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★ The Flying Canoe

By Roch Carrier, Sheila Fischman, trans., Sheldon Cohen, illus.

Children’s books that are also works of art have been the territory of Tundra Books since its beginning. Canny pairings of writers and illustrators, the creative press-ganging of artists from the mainstream world of gallery ... Read More »

December 22, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Under the Spell of the Moon: Art for Children from the World’s Great Illustrators

By Patricia Aldana

Celebrating the art of children’s book illustration, with brief texts and pictures from illustrators all over the world, this appealing book honours the work of the International Board on Books for Young People by donating ... Read More »

December 13, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Orphans in the Sky

By Jeanne Bushey

Author Jeanne Bushey and illustrator Vladyana Krykorka, who together created The Polar Bear’s Gift, collaborate again in this retelling of an Inuit legend about the origin of thunder and lightning. Bushey, who lived for years ... Read More »

December 13, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Leon’s Song

By Stephanie Simpson McLellan, Dianna Bonder, illus.

Two fine books from Fitzhenry & Whiteside both star frogs. The title character of Gummy Toes, a grey tree frog, is watching some children play when he sees them exclaiming over a robin, then a ... Read More »

December 13, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

The A to Z of Everyday Things

By Janice Weaver, Francis Blake, illus.

Though it looks like a kids’ book, Janice Weaver’s The A to Z of Everyday Things reads more like an anthology of those adult pop histories that purport to reveal the significance of familiar items ... Read More »

December 13, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Rain Tonight: A Story of Hurricane Hazel

By Steve Pitt, Heather Collins, illus.

The weather forecast on Oct. 15, 1954 said only “rain tonight” (hence the book’s title), but for hundreds of Toronto residents, Hurricane Hazel was a horrific disaster. Born at the height of the storm in ... Read More »

December 13, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Ghost Voyages III: Endeavour and Resolution

By Cora Taylor

In the first two books in Alberta author Cora Taylor’s historical fantasy series Ghost Voyages, Jeremy experienced Canada’s maritime history aboard the Northcote, Nonsuch, Matthew, and Bluenose. In the third, he briefly revisits the Bluenose ... Read More »

December 13, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Freewalker

By Dennis Foon

My first impression of Vancouver playwright Dennis Foon’s Freewalker, a sequel to The Dirt Eaters, was that it’s derivative of Philip Pullman’s Dark Materials series. Foon’s mystical “dirt” recalls Pullman’s “dust.” The animal forms that ... Read More »

December 13, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Francesca and the Magic Bike

By Cynthia Nugent

"Hippogriff, don’t fail me now!” is the plea that 10-year-old Francesca (Frankie), on a quest to recover a special ring, makes to her awesome bike. Frankie begins her adventure with frissons of doubt about whether ... Read More »

December 13, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Flags of War

By John Wilson

The Flags of War, by prolific B.C. writer John Wilson, takes a hard look at war and its consequences through the eyes of young protagonists. Set during the U.S. Civil War, the novel tells the ... Read More »

November 22, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

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★ The Flying Canoe

Under the Spell of the Moon: Art for Children from the World’s Great Illustrators

Orphans in the Sky

Leon’s Song

The A to Z of Everyday Things

Rain Tonight: A Story of Hurricane Hazel

Ghost Voyages III: Endeavour and Resolution

Freewalker

Francesca and the Magic Bike

The Flags of War

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