The Enormous Potato

The first collaboration by this team took the stone soup motif and made it their own in Bone Button Borscht. This time, the story remains more firmly rooted in traditional soil. In this retelling of ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Morning on the Lake

By Jan Bourdeau Waboose, Karen Reczuch, illus.

Those familiar with the pleasures of summer freedom will appreciate the alternating moods of tranquillity and elation in this book. Narrated in the first person by a young Anishinawbe Ojibway boy, the story spans a ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Emma and the Silk Train

By Julie Lawson, Paul Mombourquette, illus.

Julie Lawson is a fine storyteller, and her latest picture book, based on the September 21, 1927 derailment of a silk train along the Fraser River, is another winner. Emma, the daughter of the stationmaster, ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Fishing Summer

By Teddy Jam, Ange Zhang, illus.

“When I was a boy my three uncles lived in a big wooden house by the sea” begins the latest book by Teddy Jam, author of Jacob’s Best Sisters. This long first-person narrative in picture ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Dume’s Roar

By Tololwa M. Mollel, Kathy Blankley Roman, illus.

The forest creatures have gathered to choose a king. Kobe the tortoise thinks he’d be perfect for the job, but Dume – a lion with a fearsome roar – gets the majority vote. Dume proves ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

★ My Brother’s Train

By Heather Kellerhals-Stewart, Paul Zwolak, illus.

A young girl and her older brother travel from Ontario to the West Coast by train. Along the way they see the prairies and the mountains. They stay a while on the coast with a ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

Monty Goes South

By Marc Tetro

Marc Tetro’s third picture book is a happy mix of preschool and adult humour. The premise is simple, the solution surprising. It’s time to fly south, but Monty, a Canada Goose, is afraid of heights. ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

★ Edmund for Short: A Tale from China Plate Farm

By Chris Jackson

Chris Jackson’s second animal fable about China Plate Farm is quite as delightful as his first one, Edmund and Hillary. Once again, Jackson uses farmyard animals to tell a story that says more about human ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Bruno and the Bees

By Sylvie Daigneault

The misadventures of a goodhearted but greedy bear cub – a fuzzy innocent in a world full of temptations and hazards – have long been a popular subject in books for young children. This new ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Bedtime Ba-a-a-lk

By Rukhsana Khan, Kristi Frost, illus.

Much as I’d like to accept this as an entertaining bedtime story, I can’t shake the very strong feeling that there’s something ugly and frightening about this picture book. With its underlying themes of power ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

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Quill and Quire

The Enormous Potato

Morning on the Lake

Emma and the Silk Train

The Fishing Summer

Dume’s Roar

★ My Brother’s Train

Monty Goes South

★ Edmund for Short: A Tale from China Plate Farm

Bruno and the Bees

Bedtime Ba-a-a-lk

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