Mala

By Gita Wolf, Annouchka Gravel Galouchko, illus.

Subtitled “A Women’s Folktale,” Mala is the story of a courageous girl who defies the odds and goes in search of a demon that has been responsible for a drought. The story is adapted from ... Read More »

April 6, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Token Gift

By Hugh William McKibbon, Scott Cameron, illus.

As an old man, Mohan is wealthy and successful but wishes he had been a king and able to do something great with his life. True, he is the inventor of Chaturanga, a game of ... Read More »

April 6, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

Three Monks, No Water

By Ting-xing Ye, Harvey Chan, illus.

When she was a child, Ting-xing Ye tells us, any time she and her brothers tried to get out of household chores, her mother would scold, “Three monks, no water!” The expression was an old ... Read More »

April 6, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Lady Kaguya’s Secret

By Jirina Marton

A poor bamboo-cutter finds a luminous baby girl in the trunk of a tree one day, and he and his wife raise her as their own. But when she becomes a beautiful young woman, she ... Read More »

April 6, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

Mind Me Good Now!

By Lynette Comissiong, Marie Lafrance, illus.

When Dalby and Tina are warned not to cross the river, you know of course that they will. The brother and sister find themselves lost in a landscape even more fantastic than the Caribbean countryside ... Read More »

April 6, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Ogre Fun

By Loris Lesynski

The zesty flavour of Loris Lesynski’s Boy Soup may be addictive for many young readers. Indeed, last year’s rollicking rhyme sensation about a giant with a cold (and a rather gruesome recipe for a cure) ... Read More »

April 6, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Night Fun

By Patricia Quinlan, Ron Berg, illus.

With Mars and Mir much in the news, it is tempting and topical to blend astronomical nursery rhymes with bedtime fantasy. Patricia Quinlan, author of Planting Seeds and My Dad Takes Care of Me, has ... Read More »

April 6, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

I Miss Franklin P. Shuckles

By Ulana Snihura, Leanne Franson, illus.

Franklin P. Shuckles and Molly Pepper are next-door neighbours, and in the summertime, when nobody else is around, they are friends. But when the school year begins, Franklin’s skinny legs, funny glasses, and clumsiness on ... Read More »

April 6, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Mole’s Daughter

By Julia Gukova

Father mole decides his daughter is too perfect to marry a mere mole. Against her wishes, he approaches the sky. The sky professes to be honoured, but claims the sun is more powerful, as it ... Read More »

April 6, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

But If They Do

By Bill Richardson, Marc Mongeau, illus.

“Nighty night. Sleep tight. Don’t let the bedbugs bite.” This familiar childhood refrain is the premise behind Bill Richardson’s lively picture book. The idea for the book began when callers to his CBC radio show ... Read More »

April 6, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

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