Two kinds of sleuths inhabit the detective genre: the Encyclopedia Browns, who are sought out, and the Sammy Keyes types, who always happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Three-time Arthur ... Read More »
November 21, 2003
Every dog has his day. Benny Bensky, a black mutt, thinks his has arrived at the start of the summer vacation. Instead of spending his time home alone chewing up cushions, he’ll have the company ... Read More »
November 21, 2003
In the opening pages of The War Within, fledgling Southern belle Hannah Green rages in her diary that her little brother has been reading her journal. By the end of this story, she has lost ... Read More »
November 21, 2003 | Filed under: Industry news
Gramma’s coming to live with us! How 11- year-old Annie and her family react to the challenges of this new situation is the subject of Butcher’s thoughtful and often humorous novel. A former teacher, Butcher ... Read More »
November 21, 2003
Fifteen-year-old Emma is a child apart, not only from the other kids at school and in her community, but from her family as well. She looks and feels different, something every single teen can relate ... Read More »
November 21, 2003 | Filed under: Industry news
The cover of Frieda Wishinsky’s latest chapter book shows third-grader Samantha looking over her shoulder, anxiously watching out for her nemesis, Evelyn, the queen of mean. Wishinsky’s comic problem novel tackles a familiar dilemma faced ... Read More »
November 21, 2003 | Filed under: Industry news
As a news editor in Ottawa and Vancouver newsrooms at the time when stories about the Balkans were the top foreign news of the day, I always instructed other editors to wait, no matter what ... Read More »
November 20, 2003 | Filed under: History
The ancient kingdom of Sumer, located in what is now Iraq, gave the world its first form of written language. Sumerian cuneiform was used to record the world’s first written poem, The Epic of Gilgamesh. ... Read More »
November 20, 2003 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture
The celebration of Black History Month every February challenges teachers and librarians to find materials on a largely invisible part of Canada’s past. This new Kids Can title will be a boon for them and ... Read More »
November 20, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction
Shelley Tanaka has carved out a niche for herself writing strongly illustrated books about dramatic incidents in the past. Among other things, she has made Pearl Harbor, the Titanic, and Pompeii come alive for countless ... Read More »
November 20, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction
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