Kids’ Books

Kasztner’s Train: The True Story of Rezsö Kasztner, Unknown Hero of the Holocaust

A Hungarian Jew, Rezsö Kasztner spent most of the Second World War trying to prevent his neighbours from being deported to concentration camps. He was successful in his endeavours because he appealed to the basest ... Read More »

September 24, 2007 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, History

Out Came the Sun: A Day in Nursery Rhymes

By Heather Collins

Extending her line of illustrated nursery rhymes, award-winner Heather Collins delivers Out Came the Sun, an anthology of children’s verse both familiar and obscure brought to life by softly hued watercolour depictions of a family ... Read More »

August 7, 2007 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

★ Becca at Sea

By Deirdre Baker

Who knew that Deirdre Baker (co-author of A Guide to Canadian Children’s Books and the forthcoming guide to children’s fantasy Follow That Broomstick) could write such terrific fiction? In Baker’s first novel, young Becca wonders ... Read More »

August 7, 2007 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Witch in the Wind: The True Story of the Legendary Bluenose

By Marq de Villiers

The Bluenose is a Canadian icon, the symbol of an age when schooners ruled the waves and were depended upon by many a Maritime family. In his latest book, Governor General’s Award winner Marq de ... Read More »

July 27, 2007 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, History

Where People Feast: An Indigenous People’s Cookbook

By Annie Watts, Dolly Watts

Dolly and Annie Watts – mother and daughter, respectively – are descended from chiefs of B.C.’s Gitk’san First Nation. From 1995 until earlier this year, they ran one of only two restaurants of its kind ... Read More »

July 27, 2007 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Food & Drink

Young Thugs: Inside the Dangerous World of Canadian Street Gangs

By Michael C. Chettleburgh

According to criminal justice consultant and youth gang expert Michael Chettleburgh, every Canadian city has, or will soon have, a problem with youth gangs. He shows us the statistics: 62 gangs, with over 1,100 members, ... Read More »

July 27, 2007 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs

An Enchantment of Birds: Memories from a Birder’s Life

By Richard Cannings; Donald Gunn, illus.

Richard Cannings is one of those rare birds – a down-to-earth expert. Birders both experienced and novice are in good company with this inveterate and humorous naturalist, who shares his experiences and knowledge engagingly.The book’s ... Read More »

July 27, 2007 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography

The New Cold War: Revolutions, Rigged Elections and Pipeline Politics in the Former Soviet Union

By Mark MacKinnon

The dissolution of the U.S.S.R. in 1991 was followed not by a sudden flowering of democracy, but by the seizure of political and economic power by former Communist apparatchiks. Opposition to the new regimes by ... Read More »

July 27, 2007 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, History

★ October

By Richard B. Wright

A critic once reacted to the comprehensiveness of the title of Alan Sillitoe’s 1959 novella The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner by asking, “Why write the book?” At the opposite end of the scale, the ... Read More »

July 27, 2007 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

★ Please, Louise!

By Frieda Wishinsky; Marie-Louise Gay, illus.

Louise is Jake’s little sister, and she is irrepressible. She dances into his room, plays with his toys, bounces on his bed, and never stops talking. As drawn by Marie-Louise Gay, winner of two Governor ... Read More »

July 16, 2007 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

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