Kids’ Books

Holy Writ

Canada hasn’t produced many homegrown Annie Dillards or Anne Lamotts – “literary” authors whose spiritual writing enjoys both popular and critical acclaim. So Holy Writ is a daring book of sorts. K.D. Miller, author of ... Read More »

February 9, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Sports, Health & Self-help

Sailing Home: A Journey Through Time, Place and Memory

By Gary Geddes

Sailing Home is British Columbia poet Gary Geddes’s voyage into the past, his “male menopause” (as his daughter calls it), and his exploration of history both personal and far-reaching. Accompanied by the ghosts of Charles ... Read More »

February 9, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography

No Guts No Glory: How Canada’s Greatest Ceos Built Their Empires

By David Olive

What is happiness? The feeling that power increases – that resistance is being overcome.” David Olive cites that line from Friedrich Nietzsche as the epigraph of his new book. The quotation is a signal that ... Read More »

February 9, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs

Eye on Canada: Nova Scotia

By Harry Beckett

The first five titles in the Eye on Canada series are an effective reminder of just how much information a well-planned and carefully organized 32-page book can present. Harry Beckett, the series’ author, is a ... Read More »

February 6, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Eye on Canada: Nunavut

By Harry Beckett

February 6, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Eye on Canada: Alberta

By Harry Beckett

February 6, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Eye on Canada: Manitoba

By Harry Beckett

February 6, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Eye on Canada: Newfoundland & Labrador

By Harry Beckett

February 6, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

When We Go Camping

By Margriet Ruurs, Andrew Kiss, illus.

The author and illustrator of A Mountain Alphabet rejoin to create this picture book featuring West Coast scenery. Waking early in a wonderful wilderness world, a sister and brother drag their canoe into the water ... Read More »

February 6, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Biggest Fish in the Lake

By Margaret Carney, Janet Wilson, illus.

Naturalist Margaret Carney and award-winning Ontario illustrator Janet Wilson make fishing the focus of their take on the popular picture-book theme of a young girl learning to appreciate nature while spending idyllic days with her ... Read More »

February 6, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

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Quill and Quire

Holy Writ

Sailing Home: A Journey Through Time, Place and Memory

No Guts No Glory: How Canada’s Greatest Ceos Built Their Empires

Eye on Canada: Nova Scotia

Eye on Canada: Nunavut

Eye on Canada: Alberta

Eye on Canada: Manitoba

Eye on Canada: Newfoundland & Labrador

When We Go Camping

The Biggest Fish in the Lake

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