Driftwood Cove

By Sandra Lightburn, Ron Lightburn, illus.

During a camping trip with their grandparents in coastal British Columbia, Katelyn and her younger brother Matthew visit a nearby island, where they find a cache of seashells, beach glass, and a necklace in an ... Read More »

March 1, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

My Leafs Sweater

By Mike Leonetti, Sean Thompson, illus.

Young hockey fans and their parents who are frustrated by the lack of picture books on the subject will welcome sports writer Mike Leonetti’s first book for children.My Leafs Sweater is about a boy obsessed ... Read More »

March 1, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Elliot’s Emergency

By Andrea Beck

Elliot Moose’s morning begins with a snag – a protruding nail tears his leg and his stuffing starts spilling out. Luckily he’s surrounded by clever and helpful friends, all soft toys like him. Author and ... Read More »

March 1, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ A Visit from St. Nicholas

By Clement C. Moore, Kim Fernandes, illus.

Fernandes’ version of this Christmas classic excels while differing from existing versions in several respects. A sense of light humour pervades the story, as when Santa is shown struggling to free his bulging sack from ... Read More »

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

★ Sarah May and the New Red Dress

By Andrea Spalding, Janet Wilson, illus.

“I wasn’t always Grandma, you know, bespectacled and stiff-kneed. Once I was Sarah May.” So begins a beautiful, lyrical story about a young girl from long ago, her practical parents, and an elusive red dress.Sarah ... Read More »

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

The War to End All Wars

By Morley Torgov

Eliezer Pinsky, the protagonist of Morley Torgov’s new novel, The War to End All Wars, doesn’t figure to be long for the world when we first meet him. A Russian Jew, he’s a reluctant First ... Read More »

March 1, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

Don’t Think Twice

By Alison Lohans

This is a coming-of-age book with a twist; it’s Mom’s coming of age, twice. We meet Jan Crowther in mid-life, an emotional and physical wreck, desperate to find her runaway daughter, Lisa. To soothe her ... Read More »

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

The Garden

By Carol Matas

In this novel, Carol Matas takes up the story of her character Ruth Mendenberg from November 1947 to April 1948, the uncertain period leading up to the establishment of a Jewish state. It’s the sequel ... Read More »

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

Lucy Maud and the Cavendish Cat

By Lynn Manuel, Janet Wilson, illus.

On May 2, 1907, L.M. Montgomery wrote, in a letter to a prairie homesteader she had been corresponding with, of the good news that her book manuscript had been accepted by a publisher. In this ... Read More »

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