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Where the River Narrows

By Aimeé Laberge

The best selling novelist in Quebec these days is Marie Laberge, whose three-part family saga Le Goût du bonheur has sold more than 450,000 copies. Now another Laberge – Aimée, a cousin of Marie’s who ... Read More »

November 26, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

Shoulder the Sky

By Lesley Choyce

It’s not normal to be so normal, especially if your mother has just died: that’s what adults keep telling 16-year-old Martin Emerson. Everyone else in Martin’s household is struggling under a blanket of grief. His ... Read More »

November 26, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Hit and Run

By Norah McClintock

At first glance 15-year-old Mike McGill seems like a typical smart-aleck and slacker. But there’s more to Mike – who’s under the dubious guardianship of his Uncle Billy since an unknown hit-and-run driver killed his ... Read More »

November 26, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Hey Diddle Diddle

By Trad. nursery rhymes, Heather Collins, illus.

These four cheery titles are the newest in a series of nursery rhyme board books by veteran Toronto illustrator Heather Collins. Each traditional rhyme is given its own little book of sturdily bound boards, which ... Read More »

November 26, 2003 | Filed under: Picture Books

Jack and Jill

By Trad. nursery rhymes, Heather Collins, illus.

These four cheery titles are the newest in a series of nursery rhyme board books by veteran Toronto illustrator Heather Collins. Each traditional rhyme is given its own little book of sturdily bound boards, which ... Read More »

November 26, 2003 | Filed under: Picture Books

Little Miss Muffet

By Trad. nursery rhymes, Heather Collins, illus.

These four cheery titles are the newest in a series of nursery rhyme board books by veteran Toronto illustrator Heather Collins. Each traditional rhyme is given its own little book of sturdily bound boards, which ... Read More »

November 26, 2003 | Filed under: Picture Books

Pat-a-cake

By Trad. nursery rhymes, Heather Collins, illus.

These four cheery titles are the newest in a series of nursery rhyme board books by veteran Toronto illustrator Heather Collins. Each traditional rhyme is given its own little book of sturdily bound boards, which ... Read More »

November 26, 2003 | Filed under: Picture Books

Goodness Gracious, Gulliver Mulligan

By Susan Chalker Browne, Cynthia Nugent, illus.

An eye-catching yellow cover shows a tall boy sporting a faint smile, tousled hair, and a furrowed brow. He is surrounded by classmates, half his size, all fixating on his great height. Sadly, Gulliver Mulligan ... Read More »

November 26, 2003 | Filed under: Picture Books

This Is the Dog

By Sheryl McFarlane, Chrissie Wysotski, illus

A rambunctious puppy is on the loose in this tale and his beach-side neighbourhood is in for one wild day. As he races from one bad-dog scenario to another, this pup’s out-of-control antics will delight ... Read More »

November 26, 2003 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Hunter

By George Murray

In his third collection of poetry, The Hunter, George Murray presents a disturbing image of the end of the world. Focused through the double lens of history and prophecy, Murray’s apocalyptic vision delivers a judgment ... Read More »

November 26, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Poetry

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