Kids’ Books

Death So Noble: Memory, Meaning, and the First World War

In April of 1926, during a debate in the House of Commons on that year’s budget, an MP named G.B. Nicholson remarked that Canada’s 60,000 First World War dead had been sacrificed for high, heroic ... Read More »

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

The Seven A.M. Practice: Stories of Family Life

By Roy MacGregor

Most newspaper columnists know – and if they don’t, they ought to think again – that they deal in perishable goods, that words dished up for daily consumption aren’t for the ages. Newspaper columns are ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Sports, Health & Self-help

A Pod of Orcas: A Seaside Counting Book

By Sheryl McFarlane, Kirsti Anne Wakelin, illus

A rhyming counting book is hard to execute well, but A Pod of Orcas has risen to the challenge with expert craft. Sheryl McFarlane (author of Waiting for the Whales and Jessie’s Island) starts with ... Read More »

March 8, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Llamas in the Laundry

By William New, Vivian Bevis, illus.

As a companion volume to Vanilla Go rilla (1998), Llamas in the Laundry features children’s poetry with plentiful illustrations. The book’s strengths lie in a few nonsensical skipping rhymes with strong rhythms and vivid images ... Read More »

March 8, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Mme. Proust and the Kosher Kitchen

By Kate Taylor

There’s been plenty of anticipation for Kate Taylor’s Mme. Proust and the Kosher Kitchen, though not necessarily the kind a first-time novelist wants. Taylor is The Globe and Mail’s well-known theatre critic, respected by readers, ... Read More »

March 8, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

Anna’s Goat

By Janice Kulyk Keefer, Janet Wilson , illus.

We live in a time when to be a migrant or refugee is one of the commonest human conditions,” writes Janice Kulyk Keefer, who has memorably addressed the refugee experience in her award-winning fiction and ... Read More »

March 8, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Lu & Clancy’s Spy Stuff

By Adrienne Mason, Pat Cupples, illus.

Lu and Clancy, the canine sleuths who introduced kids to secret codes and crime science in two earlier books, have returned with a new story and a set of activities for the junior espionage set.Lu ... Read More »

March 8, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Sleepy Little Mouse

By Eugenie Fernandes, Kim Fernandes, illus.

A very tired little mouse who doesn’t want to nap, no matter how much her mother tries to lull her, kicks and cries until she floods her bedroom with tears and her bed floats out ... Read More »

March 8, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Three Prince Charming Tales: Cinderella, Snow White, Rapunzel

By Marilyn Helmer, Kasia Charko, illus.

Some critics think we’ve had enough of these passive girls modelling beauty and marriage to our daughters. But there is a mysterious power in these tales of girls with memorable names who marry anonymous fellows. ... Read More »

March 8, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Stella, Queen of the Snow

By Marie-Louise Gay

Prolific, award-winning Montreal author/illustrator Marie-Louise Gay has delightful access to the world seen through a child’s eyes. Stella, Queen of the Snow is a wonderful picture book – child-oriented, fancifully illustrated, joyful, funny, and sweet. ... Read More »

March 8, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

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Death So Noble: Memory, Meaning, and the First World War

The Seven A.M. Practice: Stories of Family Life

A Pod of Orcas: A Seaside Counting Book

Llamas in the Laundry

Mme. Proust and the Kosher Kitchen

Anna’s Goat

Lu & Clancy’s Spy Stuff

Sleepy Little Mouse

Three Prince Charming Tales: Cinderella, Snow White, Rapunzel

★ Stella, Queen of the Snow

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