Too Many Books!

At first glance, Montreal native Gilles Tibo’s new picture book seems based on an odd premise: that sometimes kids don’t have enough fun. Nicolas, the hero, finds that whenever he has trouble doing something, a ... Read More »

January 5, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Click!

By Shutta Crum, John Beder, illus.

A mother and her little boy, and a polar bear and cub, have much in common in Shutta Crum’s newest picture book. Click! tells the parallel story of how the offspring of two mother hunters (one ... Read More »

January 5, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Sea King

By Jane Yolen and Shulamith Oppenheim, Stefan Czernecki, illus.

The impulse to put on a show – to roll up the rugs and raid the dressup box, to decorate the dog and broadcast a little glitter – this is the energy that lies behind ... Read More »

January 5, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

★ Where’s Pup?

By Dayle Ann Dodds, Pierre Pratt, illus.

The impulse to put on a show – to roll up the rugs and raid the dressup box, to decorate the dog and broadcast a little glitter – this is the energy that lies behind ... Read More »

January 5, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

Number Four, Bobby Orr

By Mike Leonetti, Shayne Letain, illus.

Is hockey still at the heart of the Canadian psyche? Is it still our defining myth? It’s the kind of topic the CBC would turn into a rambling, multi-part documentary. Hockey’s a bigger business than ... Read More »

December 10, 2003 | Filed under: Picture Books

Heart of the Game: Minor Hockey Moments

By John Newby

December 10, 2003 | Filed under: Picture Books

The F Team

By Anne Laurel Carter & Rose Cowles, illus.

December 10, 2003 | Filed under: Picture Books

Stanley’s Party

By Linda Bailey, Bill Slavin, illus.

Stanley knows the couch is off-limits to dogs, but his owners are out every evening and he’s bored. So one night he sits on the couch and nothing happens! Emboldened, he turns on music the ... Read More »

December 1, 2003 | Filed under: Picture Books

Two Shoes, Blue Shoes, New Shoes!

By Sally Fitz-Gibbon, Farida Zaman, illus.

West Coast author Sally Fitz-Gibbon has parlayed the magic of wearing fresh footwear into a joyful rhyming picture book. Using simple structured rhyme and ending each line with the word “shoes,” Fitz- Gibbon tells the ... Read More »

December 1, 2003 | Filed under: Picture Books

Jillian Jiggs and the Great Big Snow

By Phoebe Gilman

Whenever I read a book to my children and they enjoy it more than I do, I send them straight to bed and assume they’re just tired and exhibiting poor aesthetic judgment. But when, despite ... Read More »

December 1, 2003 | Filed under: Picture Books

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Quill and Quire

Too Many Books!

Click!

The Sea King

★ Where’s Pup?

Number Four, Bobby Orr

Heart of the Game: Minor Hockey Moments

The F Team

Stanley’s Party

Two Shoes, Blue Shoes, New Shoes!

Jillian Jiggs and the Great Big Snow

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