★ The Umbrella Party

In The Umbrella Party, two notable Canadian artists have created an amusing tale of desire and satisfaction. Christie loves umbrellas and when she invites her school friends to her birthday party, she urges them to ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Tom and Francine: A Love Story

By Sylvia Fraser, Eugenie Fernandes, illus.

Many celebrated Canadian authors have taken a star turn on the stage of children’s literature – Atwood, Richler, and Berton come to mind. Now Toronto writer Sylvia Fraser, a distinguished journalist whose books include her ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Dennis and the Fantastic Forest

By Adrian Raeside

This is the third title featuring Dennis, a green dragon who wears red sneakers and a baseball cap. Appalled when he discovers that his two disreputable brothers have managed to burn down a forest, Dennis ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

To Tell the Truth

By Patti Farmer, Stephen Taylor, illus.

Diogenes might have appreciated the honesty of young Benjamin Gates, but his companions clearly do not. It has not been a good week for Benjamin who speaks the unvarnished truth. Monday’s candour about the lack ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

Rumpelstiltskin

By retold and illustrated by Marie-Louise Gay

Rumpelstiltskin, the scary and delicious tale by the Brothers Grimm about a menacing little man who can spin straw into gold, has been reinvented by writer and illustrator Marie-Louise Gay (The Three Little Pigs, Fat ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

Charlotte

By Janet Lunn, Brian Deines, illus.

As her many fans well know, Janet Lunn is an aficionado of both American and Canadian history. Her YA novels Shadow in Hawthorn Bay, The Root Cellar, and The Hollow Tree attest to her historicity ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Big City/ Big Country Counting Book

By Ian Crysler

Just when you thought there could be nothing new in counting books, along comes this one by photographer Ian Crysler. He takes the tried-and-true city/country dichotomy and plays with it visually. The result is a ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Catalogue

By Sheila Dalton, Kim LaFave, illus.

Two years ago poet Sheila Dalton and illustrator Kim LaFave created Doggerel, a jaunty rhyming picture book about all sorts of dogs, and this spring they’ve followed it with a similarly jaunty book about cats. ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

On Tumbledown Hill

By Tim Wynne-Jones, Dusan Petricic, illus.

Ostensibly a counting game in verse, this first collaboration between Tim Wynne-Jones and Dusan Petricic is a conceptually clever but esthetically flawed book. The narrator, a dapper old man, goes to Tumbledown Hill with his ... Read More »

March 1, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Kugel Valley Klezmer Band

By Joan Betty Stuchner, Richard Row, illus.

Kugel Valley is famous for its kugel (noodle pudding) and its klezmer band, featuring Isaac, “the best fiddle player this side of Nova Scotia.” Shira, the 10-year-old daughter of Yossi, the clarinet player, has always ... Read More »

March 1, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

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★ The Umbrella Party

Tom and Francine: A Love Story

Dennis and the Fantastic Forest

To Tell the Truth

Rumpelstiltskin

Charlotte

The Big City/ Big Country Counting Book

Catalogue

On Tumbledown Hill

The Kugel Valley Klezmer Band

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