★ A Visit from St. Nicholas

By Clement C. Moore, Kim Fernandes, illus.

Fernandes’ version of this Christmas classic excels while differing from existing versions in several respects. A sense of light humour pervades the story, as when Santa is shown struggling to free his bulging sack from ... Read More »

March 1, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

★ Sarah May and the New Red Dress

By Andrea Spalding, Janet Wilson, illus.

“I wasn’t always Grandma, you know, bespectacled and stiff-kneed. Once I was Sarah May.” So begins a beautiful, lyrical story about a young girl from long ago, her practical parents, and an elusive red dress.Sarah ... Read More »

March 1, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

Lucy Maud and the Cavendish Cat

By Lynn Manuel, Janet Wilson, illus.

On May 2, 1907, L.M. Montgomery wrote, in a letter to a prairie homesteader she had been corresponding with, of the good news that her book manuscript had been accepted by a publisher. In this ... Read More »

March 1, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

The Annotated Anne of Green Gables

By Wendy E. Barry, Margaret Anne Doody, Mary E. Doody Jones, eds.

March 1, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

The Lighthouse Dog

By Betty Waterton, Dean Griffiths, illus.

The Lighthouse Dog is the latest in the series of West Coast picture books that Orca does so well. This is both an advantage and a disadvantage. The book is well presented and captures West ... Read More »

March 1, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Erik the Viking Sheep

By Elizabeth Creith, Linda Hendry, illus.

Erik, an Icelandic sheep with red wool, arrives at the sheep farm one day. After listening to a little girl’s stories about the Vikings, he starts to imagine that he is Erik the Viking Sheep, ... Read More »

March 1, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Alligator Baby

By Robert Munsch, Michael Martchenko, illus.

One night, Kirsten’s mother wakes up in labour, yelling, “I’m having a baby, I’m having a baby.” Kirsten’s parents get lost on the way to the hospital, and her mother gives birth at the zoo. ... Read More »

March 1, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ The Divide

By Michael Bedard, Emily Arnold McCully, illus.

In 1883, when Willa Cather was nine years old, her family moved from Virginia to an isolated Nebraska farm on the Divide, a broad plateau between the Little Blue and Republican rivers. This long, uncomfortable ... Read More »

March 1, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Rodeo Pup

By Lisa Rotenberg

Colour and design are standout features of this first picture book by Toronto artist Lisa Rotenberg. Rodeo Pup is about a young Dalmatian who runs afoul of his young owner and then redeems himself with ... Read More »

February 27, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Kitoto the Mighty

By Tololwa M. Mollel, Kristi Frost, illus.

This new book adds to the treasury of African stories, traditional and modern, that Tololwa Mollel has brought to Canadian children’s literature from his Tanzanian background. As he explains in a note at the end ... Read More »

February 27, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

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★ A Visit from St. Nicholas

★ Sarah May and the New Red Dress

Lucy Maud and the Cavendish Cat

The Annotated Anne of Green Gables

The Lighthouse Dog

Erik the Viking Sheep

Alligator Baby

★ The Divide

Rodeo Pup

Kitoto the Mighty

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