Fantastic Companions

The use of animal companions in fantasy writing is a difficult balancing act: walking the line between coy anthropomorphism (with its risk of sentimentality) and sage-like omnipotence is a feat for even the most seasoned ... Read More »

August 29, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Swimming in the Monsoon Sea

By Shyam Selvadurai

In the 20 years of my adult book discussion group at the library, one title stands out for the sheer delight it occasioned us all – Running in the Family, Michael Ondaatje’s outrageous Sri Lankan ... Read More »

August 29, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Hannah Waters and the Daughter of Johann Sebastian Bach

By Barbara Nickel

Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins is the link in this absorbing novel, in which music reaches across the centuries to connect two girls – a modern 12-year-old recently transplanted to Saskatchewan and the daughter of ... Read More »

August 22, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Eddie Longpants

By Mireille Levert

There’s always a breeze in a Marie-Louise Gay picture book – a zephyr, a gust, a balmy caress, or an outright gale – so that the natural world seems to jig and thrum with sheer ... Read More »

July 11, 2005 | Filed under: Picture Books

Caramba

By Marie-Louise Gay

There’s always a breeze in a Marie-Louise Gay picture book – a zephyr, a gust, a balmy caress, or an outright gale – so that the natural world seems to jig and thrum with sheer ... Read More »

July 11, 2005 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Red Sash

By Jean E. Pendziwol; Nicolas Debon, illus.

The writer and illustrator behind Dawn Watch, a picture book about a contemporary father-daughter sailboat outing on Lake Superior, are back with another adventure on the lake. This time it’s a historical one – it ... Read More »

July 11, 2005 | Filed under: Picture Books

Shi-shi-etko

By Nicola I. Campbell; Kim LaFave, illus.

This story spans three idyllic days before a truck arrives to take Shi-shi-etko (whose name means “she who loves to play in the water”) to residential school. As depicted, Shi-shi-etko is, at most, six or ... Read More »

July 11, 2005 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Way to Slumbertown

By Lucy Maud Montgomery; Rachel Bedard, illus.

L.M. Montgomery’s famous name will attract readers to this lullaby picture book, which is based on a poem first published in a magazine in 1916. Replete with lyrical visions and dreamy sentiment, the poem is ... Read More »

July 11, 2005 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Nutcracker

By Karen Kain; Rajka Kupesic, illus.

Prima ballerina Karen Kain becomes a storyteller with this new picture book version of The Nutcracker, based on James Kudelka’s National Ballet production of Tchaikovsky’s well-loved piece. This version is set in Russia rather than ... Read More »

July 11, 2005 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ The Love of Two Stars: A Korean Legend

By Janie Jaehyun Park

Janie Jaehyun Park’s first book, The Tiger and the Dried Persimmon, won the Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Picture Book Award and was shortlisted for a Governor General’s Award in 2002. Her second, The Love of Two Stars, ... Read More »

July 11, 2005 | Filed under: Picture Books

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Fantastic Companions

Swimming in the Monsoon Sea

Hannah Waters and the Daughter of Johann Sebastian Bach

Eddie Longpants

Caramba

The Red Sash

Shi-shi-etko

The Way to Slumbertown

The Nutcracker

★ The Love of Two Stars: A Korean Legend

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