Children and YA Non-fiction

The World That Loved Books

Welcome to a world where everyone reads, and everyone becomes what they read. A man reading a book about flowers turns into blooms, and a rabbit reading a book on turtles suddenly finds his body ... Read More »

November 11, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

Zipitio

By Jorge Argueta, Gloria Calderón, illus., Elisa Amado, trans.

The title character of the newest in Groundwood’s series highlighting Latin American children’s writers is an awkward little man whose feet face in the wrong direction and whose big belly and long sharp nails make ... Read More »

November 11, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

Tales of Court and Castle

By Joan Bodger, Mark Lang. illus.

Mark Lang’s playful cover illustration depicts the late Joan Bodger, walking stick and all, dressed as a medieval entertainer. Mid-story, she’s surrounded by an enraptured audience at a round table. It’s an appropriate cover because, ... Read More »

November 11, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Initiation

By Virginia Frances Schwartz

Initiation, Virginia Frances Schwartz’s latest novel for young adults, is a complex and intriguing text that will invite discussion and perhaps controversy. Set in 15th-century northwest British Columbia, the novel interprets a Kwakiutl transformation myth, ... Read More »

November 11, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

The Book of Dreams

By O.R. Melling

The fourth book of the Chronicles of Faerie, written by the Irish-Canadian author O.R. Melling, far surpasses the earlier books in its length and the breadth of its scope. Set in Canada, this novel focuses ... Read More »

November 11, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

★ Footnotes: Dancing the World’s Best-loved Ballets

By Frank Augustyn and Shelley Tanaka

Every young ballet fan who has succumbed to the magic of dimming lights, swelling music, and gossamer costumes wonders what it’s really like to be on stage. Famous Canadian dancer Frank Augustyn knows both the ... Read More »

November 10, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

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By Frank Augustyn and Shelley Tanaka

November 10, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Dog Crafts

By Linda Hendry

For those who love both pets and crafts, these new offerings from Kids Can Press are sure to be hits. Ontario author/illustrator Linda Hendry’s Dog Crafts is filled with eyecatching theme projects kids will want ... Read More »

November 10, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

97 Orchard Street, New York: Stories of Immigrant Life

By Linda Granfield, Arlene Alda, photog.

While perhaps not the most boring book ever created for young readers, If the World Were a Village is certainly a contender. A worthy attempt to inculcate global awareness in children, David J. Smith’s information ... Read More »

November 8, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Ice Age Mammoth: Will This Ancient Giant Come Back to Life?

By Barbara Hehner, Mark Hallett, illus.

If scientists perfect the technique of cloning, woolly mammoths might live again with other Ice Age descendants in a Pleistocene Park. Barbara Hehner, author of an earlier children’s book on these creatures, advances that possibility ... Read More »

November 8, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

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The World That Loved Books

Zipitio

Tales of Court and Castle

Initiation

The Book of Dreams

★ Footnotes: Dancing the World’s Best-loved Ballets

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Dog Crafts

97 Orchard Street, New York: Stories of Immigrant Life

Ice Age Mammoth: Will This Ancient Giant Come Back to Life?

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