★ From Protest to Power: Personal Reflections on a Life in Politics

This is without question one of the best memoirs by a Canadian politician. It is splendidly written, moving, funny, personal, and eloquent. At times, Bob Rae’s prose can make you laugh out loud or weep. ... Read More »

March 10, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography

Would You Love Me?

By Andrea Wayne von Konigslow

Here is a book of silly rhymes for the preschool set – and who loves silly rhymes more than this age group? Writer and illustrator Andrea Wayne von Königslöw’s earlier books, Toilet Tales and That’s ... Read More »

March 10, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

This Dark Embrace

By Paul Stuewe

Los Angeles in the Dirty Thirties, and a dead-end kid from Toronto is trying to break free of the hobo jungle by driving a cab, when who should hop into the back seat with the ... Read More »

March 10, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

Pedrito’s Day

By Luis Garay

In Pedrito’s Day, Luis Garay returns to the subject of his 1993 collaboration with Monica Hughes, A Handful of Seeds. Both books examine a working child’s efforts to make a living in a poor Latin ... Read More »

March 10, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ The Great Blue Grump

By Jill Creighton, Kitty Macaulay, illus.

This charming book combines animal facts with humorous fantasy in just the right proportions for young children. One of the elements that makes this story so likely to please is its format: we circle in ... Read More »

March 10, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Kele’s Secret

By Tololwa M. Mollel, Catherine Stock, illus.

Among the many challenges of growing up comes the moment when a young child faces going alone into a scary place. Tololwa Mollel’s new picture book, Kele’s Secret, presents such a moment with great sympathy ... Read More »

March 10, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Worm Pie (shooting Star Series)

By Beverly Scudamore

Scholastic’s Shooting Star series features believable stories with realistic characters and situations. Worm Pie tells a straightforward story about a young girl named Tara who is coping with two big problems: a new teacher, whose ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Cameron and Me

By Dorothy Joan Harris, Marilyn Mets, illus.

This is a tale of usurpation and intrigue of the domestic variety, narrated in the present tense by the preschool-aged Zachary. His first-person account of how he deals with sibling rivalry is mildly entertaining and ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Long Wait

By Budge Wilson, Eugenie Fernandes, illus.

The Long Wait is a heartwarming picture book based on a true story. Ten- year-old Deirdre was a black cat that belonged to the author and her family. Every year the Wilson family travelled from ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Muddle Cuddle

By Laurel Dee Gugler, Vlasta van Kampen, illus.

Muddle Cuddle, a rhyming, rollicking tale of a daddy’s lap and the various creatures who pile into it, is pure fun for the two-to-six age group and adults who read to them. It all begins ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

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★ From Protest to Power: Personal Reflections on a Life in Politics

Would You Love Me?

This Dark Embrace

Pedrito’s Day

★ The Great Blue Grump

Kele’s Secret

Worm Pie (shooting Star Series)

Cameron and Me

The Long Wait

★ Muddle Cuddle

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