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Baboo: The Story of Sir John A. Macdonald’s Daughter

By Ainslie Manson, Bill Wand, illus.

Ainslie Manson is well known for fine historical picture books such as A Dog Came, Too and Just Like New. Her latest, a picture-book biography of Sir John A. Macdonald’s disabled daughter, Mary, is not ... Read More »

February 20, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Fog Cat

By Marilyn Helmer, Paul Mombourquette, illus.

As we know from The Little Prince, taming an animal (or flower) is an emotional process. Fog Cat chronicles young Hannah’s attempts to tame a cat living wild by the sea. Hannah lives with her ... Read More »

February 20, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ A Child’s Treasury of Nursery Rhymes

By Kady MacDonald Denton

Dramas in miniature, scripts for soothing a cranky baby, subversive vehicles of protest, found poems, challenges, invitations to dance and song – nursery rhymes are one of the great gifts of the language. In this ... Read More »

February 20, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Imagine That!

By Janet Wilson

Well-known Canadian illustrator Janet Wilson has created a book that melds fiction and non-fiction to highlight events and achievements of the 20th century. A conversation between Great Aunt Violet and her great grandniece Elizabeth flows ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ On My Island

By Marie-Louise Gay

On a little island in a sea of the imagination, a boy and his animal friends watch the world drift by. Nothing happens, the boy narrator tells us throughout this deceptively simple picture book, but ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Ghouls’ Night Out

By Janice MacDonald, Pamela Breeze Currie, illus.

Annalise the witch, Ernie the ghost, and Milton the skeleton live happily together in a haunted house where they keep up appearances by smearing dirt on the windows, peeling the paint from the boards, and ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Miss Meow Pageant

By Richardo Keens-Douglas, Marie Lafrance, illus.

The Miss Meow Pageant, the fifth book from Toronto writer and storyteller Richardo Keens-Douglas, is the story of Henrietta’s cat, Sparrow, one of the ugliest cats in the feline world. Things change for Sparrow when ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Boy in the Attic

By Paul Yee, Gu Xiong, illus.

In this latest book by Paul Yee, who chronicles the Chinese Canadian experience so well, Kai-ming, a seven-year-old newly immigrated from a Chinese village, befriends the ghost of seven-year-old Benjamin, who died in the same ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Where the Meadowlark Sang: Cherished Scenes from an Artist’s Childhood

By Hazel Litzgus

Calgary artist Hazel Litzgus has compiled a picture book memoir of her childhood on a Prairie farm. Organized into sections according to the seasons, the book uses her watercolour paintings as a stepping stone into ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Olden Days Coat

By Margaret Laurence, Muriel Wood, illus.

For most Christians, Christmas is dominated by tradition: above all by family gatherings complete with the decorated tree, dinner with all the trimmings, and presents. Margaret Laurence’s Christmas story, The Olden Days Coat, first published ... Read More »

February 18, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

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