Mister Got to Go and Arnie

Lois Simmie opens her sequel to the popular Mister Got to Go with an allusion to Ludwig Bemelmans’ Madeline books: “In an old hotel covered with vines….” Unfortunately, this inspires the reader to make unfavourable ... Read More »

January 29, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

No Two Snowflakes

By Sheree Fitch, Janet Wilson, illus.

Author Sheree Fitch and artist Janet Wilson give readers a dazzling new appreciation of snow in No Two Snowflakes. In a Christmas letter, Lou answers her Ghanaian penpal’s questions about snow, describing in a heartfelt ... Read More »

January 29, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

★ Big Ben

By Sarah Ellis, Kim LaFave, illus.

Ben is tired of being the littlest in the family. His big sister, Robin, and big brother, Joe, can do everything. But Ben can’t swim, can’t see out the car window, can’t use chopsticks, and ... Read More »

January 29, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

★ The Kid Line

By Teddy Jam, Ange Zhang, illus.

Growing up in Toronto in the 1950s, a young hockey fan is riveted by his father’s tales of the glory days of the Toronto Maple Leafs. His dad remembers when Big Train Lionel Conacher and ... Read More »

January 29, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Mess

By Jennifer Wolfe, Cindy Revell, illus.

Jennifer Wolfe, a Canadian teacher living in Michigan, has come up with an innovative way to invite young readers into her first picture book. The Mess is a simple story about an untidy family and ... Read More »

January 27, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Princess Bun Bun

By Richard Scrimger, Gillian Johnson, illus.

Say the word “castle” and kids think of towers, moats, princesses, and knights. Toronto author Richard Scrimger plays with these magical elements in his latest picture book, Princess Bun Bun. In this delightful sequel to ... Read More »

January 27, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

Leap into Poetry: More Abcs of Poetry

By Avis Harley

Although adults may have forgotten this, any child who’s been enraptured by the rhymes, rhythms, riddles, and wordplay of Dennis Lee, Mother Goose, or Dr. Seuss instinctively knows that spieltrieb (as the German critic Baumgarten ... Read More »

January 27, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

Under a Prairie Sky

By Anne Laurel Carter, Alan and Lea Daniel, illus.

When I grow up, I’m going to be a Mountie.” So opens Anne Laurel Carter’s new picture book, a first-person narrative of one boy’s ability to turn the task of finding his wayward little brother ... Read More »

January 26, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Busy Little Mouse

By Eugenie Fernandes, Kim Fernandes, illus.

A little mouse goes outside to play one morning, and in the course of the day he has fun with a bouncy dog, a wiggly pig, a timid sheep, a friendly cow, a happy cat, ... Read More »

January 26, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Rough Day at Loon Lake

By Kathleen Cook Waldron, Dean Griffiths, illus.

In this sequel to Loon Lake Fishing Derby, Kathleen Cook Waldron takes young readers on another madcap adventure with the same four animal friends: a squirrel, salamander, mouse, and turtle. On a hot summer day, ... Read More »

January 26, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

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Quill and Quire

Mister Got to Go and Arnie

No Two Snowflakes

★ Big Ben

★ The Kid Line

The Mess

Princess Bun Bun

Leap into Poetry: More Abcs of Poetry

Under a Prairie Sky

★ Busy Little Mouse

Rough Day at Loon Lake

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