Bruno Springs up

A miniature house in the woods, a teddy-like bear called Bruno with his huggable parents, neat farmers’ fields with low stone walls, flowers, birds’ nests, flop-eared bunnies, friendly forest folk, pancakes – the world of ... Read More »

March 5, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

A Mountain Alphabet

By Margriet Ruurs, Andrew Kiss, illus.

This alphabet book, set in the Canadian Rockies, devotes a page and full-colour illustration to each letter. Beneath Andrew Kiss’s oil paintings, a single sentence describes each picture, using as many words beginning with the ... Read More »

March 5, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Cookie Count & Bake: A Cookbook and Cutter Set

By Debora Pearson, Jane Kurisu, illus.

Kids can count on having fun with Debora Pearson’s “Cookie Count and Bake” set, which consists of a metal cookie sheet, 20 plastic cookie cutters in geometric and number shapes, four measuring spoons, and a ... Read More »

March 5, 2004

Franklin’s Bad Day

By Paulette Bourgeois, Brenda Clark, illus.

Franklin’s Bad Day is the 15th title in this successful series from Kids Can. The “Franklin” series shows no signs of running out of steam, and Bourgeois and Clark continue to produce solid stories with ... Read More »

March 5, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Martha Black: Gold Rush Pioneer

By Carol Martin

Martha Black was a determined and courageous woman whose adventures rival those of other remarkable individuals who left lives of luxury and privilege to participate in the settlement of the Canadian Northwest. A society belle ... Read More »

March 5, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Dancer

By Shelley Peterson

Dancer, a first novel for young adults by Shelley Peterson, is a horse story, a love story, and a fairytale all in one.The central human character is 16-year-old Mousie James, who lives with her mother, ... Read More »

March 5, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Welcome to the World of Whales

By Diane Swanson

Award-winning author Diane Swanson and Whitecap Books have recently released the first two in a new series of wildlife books for seven- to nine-year-olds. In Welcome to the World of Wolves, young readers will find ... Read More »

March 5, 2004

Welcome to the World of Wolves

By Diane Swanson

March 5, 2004 | Filed under: Book news

The Last-Place Sports Poems of Jeremy Bloom: A Collection of Poems About Winning, Losing, and Being a Good Sport (Sometimes)

By Gordon Korman and Bernice Korman

Jeremy Bloom, a character first introduced in The D- Poems of Jeremy Bloom: A Collection of Poems About School Homework and Life (Sort Of), has returned. In this second Jeremy Bloom book , we once ... Read More »

March 5, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

Simple Machines

By Deborah Hodge, Ray Boudreau, illus.

The mysteries of physics have formed the basis of the most durable childhood games – like swinging a bucket of water around your head, for example, to see how a magic force kept it from ... Read More »

March 5, 2004

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Bruno Springs up

A Mountain Alphabet

Cookie Count & Bake: A Cookbook and Cutter Set

Franklin’s Bad Day

Martha Black: Gold Rush Pioneer

Dancer

Welcome to the World of Whales

Welcome to the World of Wolves

The Last-Place Sports Poems of Jeremy Bloom: A Collection of Poems About Winning, Losing, and Being a Good Sport (Sometimes)

Simple Machines

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