★ Elijah of Buxton

The path of contemporary children’s literature is strewn with worthy novels intended to teach and preach that mostly fail to ignite any response. Great and tragic events – such as war, famine, or genocide – ... Read More »

November 5, 2007

Hanna Bear’s Christmas

By Monica Devine; Sean Cassidy, illus.

Quite the opposite approach [to nostalgia] is taken by Alaskan writer Monica Devine (Carry Me, Mama; The Iditarod) in Hanna Bear’s Christmas, the vividly illustrated plot-driven story of an anthropomorphic bear who requests that her ... Read More »

November 5, 2007 | Filed under: Picture Books

A Star for Christmas

By Trisha Romance

Autumn customarily brings an onslaught of sparkle-bound holiday books destined for children everywhere. Many are craftily created to counterbalance our culture’s increasingly aggressive consumer marketing, by reminding young people of the spirit and meaning of ... Read More »

November 5, 2007 | Filed under: Picture Books

Stones, Bones and Stitches: Storytelling Through Inuit Art

By Shelley Falconer and Shawna White

Stones, Bones and Stitches is a handsome new volume in Tundra’s Lord Museum Book series (which consists of books built around specific museums’ holdings). This installment, written by Shelley Falconer, senior curator at the McMichael ... Read More »

November 5, 2007

This Is My Planet: The Kid’s Guide to Global Warming

By Jan Thornhill

This Is My Planet, by Ontario naturalist and author Jan Thornhill, is the literary equivalent of a shout. The dramatic colours and design of the book will certainly grab a kid’s attention, which is something ... Read More »

November 5, 2007

Cheetah Cubs and Beetle Grubs: The Wacky Way We Name Young Animals

By Diane Swanson; Mariko Ando-Spencer, illus.

Author Diane Swanson’s approach to informing readers about the names of young animals is unique. In addition to clearly stating the terms people use when referring to specific baby animals (for example, “young mosquitoes are ... Read More »

November 5, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

King of the Lost and Found

By John Lekich

John Lekich returns to the outsider theme of his The Loser’s Club (which garnered a 2002 Governor General’s Award nomination) with a new loser and an equally eccentric plot. In addition to being geeky and ... Read More »

November 5, 2007

A Forest for Christmas

By Michael Harris; Eric Orchard, illus.

For Emily, there’s no place better than the Friendly Forest, where she hosts woodland animals in her tree house and talks to the spruce trees. No wonder she feels panicky when, shortly before Christmas, she ... Read More »

November 5, 2007 | Filed under: Picture Books

Very Serious Children

By Caroline Adderson; Joe Weissman, illus.

If you can’t get rid of the adults in a children’s book, the next best thing is to turn them into goofs. From the schlemiel in folklore to Harry Allard’s The Stupids, from Amelia Bedelia ... Read More »

November 5, 2007 | Filed under: Picture Books

Be A Baby

By Sarah Withrow; Manuel Monroy, illus.

In this first picture book by Ontario YA author Sarah Withrow (author of Bat Summer, The Black Sunshine of Goody Pryne, and others), sweet and goofy couplets capture the loving wordplay that parents enjoy with ... Read More »

November 5, 2007 | Filed under: Picture Books

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★ Elijah of Buxton

Hanna Bear’s Christmas

A Star for Christmas

Stones, Bones and Stitches: Storytelling Through Inuit Art

This Is My Planet: The Kid’s Guide to Global Warming

Cheetah Cubs and Beetle Grubs: The Wacky Way We Name Young Animals

King of the Lost and Found

A Forest for Christmas

Very Serious Children

Be A Baby

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