When Night Eats the Moon

What imaginative visitors to Stonehenge don’t wish away the turnstile and tour groups and envision themselves greeting the rising sun in some prehistoric dawn? Such a fantasy comes true for teenaged Holly, unwillingly sent from ... Read More »

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

Play Mas’! a Carnival Abc

By Dirk McLean, Ras Stone, illus.

To “play mas’” means to join the masquerade and the fun of a Caribbean carnival. In this alphabet book for established readers, Dirk McLean has joined forces with Ras Stone to create an energetic introduction ... Read More »

February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Moon Tales

By Rina Singh, Debbie Lush, illus.

Moon Tales is a handsome book. Tucked between its deep blue endpapers dancing with stars and moons are 10 moon-themed folk tales with fat cushion-shaped windows of illustration, richly coloured paintings of mountains, forests, jungles, ... Read More »

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

Jillian Jiggs and the Secret Surprise

By Phoebe Gilman

The popular and irrepressible Jillian Jiggs is back for the fourth time. This time she’s putting on a surprise backyard show as a birthday present for her sister Rebecca. Rehearsals begin, sets are painted, costumes ... Read More »

February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ A Screaming Kind of Day

By Rachna Gilmore, Gordon Sauvé, illus.

Scully has to wear hearing aids, and she has a problem. At first glance, A Screaming Kind of Day seems to be the kind of children’s book I most despise – the aggressively therapeutic kind ... Read More »

February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Kids Book of Canadian Prime Ministers

By Pat Hancock, John Mantha, illus.

This attractive and informative book fills a real need. Entries for each of the 20 PMs, which range from two to five pages depending on their length of time in office, provide a good balance ... Read More »

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

Stranded

By Eric Walters

We meet poor old Gordon Stevens departing with his Grade 7 classmates for a week-long field trip to an island. Unfortunately, before he gets on the bus, Gordon and the reader have to endure good-byes ... Read More »

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

The Journal of Etienne Mercier

By David Bouchard, Gordon Miller, illus.

David Bouchard scores with this quirky concoction of history, art, nature, and folk songs. The Journal of Etienne Mercier, like Bouchard’s previous If You’re Not from the Prairies and The Colours of British Columbia, is ... Read More »

February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Animal Dreaming

By Paul Morin

Ontario artist Paul Morin has won major awards for his children’s picture book illustrations, including the Governor General’s Award for his pictures for Tololwa Mollel’s Orphan Boy, and the IBBY International award. The illustrations for ... Read More »

February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Losing the Dead

By Lisa Appignanesi

There is an intensely immediate quality to Lisa Appignanesi’s family memoir Losing the Dead. The story is told in the present tense with constant temporal shifts that transport the reader from wartime Poland, to 1950s ... Read More »

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

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