Hunger Journeys

Hunger journeys were often made by the starving residents of Amsterdam into the countryside to search for food in the closing months of the Second World War. The hunger journey in Vancouver author Maggie de ... Read More »

November 17, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

Kitten’s Autumn

By Eugenie Fernandes

Author-illustrator Eugenie Fernandes uses clay, acrylic paint, and mixed-media collage to create a visual feast in her second seasonal tale (following Kitten’s Spring) featuring a curious calico cat. Quality autumnal picture books that deal with ... Read More »

November 17, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

★ The Cat’s Pajamas

By Wallace Edwards

There are any number of kids’ books that are only ostensibly for kids, that in their tone or language or execution reveal themselves to be aimed at the kind of kid idealized by some adults, ... Read More »

November 17, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

★ Counting on Snow

By Maxwell Newhouse

There is no escaping the fact that all counting books have an element of didacticism. But folk artist Maxwell Newhouse (The House That Max Built) makes the predictable task of getting from 10 to one ... Read More »

November 17, 2010 | Filed under: Picture Books

Canada Under Attack

By Jennifer Crump

To those who would argue that our history is boring, freelance journalist and author Jennifer Crump offers Canada Under Attack, part of Dundurn’s Canadians at War series. With crisp writing and a fast pace, Crump ... Read More »

November 17, 2010

Silver Rain

By Lois Peterson

Elsie’s family is living through hard times. When the Depression hits Canada, Elsie’s father abandons her, along with her mother, grandmother, and uncle, forcing them to move out of their home and struggle to make ... Read More »

November 17, 2010

Framed

By Gordon Korman

The latest book by prolific Montreal-born author Gordon Korman is the third in a truly absorbing series that reminds kids to stand up for what they believe in while simultaneously offering tales of elaborate, Ocean’s ... Read More »

November 17, 2010

Lucy Unstrung

By Carole Lazar

The transition from girl to young woman is a tricky one, full of embarrassment and uncertainty. Navigating the unknown territory of puberty with as few battle scars as possible is a rite of passage for ... Read More »

November 17, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Words that Start with B

By Vikki VanSickle

November 17, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

★ Prisoner of Dieppe: World War II

By Hugh Brewster

When Scholastic’s Dear Canada series began in 2001, its aim was to engage young female readers with Canadian history while providing useful resources for teachers and librarians. In the books, written in the form of ... Read More »

November 17, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

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Hunger Journeys

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★ Counting on Snow

Canada Under Attack

Silver Rain

Framed

Lucy Unstrung

Words that Start with B

★ Prisoner of Dieppe: World War II

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