Kids’ Books

Eminent Canadians: Candid Tales of Then and Now

A decade ago, I suggested to my agent that I should do a book called “Eminent Canadians,” a Lytton Strachey-like job on the rich and powerful. Deflate the pompous and savage the powerful, in other ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, History

Sex Is Red

By Bill Gaston

In this age of short attention spans and quick fixes, the short story should be more popular than it is with readers. But short story collections seldom put a gleam in the eye of publishers ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Short

Frederick Street: Living and Dying on Canada’s Love Canal

By Maude Barlow and Elizabeth May

Elizabeth May, head of the Sierra Club of Canada, and Maude Barlow, chair of the citizen’s lobby group The Council of Canadians, have written an informative and sometimes shocking account of government bungling in regulating, ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, History

Where the Meadowlark Sang: Cherished Scenes from an Artist’s Childhood

By Hazel Litzgus

Calgary artist Hazel Litzgus has compiled a picture book memoir of her childhood on a Prairie farm. Organized into sections according to the seasons, the book uses her watercolour paintings as a stepping stone into ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Olden Days Coat

By Margaret Laurence, Muriel Wood, illus.

For most Christians, Christmas is dominated by tradition: above all by family gatherings complete with the decorated tree, dinner with all the trimmings, and presents. Margaret Laurence’s Christmas story, The Olden Days Coat, first published ... Read More »