Treasure Island (with Lots of Dogs)

By Frank B. Edwards, John Bianchi, illus.

These versions of Treasure Island and Robin Hood inaugurate a series called Dog-Eared Classics, in which well-known literary adventures are condensed into short chapter-books with an all-canine cast. John Bianchi’s computer-generated cartoon illustrations for these ... Read More »

April 19, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Robin Hood (with Lots of Dogs)

By Frank B. Edwards, John Bianchi, illus.

April 19, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

I See . . . My Mom / I See . . . My Dad

By Pierre Pratt

This trio of Annick Press books for the very young invites lively interaction between parent and child, talking about the pictures and relating them to the child’s own experience. Pierre Pratt, who has won many ... Read More »

April 19, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

I See . . . My Sister / I See . . . My Cat

By Pierre Pratt

April 19, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

Finding Kate’s Shoes

By Erica Dornbusch

April 19, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Under Emily’s Sky

By Ann Alma

As this book opens, Lee’s mother forces Lee’s alcoholic father to leave the family. Eleven-year-old Lee can’t express her overwhelming anger, which abates only at school next day when the teacher shows slides of Emily ... Read More »

April 19, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

★ Dippers

By Barbara Nichol, Barry Moser, illus.

Dippers is that rare book that appeals to both adults and children on several levels at once. Set in 1912 near the Don River in Toronto, the book melds the ordinary and the fantastic in ... Read More »

April 16, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Between the Stillness and the Grove

By Erika de Vasconcelos

Erika de Vasconcelos’s second novel is more ambitious in scope than her acclaimed debut. Where My Darling Dead Ones concerned itself with the personal histories of a family of women, Between the Stillness and the ... Read More »

April 16, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

Jennifer Jones Won’t Leave Me Alone

By Frieda Wishinsky, Neal Layton, illus.

This new edition of Frieda Wishinsky’s 1995 title brings back into print a charming story with entirely new illustrations. The story, told in rhyming verse very much like Dr. Seuss’s, tells of a young boy’s ... Read More »

April 7, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Mayfly

By Marthe Jocelyn

Summer is coming and Marthe Jocelyn’s new picture book evokes those wonderful long months at the cottage when there’s all the time in the world to do what you want. It seems endless – yet ... Read More »

April 7, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

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Treasure Island (with Lots of Dogs)

Robin Hood (with Lots of Dogs)

I See . . . My Mom / I See . . . My Dad

I See . . . My Sister / I See . . . My Cat

Finding Kate’s Shoes

Under Emily’s Sky

★ Dippers

Between the Stillness and the Grove

Jennifer Jones Won’t Leave Me Alone

Mayfly

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