Kids’ Books

The Magnificent Piano Recital

By Marilynn Reynolds, Laura Fernandez and Rick Jacobson, illus.

The Magnificent Piano Recital, a gentle story filled with feminine touches, marks an about-face from The Prairie Fire, last year’s action-packed “boy story” by Marilynn Reynolds. Yet the protagonists of both books yearn for the ... Read More »

February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Follower

By Richard Thompson, Martin Springett, illus.

Every night for six nights, as a witch walks down the road, something lurks behind her in the shadows, and each night she scares it away. On Sunday night, when the witch reaches her house, ... Read More »

February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Polar Bear’s Gift

By Jeanne Bushey, Vladyana Langer Krykorka, illus.

Inspired by Inuit folklore, Bushey’s third picture book tells the story of a young girl confronted with her own ambitions and the supernatural. Orphaned Pani goes fishing with her grandmother, who gives her a small ... Read More »

February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Skysisters

By Jan Bourdeau Waboose, Brian Deines, illus.

This deceptively simple story packs a wallop. With a minimalist setting, simple storyline, and only two key characters, it celebrates the wonders of a northern winter night and speaks quietly to readers about such worthy ... Read More »

February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Excessive Joy Injures the Heart

By Elisabeth Harvor

It’s an informal genre but a recognizable one: the novel of a second coming rather than a coming of age, of a still-young woman forced to begin again after the failure of a marriage spanning ... Read More »

February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

Among the Lions: A Lamb in the Literary Jungle

By Harold Horwood

From its chuckle-inspiring title to its high-minded sermonizing on home-schooling and the value of literature, Among the Lions offers a glimpse into the harrumphing mind of one of Newfoundland’s most prolific writers.In this, his second ... Read More »

February 16, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography

Fortune’s Warriors: Private Armies and the New World Order

By James R. Davis

Three years ago, a recently retired Canadian army sergeant named James Davis wrote an interesting and timely exposé of life in the lower ranks of the Canadian armed forces. The Sharp End: A Canadian Soldier’s ... Read More »

February 16, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs

The Walking Stick

By Maxine Trottier, Annouchka Gravel Galouchko, illus.

Van is a Vietnamese boy who can “see what is beyond the next hill.” When he finds a teak stick in the forest near a holy temple, he recognizes the stick’s spiritual worth. Blessed by ... Read More »

February 16, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Mister Once-upon-a-time

By Rémy Simard, Pierre Pratt, illus., David Homel, trans.

Once upon a time, Rémy Simard’s latest picture book begins, in a village far, far away, the people had only one thing to do, and that was to tell stories. Then, one afternoon, a tiny ... Read More »

February 16, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Sinbad: From the Tales of a Thousand and One Nights

By Ludmila Zeman

The marvellous adventures of Sindbad the Sailor are among the world’s great stories and this new picture book retelling is a welcome addition to the many versions of the tales of A Thousand and One ... Read More »

February 16, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

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Quill and Quire

The Magnificent Piano Recital

The Follower

The Polar Bear’s Gift

★ Skysisters

★ Excessive Joy Injures the Heart

Among the Lions: A Lamb in the Literary Jungle

Fortune’s Warriors: Private Armies and the New World Order

The Walking Stick

Mister Once-upon-a-time

★ Sinbad: From the Tales of a Thousand and One Nights

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