Kids’ Books

The Floating Orchard

By Troon Harrison, Miranda Jones, illus.

The heroine of this quiet folk tale feels rooted in her own land. Damson, whose cottage and plum orchard were established by her great-grandparents, vows at the beginning that she will never leave home. But, ... Read More »

April 20, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Wonderful Junk

By Troon Harrison, Geoff Hocking, illus.

As folk wisdom has it, one man’s junk is another man’s treasure. But in this delightfully offbeat tale, the scavenging instinct belongs equally to girls. Loosely based on the form of the travelling folk tale, ... Read More »

April 20, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Critter Riddles (level 3)

By Marilyn Helmer, Eric Parker, illus.

The newly published Kids Can Read series offers stories with a controlled vocabulary and three levels of difficulty in an engaging format for beginner readers. Level 1, exemplified by Sam Finds a Monster, is designed ... Read More »

April 20, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Franklin Stays up (level 2)

By Mary Labatt, Marisol Sarrazin, illus.

April 20, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

1999 Canadian Internet Handbook: Tips, Tools, and Techniques to Enhance Your Internet Activities

By Jim Carroll and Rick Broadhead

Remember the pioneering days of the Internet? Before long we were all going to be shopping online, downloading movies, and getting all our information from the World Wide Web.Well, the initial hype hasn’t quite materialized, ... Read More »

April 20, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Health & Self-help

The Friendly Dictatorship

By Jeffrey Simpson

Jeffrey Simpson, the national affairs columnist for the Globe and Mail, is an oddity amongst Canadian journalists. The author of several books on national politics, he also closely studies the latest academic literature. The Friendly ... Read More »

April 20, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs

A Story of Courage: Laura Secord

By Janet Lunn, Maxwell Newhouse, illus.

With the bicentenary of the War of 1812 approaching, we’ve got a frenzy of picture books about Laura Secord.Last year saw Laura Secord’s Brave Walk (Second Story Press) and Laura: A Childhood Tale of Laura ... Read More »

April 20, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Man Who Walked the Earth

By Ian Wallace

Well-known author and illustrator Ian Wallace has crafted another fine new book, a contemporary folk tale set on the Prairies in the 1930s. The story’s narrator, André, has been setting an extra plate at supper ... Read More »

April 20, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

The Wright Brothers: A Flying Start

By Elizabeth MacLeod, Barbara Spurll, illus.

Author Elizabeth MacLeod lifted the Snapshots: Images of People and Places in History series off the ground with books about Alexander Graham Bell and Lucy Maud Montgomery. Now she turns her well-seasoned pen to the ... Read More »

April 20, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Electronic Day Trading 101

By Sunny J. Harris

Legend has it that one day in 1929 J.P. Morgan, the wealthy U.S. financier, received a stock tip from a shoeshine boy. It’s said that Morgan promptly sold his entire portfolio, and avoided the stock ... Read More »

April 19, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs

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