Kids’ Books

Midnight in the Mountains

A young girl sits by the fire. This is her first night in the mountain cabin, and although her parents and her brother are asleep, she is excited and wakeful. As the fire burns to ... Read More »

February 18, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Splitting up: Divorce, Culture, and the Search for a Real Life

By Larry Frolick

In a world of perpetual change the traditional concept of marriage – constancy, fidelity, familiarity – is an institution completely at odds with the times we live in.While we still crave the intimacy of stable ... Read More »

February 18, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Science, Technology & Environment

★ Running Away to Sea: Around the World on a Tramp Freighter

By Douglas Fetherling

The only notion I ever had of running away from home was when (somewhere around the age of seven) I soberly considered fleeing home for the bakery at the end of my street. It’s an ... Read More »

February 18, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Reference

★ The Circus at the Edge of the Earth: Travels with the Great Wallenda Circus

By Charles Wilkins

The only notion I ever had of running away from home was when (somewhere around the age of seven) I soberly considered fleeing home for the bakery at the end of my street. It’s an ... Read More »

February 18, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Reference

Gogol’s Coat

By Cary Fagan, Regolo Ricci, illus.

Cary Fagan has taken Nikolai Gogol’s famous Russian (long) short story “The Overcoat,” historically revised it by adding a happy ending, and turned it into a nice little picture storybook for children. The original, obviously ... Read More »

February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Melted Star Journey

By Nancy Hundal, Karen Reczuch, illus.

On a cold, wet night Luke and his family say goodbye to friends and begin their long journey home in the car. Sandwiched between his dozing older brother and sister in the back seat, Luke ... Read More »

February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Selina and the Shoo-Fly Pie

By Barbara Smucker, Janet Wilson, illus., quilts by Lucy Anne Holliday

It has been a year since Selina and her family moved from Pennsylvania to Upper Canada to escape the effects of the American Civil War. Selina is an inch taller and her family has settled ... Read More »

February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

One Is Canada

By Maxine Trottier, Bill Slavin, illus.

The last thing the world really needs is a new counting book. The only reasonable justification for yet another one is a concept so fresh and original that it adds innovative perspective or rare beauty ... Read More »

February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ In Like a Lion

By Julie Lawson, Yolaine Lefebvre, illus.

For fathers who feel left out of the mommy-dominated picture book market, here are two new uniquely Canadian stories starring dads who save the day.Although it’s recounted by a fictional character, In Like a Lion ... Read More »

February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books