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The True Story of Trapper Jack’s Left Big Toe

Even though Ian Wallace is best known as an illustrator, his text is stronger than his artwork in The True Story of Trapper Jack’s Left Big Toe. Wallace’s writing captures both the hyperbole of the ... Read More »

January 22, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

One More Pet

By Eugenie Fernandes

This picture book by well-known Ontario illustrator and author Eugenie Fernandes reads almost like a folktale: a child welcomes one pet into her home, then another, then another, leaving readers to wonder where it will ... Read More »

January 22, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Aziz the Storyteller

By Vi Hughes, Stefan Czernecki, illus.

Books representing an Islamic perspective garner a lot of interest these days, and Aziz the Storyteller draws on that interest in both its subject matter and its presentation. Though it’s an original story, this first ... Read More »

January 21, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Jessica’s X-ray

By Pat Zonta, Clive Dobson, illus.

Jessica’s X-Ray provides a look at health care from the perspective of a child. After falling from a tree, young Jessica is taken to the hospital where a doctor orders an x-ray of her arm. ... Read More »

January 21, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

If the Shoe Fits: Voices from Cinderella

By Laura Whipple, Laura Beingessner, illus.

Since her first print appearance in 1697, in Charles Perrault’s Mother Goose’s Tales, Cinderella has maintained a dizzily high profile. Featured more frequently than any other fairy-tale character, the char maiden turned princess has represented ... Read More »

January 21, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Princesses Are Not Quitters!

By Kate Lum, Sue Hellard, illus.

Three young princesses live a luxurious life in their palace by the sea, but they are b-o-r-e-d. One day they see three servant girls walking by with buckets of milk, and decide that “servants have ... Read More »

January 21, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ The Jade Necklace

By Paul Yee, Grace Lin, illus.

The children in Paul Yee’s award-winning books are haunted by their pasts. Often forced by circumstances to emigrate from their beloved China, they feel “caught between two worlds” like Yee, a third-generation Chinese Canadian who ... Read More »

January 21, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

No, No, Jack!

By Ron Hirsch, Pierre Pratt, illus.

A dog named Jack loves to hide everyday objects in the closet. Then he waits outside the closet until the family members discover the missing object. Author Ron Hirsch combines short, punchy sentences, like “This ... Read More »

January 19, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

Camping

By Nancy Hundal, Brian Deines, illus.

The family members in this latest collaboration between Nancy Hundal and Brian Deines hold different ideas about the perfect summer vacation, but all are hoping for some kind of urban adventure. So when the parents ... Read More »

January 19, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

The Kite

Francisco is a poor Nicaraguan boy whose mother is expecting a baby. Since the recent death of his father, Francisco must help support his family by selling newspapers (which he cannot read) in the market ... Read More »

January 19, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

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