Kids’ Books

★ The Princess Who Danced with Cranes

How does a writer deliver a message without seeming didactic? Annette LeBox, also the author of Miss Rafferty’s Rainbow Socks, uses a strong central image and a story form built around archetypal characters. Princess Vivian ... Read More »

March 7, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Snakes and Lizards

By Dennis Bockus, Julian Mulock, illus., Simon Bell, photog.,

Both children and adults will find Snakes and Lizards a book with lots of eye appeal. The laminated pages are attractively designed with text presented in relatively short paragraphs on pastel backgrounds. In addition, colour ... Read More »

March 7, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women

By Eric McCormack

The title of this novel (recycled from a 16th-century book by John Knox), an introductory note explains, is not to be interpreted as meaning a militant female troop. Rather, “regiment” means “magisterial rule.” We might ... Read More »

March 7, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs

The War in Heaven

By Kent Nussey

Kent Nussey’s new collection of stories, The War in Heaven, explores the emotional state of gender warfare from the male point of view. The seven short stories and one novella in the book are populated ... Read More »

March 5, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Short

Best Canadian Stories 96

By Douglas Glover, ed.

The short story is not, despite reports, Canadian by birth or naturalization. Still, every so often you’ll hear us claiming custody, ready to point to some quasi-demographic mirage showing that Canadians produce more extraordinary writers ... Read More »

March 5, 2004 | Filed under: Anthologies, Children and YA Non-fiction

The Days of Miracles and Wonders: A Novel of East and West

By Simon Louvish

A jet-setting doctor named Angel performs surgery in the war zones of Beirut before his mysterious kidnapping. A reincarnated English king named Richard the Lionheart travels modern-day Middle Eastern battlefields, dreaming blood-spattered dreams of his ... Read More »

March 5, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

Sex in the Snow: Canadian Social Values at the End of the Millennium

By Michael Adams

What is it with these guys? Earlier this year we had demographer David Foot telling us in Boom, Bust and Echo that demographic research explains “two-thirds of everything.” Then we had Angus Reid warning in ... Read More »

March 5, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Science, Technology & Environment

At Grandpa’s Sugar Bush

By Margaret Carney, Janet Wilson, illus.

This straightforward account of maple syrup making is told in first person by a boy of about seven. He and his grandfather drill holes, tap in spiles (spouts driven into the trees), hang pails, and ... Read More »

March 5, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Christopher Changes His Name

By Itah Sadu, Roy Condy, illus.

Christopher Kwame Mulamba may be a hero for all the kids who have ever railed against the injustice of the grinding banality, or excessive originality, of their given names. Christopher thinks he’s a special kid ... Read More »

March 5, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Edmund and Hillary: A Tale from China Plate Farm

By Chris Jackson

Author-illustrator Chris Jackson’s first children’s book is a funny, delightful animal fable about a somewhat unlikely friendship between a pig (Edmund) and hen (Hillary), and their attempts to find solutions for each other’s unfulfillable longings. ... Read More »

March 5, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

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Quill and Quire

★ The Princess Who Danced with Cranes

Snakes and Lizards

First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women

The War in Heaven

Best Canadian Stories 96

The Days of Miracles and Wonders: A Novel of East and West

Sex in the Snow: Canadian Social Values at the End of the Millennium

At Grandpa’s Sugar Bush

Christopher Changes His Name

★ Edmund and Hillary: A Tale from China Plate Farm

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