kim LaFave, illus.

Ben is tired of being the littlest in the family. His big sister, Robin, and big brother, Joe, can do everything. But Ben can’t swim, can’t see out the car window, can’t use chopsticks, and ... Read More »

January 29, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

Gifts to Make and Eat

By Elizabeth MacLeod, June Bradford, illus.

Another successful title in the Kids Can Do It series, Gifts to Make and Eat is full of inexpensive, creative ways for children to give personalized and tasty gifts. In her latest craft book, author/editor ... Read More »

January 29, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Princess Bun Bun

By Richard Scrimger, Gillian Johnson, illus.

Say the word “castle” and kids think of towers, moats, princesses, and knights. Toronto author Richard Scrimger plays with these magical elements in his latest picture book, Princess Bun Bun. In this delightful sequel to ... Read More »

January 27, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

Leap into Poetry: More Abcs of Poetry

By Avis Harley

Although adults may have forgotten this, any child who’s been enraptured by the rhymes, rhythms, riddles, and wordplay of Dennis Lee, Mother Goose, or Dr. Seuss instinctively knows that spieltrieb (as the German critic Baumgarten ... Read More »

January 27, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

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