Sweetness in the Belly

In her third novel, Camilla Gibb takes readers to the often overlooked country of Ethiopia. Gibb intertwines a story of exile in Thatcher’s London with a past pious existence in Haile Selassie’s politically unstable Ethiopia ... Read More »

March 21, 2005 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Snow Man

By David Albahari, Ellen Elias-Bursac, trans.

The fourth novel by David Albahari to be translated into English is a meditation on the immeasurable gulf that separates the ideas of exile and refuge. Refugees tend to come en masse, and even away ... Read More »

March 21, 2005 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Season of Rage: Racial Conflict in a Small Town

By John Cooper

We all know the photo. A young girl, all skinny arms and legs, dressed in a crisp back-to-school outfit, walks into her school through a crowd of hostile adults, their faces ugly with anger. The ... Read More »

March 21, 2005

Media Madness

By Dominic Ali, Michael Cho, illus.

This cool, colourful, highly visual guide to media covers the territory from TV, music, magazines, and comic books to video games and the Internet. Deconstructing media while it informs, the book is built around six ... Read More »

March 21, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

The Girls’ Yoga Book

By Michael Caldwell, Claudia Davila, illus.

Maple Tree Press’s Girl Zone series aims to foster healthy physical attitudes in girls of a vulnerable age by encouraging them to take an active role in developing their physical and mental wellness. In this, ... Read More »

March 21, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

38 Ways to Entertain Your Parents on Summer Vacation

By Dette Hunter, Kitty Macaulay, illus.

As she did in her two other craft books, Dette Hunter opens with the comic inversion that it’s adults who need entertaining, not children. Lily, the lively narrator, sharing a room in the family cabin ... Read More »

March 21, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Torrie & the Pirate Queen

By K.V. Johansen, Christine Delezenne, illus.

Having an invisible magical friend proves very helpful to young Anna, the heroine of this second book in a projected series by New Brunswick writer K.V. Johansen. Torrie, the magical creature who is “the oldest ... Read More »

March 21, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Martin Bridge: Ready for Takeoff!

By Jessica Scott Kerrin, Joseph Kelly, illus.

Halifax writer Jessica Scott Kerrin’s trio of interconnected short stories, Martin Bridge: Ready for Takeoff!, turns on daily ethical dilemmas faced by children. Young readers will readily identify with the likeable, sympathetically drawn Martin and ... Read More »

March 21, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Brave Jack and the Unicorn

By Janet McNaughton, Susan Tooke, illus.

Jack may not be handsome or clever like his brothers and might not ever amount to anything, as his mother keeps telling him, but he’s kind-hearted and that goes a long way in the world. ... Read More »

March 21, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

The Lost Island

By E. Pauline Johnson, Atanas, illus.

Almost 100 years ago, Chief Joe Capilano told this story to Pauline Johnson, the daughter of a Mohawk chief and British mother. Johnson, Canada’s first native author published in English, was highly celebrated in the ... Read More »

March 21, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

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