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Magpie’s Missing Spoon

Everyone knows that magpies like to collect bright objects, and the titular magpie in the first picture book from Renfrew, Ontario’s Michael Bradley (who is not yet 20 years old) is no exception. When startled ... Read More »

August 30, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

Paris in the Spring with Picasso

By Joan Yolleck; Marjorie Priceman, illus.

“There is no place more beautiful than Paris,” thinks Guillaume Apollinaire as he strolls along the city streets of Joan Yolleck and Marjorie Priceman’s bubbly picture book. This is a fanciful trip back to Apollinaire’s ... Read More »

August 30, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

★ I Know Here

By Laurel Croza; Matt James, illus.

Laurel Croza spent her early childhood moving with her family from dam project to dam project in northern Saskatchewan. In I Know Here, she distills that experience into a simple, achingly beautiful picture book. The ... Read More »

August 30, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

Combat Camera

By A.J. Somerset

Mentally and physically wounded after years of covering wars, photographer Lucas Zane, the main character in A.J. Somerset’s debut novel (winner of the 2010 Metcalf-Rooke Award for an unpublished manuscript), finds himself down and out ... Read More »

August 23, 2010 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Jane Austen

By Carol Shields

Jane Austen novels bring comfort. As full of issues as they are, there is a comfort in finding oneself immersed in the Romantic era, when securing a “situation” – if you were a woman, that ... Read More »

August 23, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography

Up North Again: More of Ontario’s Wilderness from Ladybugs to the Pleiades

By Doug Bennet and Tim Tiner

Up North Again, by journalists and outdoor enthusiasts Doug Bennet and Tim Tiner, gives readers a glimpse of the natural wonders of southern Shield country (the “up north” of most Ontario city dwellers). It is ... Read More »

August 23, 2010 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

The Voyage of the Matthew: John Cabot and the Discovery of North America

By Peter Firstbrook

Would North America be the same without the lives of two boys, both born in the same walled city in 1451? Cristoforo Colombo and Giovanni Caboto left Genoa separately as young men, went on to ... Read More »

August 20, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Reference

Echoes of Empire: Victoria and Its Remarkable Buildings

By Robin Ward

Vancouver Sun readers know Robin Ward from his tony weekly column that tracks local architecture. With titles such as “B.C.’s oldest dairy is tastefully preserved,” these short essays, accompanied by Ward’s etchy line drawings, are ... Read More »

August 20, 2010 | Filed under: Criticism & Essays

Sunray: The Death and Life of Captain Nichola Goddard

By Valerie Fortney

On May 17, 2006, at approximately 7 p.m. Afghanistan time, Forward Observation Officer Captain Nichola Goddard earned a tragic place in Canadian history: she became the first female Canadian soldier to die in combat. Although ... Read More »

August 16, 2010 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

★ Roslyn Rutabaga and the Biggest Hole on Earth!

By Marie-Louise Gay

It’s impossible not to smile when reading a book by Marie-Louise Gay. The beloved author and illustrator has a rare gift for seeing into the whimsical, wide-eyed world inhabited by the very young. The legions ... Read More »

August 9, 2010 | Filed under: Picture Books

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