All the Way: Sex for the First Time

Kim Martyn, a Toronto sexual health educator, has written a sex book for teens that acknowledges that half of adolescents have sexual intercourse while they’re high school age. Sure, Cosmopolitan does this too, but from ... Read More »

November 11, 2003

The Black Sunshine of Goody Pryne

By Sarah Withrow

Black sunshine is an excellent term to describe the intense energy and perverse pleasure teens derive from being depressed or angry, wounded or misunderstood. But author Sarah Withrow’s black sunshine too often becomes a black ... Read More »

November 11, 2003

Alma

By William Bell

Life isn’t easy for pre-teen Alma Neal and her widowed mother, Clara, whose measly part-time jobs sustain their hand-to-mouth existence. But Alma takes great comfort in her richly imaginative world – the books she reads, ... Read More »

November 11, 2003 | Filed under: Book news

The Book of Dreams

By O.R. Melling

The fourth book of the Chronicles of Faerie, written by the Irish-Canadian author O.R. Melling, far surpasses the earlier books in its length and the breadth of its scope. Set in Canada, this novel focuses ... Read More »

November 11, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Initiation

By Virginia Frances Schwartz

Initiation, Virginia Frances Schwartz’s latest novel for young adults, is a complex and intriguing text that will invite discussion and perhaps controversy. Set in 15th-century northwest British Columbia, the novel interprets a Kwakiutl transformation myth, ... Read More »

November 11, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Tales of Court and Castle

By Joan Bodger, Mark Lang. illus.

Mark Lang’s playful cover illustration depicts the late Joan Bodger, walking stick and all, dressed as a medieval entertainer. Mid-story, she’s surrounded by an enraptured audience at a round table. It’s an appropriate cover because, ... Read More »

November 11, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Zipitio

By Jorge Argueta, Gloria Calderón, illus., Elisa Amado, trans.

The title character of the newest in Groundwood’s series highlighting Latin American children’s writers is an awkward little man whose feet face in the wrong direction and whose big belly and long sharp nails make ... Read More »

November 11, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

The World That Loved Books

By Stephen Parlato

Welcome to a world where everyone reads, and everyone becomes what they read. A man reading a book about flowers turns into blooms, and a rabbit reading a book on turtles suddenly finds his body ... Read More »

November 11, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

Peg Bearskin

By Adapted by Philip Dinn and Andy Jones; Elly Cohen, illus.

The indomitable Peg Bearskin, so named because she is hairy and big, propels this traditional Newfoundland tale. Peg and her two pretty sisters, on the road to seek their fortune, accept the hospitality of an ... Read More »

November 11, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

Eugene’s Story

By Richard Scrimger, Gillian Johnson, illus.

A middle child who’s sandwiched between two sisters, Eugene gets a lot of interference when he’s trying to tell his story. For that matter, he gets a lot of interference when he tries to do ... Read More »

November 11, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

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