Kids’ Books

I Am a Taxi

I Am a Taxi’s 12-year-old protagonist, Diego, lives with his baby sister and mother in a tiny cell in Bolivia’s San Sebastian Women’s Prison; his father is incarcerated in the men’s prison across town because ... Read More »

September 13, 2006 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Christmas Eve Magic

By Lucie Papineau; Stéphane Poulin, illus.

It’s hard to be a Scrooge about a new Christmas book for children, but this collaboration between veteran children’s writer Lucie Papineau and two-time Governor General’s Award-winning illustrator Stéphane Poulin seems to miss its mark. ... Read More »

September 13, 2006 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

The Huron Carol

By Jean de Brebeuf; Jesse Edgar Middleton, trans.; Ian Wallace, illus.

The Huron Carol’s English lyrics by Jesse Edgar Middleton are an early 20th-century adaptation of a Huron hymn written circa 1641 by Father Jean de Brébeuf, a Jesuit missionary who lived with the Wendat (Huron) ... Read More »

September 13, 2006 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

★ What Are You Doing, Sam?

By Marie-Louise Gay

Rarely does a children’s book suit its intended audience perfectly. The vocabulary may aim too high or low, or adult preoccupations may creep into what is supposed to be a child’s sphere of thought. But ... Read More »

September 13, 2006 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

★ “I Did It Because…”: How a Poem Happens

By Loris Lesynski; Michael Martchenko, illus.

It’s one of those certainties like death or taxes: after an author reading, someone in the audience will invariably ask, “Where do you get your ideas?” Without saying where, exactly, children’s poet Loris Lesynski ponders ... Read More »

September 13, 2006 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

★ I Did It Because…How a Poem Happens

By Loris Lesynski; Michael Martchenko, illus.

July 17, 2006 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Ancient Thunder

By Leo Yerxa

It has taken time, but he has done it again. Leo Yerxa, Ojibwe artist-author of the multi-award-winning Last Leaf First Snowflake to Fall (1993), has produced another surefire prize contender with this tribute to the ... Read More »

June 19, 2006 | Filed under: Picture Books

Lighthouse: A Story of Remembrance

By Robert Munsch, Janet Wilson, illus.

When Sarah wakes up in the middle of the night, goes to her parents’ room, and asks her father to take her to the lighthouse, we might expect some of the yelling and stomping that ... Read More »

June 14, 2006 | Filed under: Picture Books

Taming Horrible Harry

By Lili Chartrand; Susan Ouriou, trans.; Rogé, illus.

Horrible Harry is a monster whose job is to scare humans away from the forest. A single roar usually suffices – that is, until the fateful day when he tries to frighten a little girl ... Read More »

June 2, 2006 | Filed under: Picture Books

Scaredy Squirrel

By Melanie Watt

This cheerful picture book is for and about the seriously fearful. Scaredy is a squirrel who won’t leave his nut tree because of possible hazards in the unknown, such as killer bees, poison ivy, and ... Read More »

June 2, 2006 | Filed under: Picture Books

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Quill and Quire

I Am a Taxi

Christmas Eve Magic

The Huron Carol

★ What Are You Doing, Sam?

★ “I Did It Because…”: How a Poem Happens

★ I Did It Because…How a Poem Happens

★ Ancient Thunder

Lighthouse: A Story of Remembrance

Taming Horrible Harry

Scaredy Squirrel

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