Kids’ Books

The Big City/ Big Country Counting Book

Just when you thought there could be nothing new in counting books, along comes this one by photographer Ian Crysler. He takes the tried-and-true city/country dichotomy and plays with it visually. The result is a ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Catalogue

By Sheila Dalton, Kim LaFave, illus.

Two years ago poet Sheila Dalton and illustrator Kim LaFave created Doggerel, a jaunty rhyming picture book about all sorts of dogs, and this spring they’ve followed it with a similarly jaunty book about cats. ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Out of the Shadows: Canada in the Second World War, Rev. Ed.

By W.A.B. Douglas and Brereton Greenhous

If all Gaul, as the Romans had it, was divided in three parts, then all military history is divided into five. There are what we might call the serious studies, the academics’ and the theorists’ ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, History

Salute! Canada’s Most Distinguished Military Leaders from Tecumseh to Dextraze

By Arthur Bishop

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, History

Mealworms: Raise Them, Watch Them, See Them Change

By Adrienne Mason, Angela Vaculik, illus.

It is a rare primary or junior classroom that does not study insects at some time or other, often with particular emphasis on the life cycle. Critters caught in the playground seldom oblige by revealing ... Read More »

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

Horses Forever

By Lawrence Scanlan

Lawrence Scanlan identifies the affinity that frequently develops between horses and humans as “horse fever,” a condition that has no known cure. He notes that young people, particularly girls approaching adolescence, have been known to ... Read More »

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

Just Desserts

By Marilyn Linton, Barbara Reid, illus.

When rainy days or extended school holidays strike, parental survival packages have been known to be a trifle skimpy. There’s the video machine and the Nintendo game, both eventually guaranteed to numb the spirit and ... Read More »

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

My Sahara Adventure: 52 Days by Camel

By Lawrie Raskin with Debora Pearson

Lawrie Raskin’s dream of visiting the Sahara began in childhood with a comic of Donald Duck riding a camel, and was nurtured by teenage infatuation with the film Lawrence of Arabia. He eventually made it ... Read More »

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

Amazing Allstar Hockey Activity Book

By Jesse Ross, Julian Ross, Noah Ross, Anne DeGrace, illus.

Compiled by the Ross family (father Julian is the founder of Polestar Books, while sons Noah and Jesse are 12- and 15-year-old hockey experts), the Amazing Allstar Hockey Activity Book is a jam-packed compendium of ... Read More »

March 1, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction