Kids’ Books

A Day Does Not Go by

In A Day Does Not Go By, Sean Johnston arranges his themes – the fear of betrayal, the fragility of love, the haplessness of old age, the inadequacy of language – into 27 short vignettes.In ... Read More »

December 1, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Short

The Paperboy’s Winter

By Tim Bowling

Poet Tim Bowling’s intensely interiorized story of 10-year-old Callum Taylor often reads more like a personal memoir than a typical coming-of-age novel, which is both a good and a bad thing. The intense memories of ... Read More »

December 1, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

Making History: The Remarkable Story Behind Canada: A People’s History

By Mark Starowicz

The miniseries Canada: A People’s History was a production of unprecedented scale in Canadian broadcasting and would ultimately become one of the crowning achievements of CBC Television’s 50-year history. It was also a logistical and ... Read More »

December 1, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, History

Croatia: Travels in an Undiscovered Country

By Tony Fabijancic

Tony Fabijancic, a Canadian educator and writer with Croatian roots, forgoes the usual blend of ethnography, historical writing, and travel journalism in this short, sweet examination of Croatian culture.The eloquent opening chapter focuses on the ... Read More »

December 1, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Reference

I Stand for Canada: The Story of the Maple Leaf Flag

By Rick Archbold

Post baby-boom Canadians probably have no idea that the adoption of the official red maple-leaf flag in 1965 followed a fractious, decades-long debate both inside and outside of Parliament. Diefenbaker’s Conservatives, representing the majority of ... Read More »

December 1, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, History

The Original Canadian City Dweller’s Almanac: Facts, Rants, Anecdotes and Unsupported assertions for Urban Residents

By Hal Niedzviecki and Darren Wershler-Henry

In answer to the ongoing success of The Farmer’s Almanac for rural readers comes The Original Canadian City Dweller’s Almanac, a quirky, occasionally amusing potpourri of facts, rants, and anecdotes for theurban global villager. Like ... Read More »

December 1, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Reference

Great Canadian Scientists

By Barry Shell

In his introduction, author Barry Shell (research communications manager at the Centre for Systems Science at Simon Fraser University), talks about his own route to science. “In university I majored in organic chemistry because of ... Read More »

December 1, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Bloody Jack

By Dennis Cooley

Dennis Cooley’s Bloody Jack uses the story of Manitoba outlaw John Krafchenko as the launching pad for a playful and seemingly lawless exploration of poetry and language. First published in 1984, the book was an ... Read More »

December 1, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Poetry

Every Building on 100 West Hastings

By Stan Douglas

Long deemed by many to be Canada’s worst neighbourhood, and further degenerated by the infusion of cheap crack cocaine, most of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside neighbourhood has resisted all efforts at gentrification and reform. A block ... Read More »

December 1, 2003 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture, Children and YA Non-fiction

Stanley’s Party

By Linda Bailey, Bill Slavin, illus.

Stanley knows the couch is off-limits to dogs, but his owners are out every evening and he’s bored. So one night he sits on the couch and nothing happens! Emboldened, he turns on music the ... Read More »

December 1, 2003 | Filed under: Picture Books

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