I Came as a Stranger: The Underground Railroad

I Came as a Stranger celebrates Ontario’s role in the Underground Railroad. Writer Bryan Prince, winner of the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal for contributions to black history, tells what happened to escaping slaves who came ... Read More »

March 24, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Turn It Loose: The Scientist in Absolutely Everybody

By Diane Swanson, Warren Clark, illus.

With their latest collaboration, the B.C. author-illustrator team of Diane Swanson and Warren Clark (who also did Nibbling on Einstein’s Brain) have taken another step toward establishing themselves as top-notch creators of science books that ... Read More »

March 24, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Little Book of Fairy Tales

By Veronica Uribe, Murkasek, illus., Susan Ouriou, trans.

Acclaimed Chilean children’s book author and editor Veronica Uribe gathers an array of western European folktales in Groundwood’s second Little Book collection. Uribe, who claims a longstanding fascination with folk tales, combines and adapts versions ... Read More »

March 24, 2004

Stories from the Life of Jesus

By Celia Barker Lottridge, Linda Wolfsgruber, illus.

Award-winning Toronto author Celia Lottridge’s retelling of the gospels for young people fills a surprising gap. Most children’s Bibles focus on the unambiguous adventure stories of the Old Testament, such as Daniel and the lions, ... Read More »

March 24, 2004

Cross My Heart

By Jocelyn Shipley

Cross My Heart is a collection of short stories chronicling the coming of age of narrator Jill Summerfield in a fictional Ontario city in the 1960s. The stories in this second YA offering by Ontario ... Read More »

March 24, 2004

Chanda’s Secrets

By Allan Stratton

Sixteen-year-old Chanda’s African world slowly begins to unravel with the death of her baby stepsister. Her mother retreats into silence, then lingering illness, and her stepfather disappears into drunken oblivion. Chanda, who’s preparing for her ... Read More »

March 24, 2004

Penelope and the Humongous Burp

By Sheri Radford, Christine Tripp, illus.

Vancouver-based writer Sheri Radford presents a cautionary yet gleeful tale of the perils of too much soda pop. Penelope quenches her thirst with glass after glass of grape soda, despite repeated warnings from her mother. ... Read More »

March 24, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Perfect Man

By Troy Wilson, Dean Griffiths, illus.

Michael Maxwell McAllum loves superheroes, especially Perfect Man, “the greatest superhero of them all.” Michael has Perfect Man video games, Perfect Man cereal, and even his own Perfect Man web site. Then, one day, Perfect ... Read More »

March 24, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Sidewalk Rescue

By Hazel Hutchins, Ruth Ohi, illus.

Hazel Hutchins’ and Ruth Ohi’s new picture book – the 16th they’ve done together – is a lively fantasy about a girl named Josie who disappears into the world of her sidewalk chalk drawings. We ... Read More »

March 24, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

The Lives of Shadows

A dozen years ago, when Barbara Hodgson and Nick Bantock were brainstorming on the name for their West Coast book design company, they wanted something that would reflect their passion for travel and ideals of ... Read More »

March 24, 2004 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

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I Came as a Stranger: The Underground Railroad

Turn It Loose: The Scientist in Absolutely Everybody

Little Book of Fairy Tales

Stories from the Life of Jesus

Cross My Heart

Chanda’s Secrets

Penelope and the Humongous Burp

Perfect Man

The Sidewalk Rescue

The Lives of Shadows

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