Kids’ Books

And God Created the French

This collection of very fine vignettes by Louis-Bernard Robitaille, Paris correspondent for the Montreal newspaper La Presse, captures much of what makes contemporary France so fascinating and so maddening. After 30 years of living in ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, History

The Reluctant Pornographer

By Bruce La Bruce

The Reluctant Pornographer is a star’s memoirs so there is not much time for self-analysis between descriptions of getting it on for the camera and facing a film festival question and answer session. Nonetheless, Toronto ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography

The Penguin Anthology of Stories by Canadian Women

By Denise Chong, ed.

Non-fiction writer and now editor Denise Chong, likes short stories because: (a) she can “hold completely within [her] imagination from the first word to the last the characters around whom events swirl,” and (b) she ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Anthologies, Children and YA Non-fiction

Duff the Giant Killer (formac First Novels Series)

By Budge Wilson, Kim LaFave, illus.

The titles in Formac’s First Novels series feature established authors and illustrators writing for younger readers (hence the series name). With well-known writers such as Budge Wilson, Monica Hughes, and Ted Staunton, and illustrators such ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Space (crabapple Series)

By Bobbie Kalman and Niki Walker

With its colourful photographs and attractive design, Crabtree’s new book about the solar system will be sure to appeal to browsers. Space features many large photographs, simple text, and a good balance of information and ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Gordon Loggins and the Three Bears

By Linda Bailey, Tracy Walker, illus.

Move over, Goldilocks – here comes Gordon Loggins! In this retelling, the classic tale gets more than a few twists. It’s a story within a story: a young boy named Gordon Loggins, while waiting for ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Enormous Potato

By Aubrey Davis, Dusan Petricic, illus.

The first collaboration by this team took the stone soup motif and made it their own in Bone Button Borscht. This time, the story remains more firmly rooted in traditional soil. In this retelling of ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Morning on the Lake

By Jan Bourdeau Waboose, Karen Reczuch, illus.

Those familiar with the pleasures of summer freedom will appreciate the alternating moods of tranquillity and elation in this book. Narrated in the first person by a young Anishinawbe Ojibway boy, the story spans a ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Emma and the Silk Train

By Julie Lawson, Paul Mombourquette, illus.

Julie Lawson is a fine storyteller, and her latest picture book, based on the September 21, 1927 derailment of a silk train along the Fraser River, is another winner. Emma, the daughter of the stationmaster, ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Fishing Summer

By Teddy Jam, Ange Zhang, illus.

“When I was a boy my three uncles lived in a big wooden house by the sea” begins the latest book by Teddy Jam, author of Jacob’s Best Sisters. This long first-person narrative in picture ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

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And God Created the French

The Reluctant Pornographer

The Penguin Anthology of Stories by Canadian Women

Duff the Giant Killer (formac First Novels Series)

Space (crabapple Series)

★ Gordon Loggins and the Three Bears

The Enormous Potato

Morning on the Lake

Emma and the Silk Train

The Fishing Summer

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