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★ The Hockey Card

By Jack Siemiatycki and Avi Slodovnick, Doris Barrette, illus.

Devoted Canadian readers of hockey lore will immediately begin making comparisons between this book and another similar one for young readers, Roch Carrier’s classic, The Hockey Sweater. And the comparison is a fitting one.First-time children’s ... Read More »

January 8, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

That’s Hockey

By David Bouchard, Dean Griffiths, illus.

That’s Hockey is a playful trip back to a time when hockey was played outside. Seasoned author David Bouchard cleverly crafts the story in first person and conceals whether the main character is a girl ... Read More »

January 8, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Caillou: Hurry Up!

By Joceline Sanschagrin, Claude Lapierre, illus.

Those who are wary of preschool books with a TV connection will be pleasantly surprised by Caillou. Published in Quebec, the Caillou books feature a bald little boy. With input from child psychologists and produced ... Read More »

January 8, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Caillou: New Shoes

By Marion Johnson, Eric Sevigny, illus.

Those who are wary of preschool books with a TV connection will be pleasantly surprised by Caillou. Published in Quebec, the Caillou books feature a bald little boy. With input from child psychologists and produced ... Read More »

January 8, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Princess Backwards

By Jane Gray, Liz Milkau, illus.

Princess Fred (yes, Fred; she’s the daughter of King Nancy and Queen David) lives in a comical medieval land where backwards is normal. People greet each other with “You see to nice!”; signs hang upside-down; ... Read More »

January 8, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Circus Play

By Anne Laurel Carter, Joanne Fitzgerald, illus.

Beyond simply telling a good story, the best children’s literature bases itself on a single, unifying theme. The brevity of the work and the age of the audience demand it. The theme need not necessarily ... Read More »

January 8, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Anancy and the Haunted House

By Richardo Keens-Douglas, Stéphane Jorisch, illus.

Trickster extraordinaire Anancy the Spider can’t help bragging that his adventures are bigger and better than everyone else’s. When his little spider friends throw him a big beach party in the shadow of a haunted ... Read More »

January 8, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ The Rumor

By Jan Thornhill

Long ago in India, a young worrywart hare settles down for a nap, only to be startled by a falling mango. It sounds like an explosion, and she panics, shouting, “The world is breaking up!” ... Read More »

January 8, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Hallelujah Handel

By Douglas Cowling, Jason Walker, illus.

The power of music to console and preserve is the underlying story of this new picture book based on the recording by Classical Kids of the same title. Darker in its subject matter than other ... Read More »

January 7, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Accidental Alphabet

By Dianna Bonder

Dianna Bonder, illustrator of A Pacific Alphabet, has produced another abcedarium, this one chronicling the misadventures of 26 characters in rhyming verse. This is the first book that Bonder, an artist based near Vancouver, has ... Read More »

January 7, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

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