Mr. Gaugin’s Heart

By Marie-Danielle Croteau; Isabelle Arsenault, illus.; Susan Ouriou, trans.

In the whimsical picture-book biography Mr. Gauguin’s Heart, Québécoise writer Marie-Danielle Croteau tells how the young Paul Gauguin discovers painting after his father dies. While the family is travelling to Peru, Mr. Gauguin dies suddenly, ... Read More »

July 4, 2007 | Filed under: Picture Books

Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose: The Story of a Painting

By Hugh Brewster; John Singer Sargent, illus.

Between 1885 and 1887, renowned expat American painter John Singer Sargent crafted his most famous work. Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose, a study of two girls in a garden lighting paper lanterns, is brought to life ... Read More »

July 4, 2007 | Filed under: Picture Books

Honey Cake

By Joan Betty Stuchner; Cynthia Nugent, illus.

How does one stand against tyranny? What’s the true nature of bravery? Big questions for an early-reader chapter book, but Joan Betty Stuchner handles them with grace and honesty. Stuchner’s novel tells the fictional story ... Read More »

July 4, 2007

★ Eye of the Crow: The Boy Sherlock Holmes: His First Case

By Shane Peacock

When 13-year-old Sherlock Holmes meets the eyes of a young Arab butcher’s assistant arrested for supposedly committing a brutal murder in London’s East End, he’s drawn into a web of villainy while simultaneously setting out ... Read More »

July 4, 2007

★ Mistik Lake

By Martha Brooks

Young adult novels often seem under-populated. Like low-budget TV dramas, they feature two or three protagonists, a stripped-down set, empty streets, and a few stock characters in the background to prop up the plot. Many ... Read More »

July 4, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Naturally Wild Musicians: The Wondrous World of Animal Song

By Peter Christie

Who would have thought that female fruit flies could distinguish a male of their own species from other courting males just by the tune he sings? Or that a tree frog in Borneo adjusts the ... Read More »

July 4, 2007

Chickadee’s Animal Adventures: Discover the World’s Amazing Animals

By Stephanie Ledu; Mark Stout, trans.;

This animal anthology is divided into nine chapters, each dealing with a different habitat: the country, the city, fresh water, the prairies, the forest, the mountains, the ocean, the desert, and the “world’s coldest places.” ... Read More »

July 4, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

The Bone Cage

By Angie Abdou

B.C. writer Angie Abdou chronicles the rise and fall of swimmer Sadie Jorgensen and wrestler Tom “Digger” Stapleton in her first novel, The Bone Cage. A tale of two athletes, The Bone Cage alternates between ... Read More »

July 3, 2007 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Way Cool License Plate Book

By Leonard Wise

Toronto writer and license plate buff Leonard Wise devotes himself to the weird and wonderful world of vanity license plates in this 64-page compendium of plate history, road-trip games, and notable examples of North American ... Read More »

June 26, 2007 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Stealing Nasreen

By Farzana Doctor

The process of leaving one’s country and finding a sense of belonging in another is often rife with uncertainty and turmoil. What makes Stealing Nasreen such a riveting read is the way it takes this ... Read More »

June 25, 2007 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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Quill and Quire

Mr. Gaugin’s Heart

Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose: The Story of a Painting

Honey Cake

★ Eye of the Crow: The Boy Sherlock Holmes: His First Case

★ Mistik Lake

Naturally Wild Musicians: The Wondrous World of Animal Song

Chickadee’s Animal Adventures: Discover the World’s Amazing Animals

The Bone Cage

The Way Cool License Plate Book

Stealing Nasreen

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