The Vision Seeker

Like many of the best folk tale adventures, this story begins with a crisis of survival. The Anishinaabek people have become so consumed with warfare that they have stopped hunting. Out of sync with everyday ... Read More »

March 16, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Snowpaws

By Mary Alice Downie, Kathryn Naylor, illus.

Mary Alice Downie and Kathryn Naylor know cats. They passed the feline literary initiation in The Cat Park and have come together again for a winter cat fantasy. Sam, youngest of his family, has no ... Read More »

March 16, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

Necklace of Stars

By Veronica Martenova Charles

Necklace of Stars is a story of the Andes, its present, past, and its role in myth and folklore. The present-day events involve Miguel, who lives in a mountain hut with his parents, the last ... Read More »

March 16, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

Emma’s Eggs

By Margriet Ruurs, Barbara Spurll, illus.

Emma is a free range hen in the truest sense of the term. The chicken coop is available for her pleasure, but she also has the run of the family farm and even the house. ... Read More »

March 16, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

One in a Million

By Nicholas Read, Chum McLeod, illus.

The animal story is about as classic a genre as there is. Between the covers of a great animal story, the reader experiences most of literature’s greatest hooks – a valiant character, at least one ... Read More »

March 16, 2004

Thunder Ice

By Alison Acheson

Oliver and his family are having a hard time in Fort William. His father brought them to the head of Lake Superior from Liverpool in the 1870s, imagining he could make his living as a ... Read More »

March 16, 2004

★ Awake and Dreaming

By Kit Pearson

After reading the first line of Awake and Dreaming, an “Ahhh...” escapes. Relax; if you’re nine or 90 you’re in superb hands. We’re introduced to Cecily Stone, a former children’s writer, and a glorious ghost ... Read More »

March 16, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Secret of Sentinel Rock

By Judith Silverthorne

When her grandmother dies at the age of 96, 12-year-old Emily faces a double loss – no adult in the family wants the Saskatchewan farm where her grandmother spent her life, and it seems it ... Read More »

March 16, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

★ Shadows on a Sword: The Second Book of the Crusades

By Karleen Bradford

There Will Be Wolves, young-adult author Karleen Bradford’s award-winning 1992 novel, revolves around the People’s Crusade of 1096 – an ill-fated mission to return Jerusalem to Christian rule. The sequel, Shadows on a Sword, picks ... Read More »

March 16, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

★ Ancient People of the Arctic

By Robert McGhee

When the Inuit arrived in the Canadian Arctic 1,000 years ago, they found the Tunit, a race of strong, peaceful giants who were easily driven from the best hunting grounds and soon disappeared, marking the ... Read More »

March 16, 2004 | Filed under: Native Peoples

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The Vision Seeker

Snowpaws

Necklace of Stars

Emma’s Eggs

One in a Million

Thunder Ice

★ Awake and Dreaming

The Secret of Sentinel Rock

★ Shadows on a Sword: The Second Book of the Crusades

★ Ancient People of the Arctic

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