Kids’ Books

A Trip with Grandma

Ruth Ohi’s latest picture book, her third to feature guinea pig characters, is a charming story about a young child’s first overnight trip without his parents. Though little Sprout likes seeing new places and loves ... Read More »

May 30, 2007 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

Polar Bear, Arctic Hare: Poems of the Frozen North

By Eileen Spinelli; Eugenie Fernandes, illus.;

By the time you read this review, another couple of hundred kilometres of age-old ice will have broken off the Arctic shelf and tumbled into the sea. Hunters in Pangnirtung, in the area where Arctic ... Read More »

April 30, 2007 | Filed under: Picture Books

Web of Deceit: The History of Western Complicity in Iraq from Churchill to Kennedy to George W. Bush

By Barry M. Lando

In the final days of 1920, after a series of bloody Arab uprisings against the British occupiers of Mesopotamia (soon to be renamed Iraq), a frustrated Winston Churchill, then secretary of state for the colonies, ... Read More »

April 5, 2007 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, History

Yesno

By Dennis Lee

UN, Dennis Lee’s previous collection of poetry for adults, represented a significant stylistic departure not only for Lee but for English Canadian poetry in general. Unlike the long, often prosy lines of Civil Elegies, a ... Read More »

April 4, 2007 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Poetry

The Breakdown So Far

By M.A.C. Farrant

This collection of (very) short stories and literary snapshots is billed as “an unsparing critique” of North American mall culture. It is unsparing. It’s also sometimes witty and clever. Unfortunately, it’s often so busy sneering ... Read More »

April 4, 2007 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Short

The Mysterious Adventures of Pauline Bovary

By Edeet Ravel

The New York Times’s recent declaration that trends are the new trend left me worried. How can I hold up my head as a Q&Q columnist if I don’t start recognizing some trends? Approaching despair, ... Read More »

April 2, 2007 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Thrilling Life of Pauline de Lammermoor

By Edeet Ravel

April 2, 2007 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Rich by Thirty: A Young Adult’s Guide to Financial Success

By Leslie Scorgie

Leslie Scorgie grew up in a home where money was “very tight” – but by the time she was 17, she was giving financial advice on Oprah. Now 23, she works in finance, owns her ... Read More »

April 2, 2007 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Strike a Pose: The Planet Girl Guide to Yoga

By Karen Birkemoe; Heather Collett, illus

Until now, most yoga books for kids have been written for adults who intend to teach young students. Strike a Pose fills a gap in the market, offering a succinct overview of yoga and a ... Read More »

April 2, 2007 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Healing Our World: Inside Doctors Without Borders

By David Morley

While writing about the victims of tsunamis, earthquakes, famines, and – worst of all – civil wars, frustration and discouragement must sometimes be close to the surface. But as hard as it must be to ... Read More »

April 2, 2007 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

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Quill and Quire

A Trip with Grandma

Polar Bear, Arctic Hare: Poems of the Frozen North

Web of Deceit: The History of Western Complicity in Iraq from Churchill to Kennedy to George W. Bush

Yesno

The Breakdown So Far

The Mysterious Adventures of Pauline Bovary

The Thrilling Life of Pauline de Lammermoor

Rich by Thirty: A Young Adult’s Guide to Financial Success

Strike a Pose: The Planet Girl Guide to Yoga

Healing Our World: Inside Doctors Without Borders

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