Kids’ Books

Isaac’s Dreamcatcher

Many children’s books have been written about bad dreams and monsters, but this one is unique in offering a practical activity – making a native dreamcatcher – to help children cope with nightmares. First-time picture ... Read More »

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Being with Henry

By Martha Brooks

Martha Brooks’ latest novel for young adults expands the horizons of the coming-of-age story. Not only does Laker, the 16-year-old protagonist, find himself on the inhospitable threshold of adulthood, but the other main character, Henry, ... Read More »

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

★ Red Moon Follows Truck

By Stephen Eaton Hume, Leslie Elizabeth Watts, illus.

A moon to follow, a moon to capture; red moon, golden moon; a moon making its shining path across the water into the imagination of a child. These two engaging picture books look in very ... Read More »

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Mr. Dickens Hits Town

By Jan Mark, Regolo Ricci, illus.

Jan Mark’s effervescent text and Regolo Ricci’s jewelled illustrations in Mr. Dickens Hits Town make a striking debut for Tundra’s new line, Storybooks, intended for readers making the transition to novels.Mark mingles fact and fiction ... Read More »

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Stranger Things Have Happened

By Carmelita McGrath

There should be a warning on the cover of Carmelita McGrath’s stunning short story collection: “Do Not Read This If You Are Even Slightly Depressed.”McGrath’s protagonists are mostly women stuck in dead-end or abusive relationships ... Read More »

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Short

The Day the Women Went to Town: 16 Stories by Women from Cape Breton

By Ronald Caplan, ed.

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Short

Human Rights as Politics and Idolatry

By Michael Ignatieff

In his new book on human rights, distinguished author and historian Michael Ignatieff grapples with profound issues of the human rights movement, skillfully mapping its controversies and ambiguities. Ignatieff probes the political morality of human ... Read More »

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Science, Technology & Environment

★ Our Life with the Rocket: The Maurice Richard Story

By Roch Carrier,Sheila Fischman, trans.

Do we really need another book about Rocket Richard? Or Gordie Howe or Bobby Orr or Tim Horton for that matter? Do we need to be retold the same weathered story of another hockey great ... Read More »

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography

On Kiddie Porn: Sexual Representation, Free Speech and the Robin Sharpe Case

By Stan Persky and John Dixon

“This pervert lives in the building.” This message accompanied a photo of Robin Sharpe that was put up in his Vancouver apartment complex after he was charged with possession of child pornography. The first chapter ... Read More »

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs

Rousseau’s Garden

By Ann Charney

Elegant and cosmopolitan, Ann Charney’s Rousseau’s Garden, is a novel of mid-life preoccupations. Claire, a Montreal photographer, has recently married Adrian, an art historian, their tasteful match cemented by a close physical relationship. But if ... Read More »

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

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