Kids’ Books

Computer Crisis 2000

Doomsday is coming! Doomsday is coming!Sort of.Welcome to the Year 2000 Problem, also known in computer circles as Y2K, also known as the Millennium Bug, also known as the biggest single pain-in-the-butt that computer professionals ... Read More »

February 27, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Science, Technology & Environment

The Year 2000 Computing Crisis: A Millennium Date Conversion Plan

By Jerome T. Murray and Marilyn Murray

February 27, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Science, Technology & Environment

The Witcher

By Joan Weir

Take an intriguing title, add a mystery, include a dash of danger, a bantering family, and a hate-love relationship with a horse, and you’ve got ingredients for a book that will please a wide-ranging audience. ... Read More »

February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Carving My Name

By Mary-Kate McDonald

This collection of short stories for young adults by Mary-Kate McDonald finds all protagonists in a state of emotional pain. Jason discovers from a third party that his best friend is moving away. As her ... Read More »

February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Jeremy and the Air Pirates

By Felicity Finn, Sally J.K. Davies, illus.

Remember Jeremy and the Aunties, that funny 1992 novel about the old-lady mannequins who come to life? Here is the sequel, which may also be read on its own, thanks to the handy little prologue. ... Read More »

February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Electric Gadgets and Gizmos: Battery-Powered Buildable Gadgets That Go!

By Alan Bartholomew, Lynn Bartholomew, illus.

For 10 years Alan and Lynn Bartholomew have been perfecting the electric gadgets they present in this book. Obviously they enjoy messing around with wires, batteries, and a host of tubes, bottles, bulbs, and motors, ... Read More »

February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

The Planets

By Cynthia Pratt Nicolson, Bill Slavin, illus.

Although the recently released Ontario Science and Technology curriculum mandates the study of the solar system in Grade 6, fascination with the topic begins much earlier. Planets are to space what dinosaurs are to time ... Read More »

February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Why Do Cows Moo? and Other Questions

By Catherine Ripley, Scot Ritchie, illus.

Any parent or educator who has been beleaguered by the never-ending nature questions of a young child will appreciate having Why Do Cows Moo? as a handy resource, not only because it has many answers, ... Read More »

February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Animals Eat the Weirdest Things

By Diane Swanson, Terry Smith, illus.

So many animals, so many meals. How to organize hundreds of diners, from tiny insects to dinosaur giants, must have given science writer Diane Swanson pause. She’s done it by food groups of choice: cast-off ... Read More »

February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Telling

By Carol Matas

Carol Matas won renown in the late 1980s with Lisa and Jesper, two very well-done books about the Holocaust and the Second World War. Her latest young adult novel, Telling, continues the Winnipeg author’s more ... Read More »

February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

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Computer Crisis 2000

The Year 2000 Computing Crisis: A Millennium Date Conversion Plan

The Witcher

Carving My Name

Jeremy and the Air Pirates

Electric Gadgets and Gizmos: Battery-Powered Buildable Gadgets That Go!

The Planets

Why Do Cows Moo? and Other Questions

Animals Eat the Weirdest Things

Telling

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