Elixir

Elixir, the latest work from Eric Walters, takes as its backdrop the story of the discovery of insulin by Canadian scientist Frederick Banting and his research assistant Charles Best. Set in the hot summer of ... Read More »

March 14, 2005

Getting to First Base with Danalda Chase

By Matt Beam

Matt Beam’s first YA novel is a case of close contact with the seventh-grade mind – worse, the seventh-grade boy’s mind, newly addled by testosterone. If you’re a seventh-grade boy, however, you may be relieved ... Read More »

March 14, 2005

Bearcub and Mama

By Sharon Jennings, Melanie Watt, illus.

Bearcub and Mama is the tender story of a young bearcub who follows his mother wherever she goes, learning how to catch fish, dig for grubs, climb trees, and find honey. As he grows he ... Read More »

March 14, 2005 | Filed under: Picture Books

Imagine a Day

By Sarah L. Thomson, Rob Gonsalves, illus.

Imagine a Day is the second in a series of picture books featuring the trompe l’oeil paintings of Ontario architect Rob Gonsalves and the vaguely poetical phrases of Maine writer Sarah L. Thomson. The paintings ... Read More »

March 14, 2005 | Filed under: Picture Books

Rollercoaster: My Hectic Years As Jean Chrétien’s Diplomatic Advisor

By James Bartleman

The trouble with James Bartleman’s new diplomatic memoir is that he has his own tough act to follow. For sheer entertainment value, Rollercoaster can’t compete with his previously published On Six Continents, replete as that ... Read More »

March 14, 2005 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Wanda and the Wild Hair

By Barbara Azore, Georgia Graham, illus.

Wanda seems to be the only one who loves her wild hair – so wild it serves as a sun visor in the summer and a snowflake catcher in winter. Despite complaints from her parents ... Read More »

March 14, 2005 | Filed under: Picture Books

By a Thread

By Ned Dickens, Graham Ross, illus.

A bursting toy box is the starting point for this fantasy adventure; when mother hears the eruption and checks out the room, her only comment is to wonder bluntly where the floor is. In this ... Read More »

March 14, 2005 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ The Baseball Card

By Jack Siemiatycki and Avi Slodovnick, Laura Watson, illus.

Authors Jack Siemiatycki and Avi Slodovnick follow the success of their previous book, The Hockey Card, with a new title in the same tradition of tall tales and sport legends. The Baseball Card begins when ... Read More »

March 14, 2005 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Secret Mitzvah of Lucio Burke

By Steven Hayward

Steven Hayward’s debut novel is a big-hearted fable set in Depression-era Toronto in the enclave of poor Jews and Catholics known as “the Ward.” It begins with a challenge: Bloomberg, the legendary pitcher for the ... Read More »

March 11, 2005 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Three-Day Road

By Joseph Boyden

One of Canada’s great unsung heroes was Francis Pegahmagabow, an Ojibway from the Parry Island (now Wasauksing) band who fought in the First World War. Known under the sobriquet Peggy, he received the Military Medal ... Read More »

March 11, 2005 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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Elixir

Getting to First Base with Danalda Chase

Bearcub and Mama

Imagine a Day

Rollercoaster: My Hectic Years As Jean Chrétien’s Diplomatic Advisor

Wanda and the Wild Hair

By a Thread

★ The Baseball Card

The Secret Mitzvah of Lucio Burke

Three-Day Road

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