Slangalicious

By Gillian O'Reilly, Krista Johnson, illus.

Why do people call TV the “boob tube‚” or use the word “dough” for money? Why do we say we “loaf around” when we’re doing nothing? Why is something easily accomplished a “cakewalk”? All these ... Read More »

October 13, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

In Your Face: The Culture of Beauty and You

By Shari Graydon

At the end of the 18th century, British parliamentarians proposed a law that would prevent women from “trapping” men with artificial means, such as makeup. This bill seems laughable now, and yet according to this ... Read More »

October 13, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

The Tunnel King

By Barbara Hehner

In 1944, 76 Allied POW airmen escaped their prison camp through a secret tunnel. Although 50 of these men were later executed by the Nazis, their heroic efforts to disrupt German forces became legendary, entering ... Read More »

October 13, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Peace Walker: The Legend of Hiawatha and Tekanawita

By C.J. Taylor

This attractive book by Mohawk author-illustrator C.J. Taylor is a departure from her popular picture books about native legends. An account of real people and events, Peace Walker is a chapter book about a highly ... Read More »

October 13, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Bucking the Sarge

By Christopher Paul Curtis

Take the following genres: heist movies with a cool, clever, stylish hero; Captain Underpants stories with their preoccupation with poop; Michael Moore’s documentaries with their barely disguised anger at injustice; and wholesome middle-school novels in ... Read More »

October 13, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Still There, Clare

By Yvonne Prinz

Clare makes a momentous decision: time to grow up and say goodbye to Elsa, her dearest soulmate. Clare’s mother thinks Elsa has been out of Clare’s life since Grade 1, but Elsa is still around, ... Read More »

October 13, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Mercury Man

By Tom Henigan

Tom Blake, a teen plagued by loneliness and self-doubt, is a Peter Parker (AKA Spiderman) type who discovers his inner superhero in Ottawa author Tom Henighan’s second YA novel Mercury Man. Henighan’s sci-fi fantasy is ... Read More »

October 13, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Susanna’s Quill

By Julie Johnston

English gentlewoman-cum-Canadian scribe Susanna Moodie has been the subject of several literary treatments, most notably Margaret Atwood’s The Journals of Susanna Moodie. In Susanna’s Quill, author Julie Johnston from Peterborough, Ontario, adapts Moodie’s famous story ... Read More »

October 13, 2004

Zigzag: Zoems for Zindergarten

By Loris Lesynski

Author/illustrator Loris Lesynski presents a collection of poetry specifically for the kindergarten crowd. Zigzag’s 21 rhymes cover familiar aspects of the kindergarten experience, such as “Sit on Your Bottom,” “Paintbrush,” “Paper,” and “Scissors,” but also ... Read More »

October 13, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Mom and Mum Are Getting Married

By Ken Setterington

Same-sex marriage is the most topical of topics these days, and this friendly picture book by well-known Toronto children’s author and librarian Ken Setterington makes a pleasant contribution to the growing number of books for ... Read More »

October 13, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

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Slangalicious

In Your Face: The Culture of Beauty and You

The Tunnel King

Peace Walker: The Legend of Hiawatha and Tekanawita

Bucking the Sarge

Still There, Clare

Mercury Man

Susanna’s Quill

Zigzag: Zoems for Zindergarten

Mom and Mum Are Getting Married

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