★ Farmer Joe Baby-sits

By Nancy Wilcox Richards, Werner Zimmermann, illus.

Farmer Joe is a warm-hearted, simple soul, a lovable schlemiel who gets by with a little help from his animal friends and a very competent wife. The whole crew first appeared in Farmer Joe’s Hot ... Read More »

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

Two by George: Consecrated Ground and Gideon’s Blues

By George Elroy Boyd

In George Elroy Boyd’s Gideon’s Blues, Momma-Lou remembers how her husband, Poppy, used to say that this was “one nigger-hatin’ town.” I hazard a guess that it might be comforting for some Canadians’ self-image if ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs

Your Own ABC

By Marcie Baron, June Bradford, illus.

Marcie Baron has taken the standard ABC colouring book and dressed it up, creating a spiral-bound, keepsake photo and art album for today’s book buyer who demands over-the-top production. Under each letter of the alphabet ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Silver Threads

By Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch, Michael Martchenko, illus.

Politics and picture books make uneasy bedfellows and Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch in Silver Threads has not altogether succeeded in compressing the complexities of history into a brief story for young children. She does successfully create ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Boy Soup

By Loris Lesynski

Back when I was a living, breathing, and frequently underprepared children’s librarian I used to keep a stash of surefire, one-size-fits-all picture books for last-minute emergency storytimes. Included in this stash was Jim and the ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Jacob’s Best Sisters

By Teddy Jam, Joanne Fitzgerald, illus.

What an irresistible idea for a picture book. Jacob comes home from school to find a mysterious package. While chomping on a bowl of Chocky Chocko Good Grain Nutflakes, he remembers that he had sent ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Who’s Afraid of the Dark?

By Christiane Duchesne, Doris Barrette, illus., David Homel, trans.

It probably doesn’t help to explain to a preschooler that it is perfectly normal to be afraid of the dark, and that we need as much reassurance and protection from the dark and its accompanying ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Babe Ruth Ballet School

By Tim Shortt

“The last nine-year-old girl to play Big League baseball was Issy Archer of the 1923 New York Yankees.” All great fantasy books begin like this right off the bat because good fantasy doesn’t pussyfoot around ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Grandpa’s Visit

By Richardo Keens-Douglas, Frances Clancy, illus.

When Grandpa comes to visit, what begins as a surprise for young Jeremy and his parents turns into a shock for the old man. He has travelled all the way from the Caribbean on his ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

What’s He Doing Now?

By Patti Farmer, Janet Wilson, illus.

When a child asks where a baby brother or sister comes from, one tends to grope about in that vast area of response between the cabbage patch and the path to conception. Via a good-humoured ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

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★ Farmer Joe Baby-sits

Two by George: Consecrated Ground and Gideon’s Blues

Your Own ABC

Silver Threads

Boy Soup

Jacob’s Best Sisters

Who’s Afraid of the Dark?

The Babe Ruth Ballet School

Grandpa’s Visit

What’s He Doing Now?

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