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Hidden Worlds: Amazing Tunnel Stories

By Debora Pearson, Tina Holdcroft, illus.

This book of lore about 11 tunnels from around the world – both historical and current – crackles with energy. The excitement begins in the unique table of contents, where colourful characters in active poses ... Read More »

January 8, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

How Hockey Works

By Keltie Thomas, Greg Hall, illus.

Hockey books are to publishing what sitcoms are to television – though few are worth a second look, every year there are more and more. Keltie Thomas’s How Hockey Works distinguishes itself through an original ... Read More »

January 8, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

What’s the Matter with Albert: A Story of Albert Einstein

By Frieda Wishinsky, Jacques Lamontagne, illus.

Billy’s daunting assignment as a reporter for The Princeton Elementary News is to interview the famous Albert Einstein, the “smartest man in the world.” This appealing, imaginatively conceived book is based on what he learns ... Read More »

January 8, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Gaggle Sisters River Tour

By Chris Jackson

Chris Jackson proved his mastery at painting whimsical pigs in his Edmund books (the China Plate Farm series) and his illustrations for Three Tales of Three (written by Marilyn Helmer). The musical geese in Jackson’s ... Read More »

January 8, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Salmon Creek

By Annette LeBox, Karen Reczuch, illus.

A coho salmon named Sumi travels from her birth creek to the ocean and eventually back. The bones of the story are simple enough, but Salmon Creek is a rare information book: one that engages ... Read More »

January 8, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Nana’s Cold Days

By Adwoa Badoe, Bushra Junaid, illus.

What do you do when your grandma from Africa comes to visit and then won’t get out of bed because it’s too cold? The children in this picture book by storyteller Adwoa Badoe (The Pot ... Read More »

January 8, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Victory at Paradise Hill

By William Roy Brownridge

Danny, the young hockey hero of The Moccasin Goalie and The Final Game, is back on the ice in William Roy Brownridge’s latest picture book. Although he’s unable to wear skates because he has a ... Read More »

January 8, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ The Hockey Card

By Jack Siemiatycki and Avi Slodovnick, Doris Barrette, illus.

Devoted Canadian readers of hockey lore will immediately begin making comparisons between this book and another similar one for young readers, Roch Carrier’s classic, The Hockey Sweater. And the comparison is a fitting one.First-time children’s ... Read More »

January 8, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

That’s Hockey

By David Bouchard, Dean Griffiths, illus.

That’s Hockey is a playful trip back to a time when hockey was played outside. Seasoned author David Bouchard cleverly crafts the story in first person and conceals whether the main character is a girl ... Read More »

January 8, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Mycological Studies

Like the avant-garde musician and writer John Cage, Toronto poet and small-press publisher Jay Millar finds mushrooms fascinating (hence his title, Mycological Studies). Mushrooms offer Millar a tempting metaphor for language and the writing process. ... Read More »

January 8, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Poetry

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