Kids’ Books

The Courtesan’s Daughter

At 15, Phano is on the threshold of womanhood in ancient Greece. But trouble is all around: her stepmother, a former courtesan, is pursued by a ruthless man named Phrynion, who claims she is both ... Read More »

November 25, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

The Painted Wall and Other Strange Tales

By Michael Bedard

Michael Bedard, winner of the 1990 Governor General’s award, offers young readers a challenging collection of 23 tales ranging from ghost stories to love stories. Selected and adapted from the Liao-chai (a collection of 431 ... Read More »

November 25, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Tapestry of Hope: Holocaust Writing for Young People

By Lillian Boraks-Nemetz and Irene N. Watts, eds.

Few young people today have living family who endured the Holocaust. For most kids, as one poet in this collection points out, the events of StarTrek have more immediacy. Tapestry of Hope reflects an urgently ... Read More »

November 25, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

All the Way to Mexico

By Norma Charles

Jacob Armstrong, 12, is en route to Mexico with his brand-new stepbrothers, Barney and Sam, his older sister, Minerva, and his honeymooning mom, Rosalina, and her day-old husband, Fred Finkle. Jacob is willing to put ... Read More »

November 25, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Who Owns Kelly Paddik?

By Beth Goobie

Who Owns Kelly Paddik? is Saskatoon author Beth Goobie’s third contribution to the Orca Soundings teen fiction series. Aimed at reluctant readers, the series offers four new books this season, all graded according to reading ... Read More »

November 25, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Muinji’j Becomes a Man

By Saqamaw Mi’sel Joe, Clara Dunn, illus.

A trip for supplies becomes an unexpected challenge of strength and courage in this novel for middle readers. This simple and gentle story by first-time author Mi’sel Joe, chief of the only recognized band reserve ... Read More »

November 25, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Survivors! True Death-defying Escapes

By Larry Verstraete

The most important part of this book’s title is not the word “survivors,” it’s the exclamation point. This is a book written in exclamation points, and while most of these accounts of survival are indeed ... Read More »

November 25, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Deep End Gang

By Peggy Dymond Leavey

This new mystery by Peggy Dymond Leavey, her fifth, has a crisp, lively plot and just enough quirkiness to give the story an edge. For example, the name of this ad-hoc gang – three twelvish ... Read More »

November 25, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Several Lives of Orphan Jack

By Sarah Ellis, Bruno St-Aubin, illus.

Sarah Ellis, the celebrated Vancouver author with X-ray insight into her child protagonists’ inner lives, turns her talents to something completely different: an ebullient bildungsroman that skips along with the sparkling wordplay of a junior ... Read More »

November 25, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Marigold’s Wings

By Vlasta van Kampen

Vlasta van Kampen’s latest picture book recounts the adventures of a monarch butterfly as she embarks on her species’ annual migration to Mexico. For all her caterpillar life, Marigold has listened with impatient longing to ... Read More »

November 25, 2003 | Filed under: Picture Books

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The Courtesan’s Daughter

The Painted Wall and Other Strange Tales

Tapestry of Hope: Holocaust Writing for Young People

All the Way to Mexico

Who Owns Kelly Paddik?

Muinji’j Becomes a Man

Survivors! True Death-defying Escapes

The Deep End Gang

The Several Lives of Orphan Jack

Marigold’s Wings

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