Dume’s Roar

By Tololwa M. Mollel, Kathy Blankley Roman, illus.

The forest creatures have gathered to choose a king. Kobe the tortoise thinks he’d be perfect for the job, but Dume – a lion with a fearsome roar – gets the majority vote. Dume proves ... Read More »

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

★ My Brother’s Train

By Heather Kellerhals-Stewart, Paul Zwolak, illus.

A young girl and her older brother travel from Ontario to the West Coast by train. Along the way they see the prairies and the mountains. They stay a while on the coast with a ... Read More »

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

Monty Goes South

By Marc Tetro

Marc Tetro’s third picture book is a happy mix of preschool and adult humour. The premise is simple, the solution surprising. It’s time to fly south, but Monty, a Canada Goose, is afraid of heights. ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

★ Edmund for Short: A Tale from China Plate Farm

By Chris Jackson

Chris Jackson’s second animal fable about China Plate Farm is quite as delightful as his first one, Edmund and Hillary. Once again, Jackson uses farmyard animals to tell a story that says more about human ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Leaky Iron Boat: Nursing an Old Barge Through Holland, Belgium and France

By Hart Massey, Joe Weissman, illus.

It is one thing to suffer the hardships of travel in order to get a glimpse of the unknown and the exotic. But for Hart Massey – architect, metalworker, son of a Governor General, and ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography

Heaven’s Coast

By Mark Doty

Biography, autobiography, and memoir reflect and create fame or notoriety as they document lives and experiences. Canadian Elspeth Cameron’s latest book, No Previous Experience: A Memoir of Love and Change, presents a biographer turning her ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography

The Secret of Devil Lake

By Robert Sutherland

Robert Sutherland is known for fast-paced contemporary young adult mysteries set around Westport, northeast of Kingston, Ontario. His current one sticks to the same geographical area but moves back in time to 1845. Fourteen-year-old Will ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Black Nell

By Shirley Woods, Celia Godkin, illus.

Black Nell chronicles the adventures of an Eastern coyote along an abandoned railway line in Northern Ontario. We follow Nell through her first year of life as she searches the countryside for a mate. Nell ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Zack

By William Bell

Like Forbidden City (Bell’s YA novel about Tiananmen Square), Zack is historical fiction. The main character delves into the past, but is firmly rooted in the present since that delving inspires a modern-day odyssey.Zack is ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Stephen Fair

By Tim Wynne-Jones

Beset by nightmares and troubled by the partial knowledge of a family secret, 15-year-old Stephen Fair is beginning to doubt his sanity. Part of the problem is the blurred emotional boundary between his mother and ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

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Dume’s Roar

★ My Brother’s Train

Monty Goes South

★ Edmund for Short: A Tale from China Plate Farm

The Leaky Iron Boat: Nursing an Old Barge Through Holland, Belgium and France

Heaven’s Coast

The Secret of Devil Lake

Black Nell

Zack

Stephen Fair

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