Hemp Jewelry

By Judy Ann Sadler, June Bradford, illus.

Judy Ann Sadler takes up knots and beads to introduce kids to hemp jewelry making in her latest craft book. Hemp cord (made from fibres of the hemp plant) is popular for making jewelry because ... Read More »

April 15, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Battle Stations!: Fortifications Through the Ages

By Stephen Shapiro, Mei Tsao and Ken Nice, illus.

In Battle Stations, Toronto author Stephen Shapiro indulges his interest in military history to outline the ways we have defended ourselves over the past 3,500 years, and how those ways have evolved to meet changing ... Read More »

April 15, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Empires at War: The Seven Years’ War and the Struggle for North America 1754-1763

By William Fowler

Empires at War does not fit in the modern trend toward creative non-fiction history books. William Fowler, the American author of numerous books on 18th- and 19th-century U.S. naval history, writes solidly within the realm ... Read More »

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

Media Madness

By Dominic Ali, Michael Cho, illus.

This cool, colourful, highly visual guide to media covers the territory from TV, music, magazines, and comic books to video games and the Internet. Deconstructing media while it informs, the book is built around six ... Read More »

March 21, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

The Girls’ Yoga Book

By Michael Caldwell, Claudia Davila, illus.

Maple Tree Press’s Girl Zone series aims to foster healthy physical attitudes in girls of a vulnerable age by encouraging them to take an active role in developing their physical and mental wellness. In this, ... Read More »

March 21, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

38 Ways to Entertain Your Parents on Summer Vacation

By Dette Hunter, Kitty Macaulay, illus.

As she did in her two other craft books, Dette Hunter opens with the comic inversion that it’s adults who need entertaining, not children. Lily, the lively narrator, sharing a room in the family cabin ... Read More »

March 21, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Torrie & the Pirate Queen

By K.V. Johansen, Christine Delezenne, illus.

Having an invisible magical friend proves very helpful to young Anna, the heroine of this second book in a projected series by New Brunswick writer K.V. Johansen. Torrie, the magical creature who is “the oldest ... Read More »

March 21, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Martin Bridge: Ready for Takeoff!

By Jessica Scott Kerrin, Joseph Kelly, illus.

Halifax writer Jessica Scott Kerrin’s trio of interconnected short stories, Martin Bridge: Ready for Takeoff!, turns on daily ethical dilemmas faced by children. Young readers will readily identify with the likeable, sympathetically drawn Martin and ... Read More »

March 21, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Brave Jack and the Unicorn

By Janet McNaughton, Susan Tooke, illus.

Jack may not be handsome or clever like his brothers and might not ever amount to anything, as his mother keeps telling him, but he’s kind-hearted and that goes a long way in the world. ... Read More »

March 21, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

The Lost Island

By E. Pauline Johnson, Atanas, illus.

Almost 100 years ago, Chief Joe Capilano told this story to Pauline Johnson, the daughter of a Mohawk chief and British mother. Johnson, Canada’s first native author published in English, was highly celebrated in the ... Read More »

March 21, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

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