★ Hockey the Nhl Way: Goal Scoring

In a country where the sport of hockey comes pretty close to being the nation’s official religion and our one unifying cultural institution, young fanatics have no end of information sources on their hockey heroes ... Read More »

March 3, 2004

★ Hockey the Nhl Way: Goaltending

By Sean Rossiter

March 3, 2004

Hockey Goaltending for Young Players: An Instructional Guide

By François Allaire

March 3, 2004

Dracula

By Bram Stoker,retold by Tim Wynne-Jones, Laszlo Gál, illus.

Tim Wynne-Jones seems to have a golden touch when it comes to books for young people. His very first book, Zoom, was a huge Canadian and international success with its combination of Wynne-Jones’s own bizarre ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Scribes & Scoundrels

By George Galt

Journalist George Galt’s debut novel satirizes the self-important world of Toronto magazines, but most readers – even those who can’t relate to the setting, the editorial offices of a fictional monthly called Berger’s – won’t ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Sweet Secrets: Stories of Menstruation

By Kathleen O’Grady and Paula Wansbrough

Anne Frank referred to the onset of her first period as a “sweet secret,” and anticipated its arrival with “wonder, joy, confusion and fear.” This new anthology combines adult reminiscences and candid adolescent reactions to ... Read More »

March 3, 2004

The Reality Machine

By Cliff Burns

With the crime rate falling but angst about crime continuing to rise, writer Cliff Burns skillfully captures the anxieties of modern life. In The Reality Machine, he offers 15 stories that startle without showing a ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

The Railways

By Robert Livesey, A.G. Smith, illus.

When a history of the building of railways across Canada includes information about eccentric people and unusual occurrences, that history can be fascinating. Fortunately, Robert Livesey includes both in Railways, his sixth book in a ... Read More »

March 3, 2004

Field of Thunder

By Rose Flem-Ath

Field of Thunder is a timely thriller, the threat of biological warfare in the Middle East serving as its central theme. Author Rose Flem-Ath has taken on a complex story that opens with secret British ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Grave Danger

By Gisela Tobien Sherman

This tale, Sherman’s fifth novel, begins on Cassie Denning’s 16th birthday as she films the dawn and thinks of the future. However, mysterious events soon disrupt her life. Rumours about her wild dancing, at times ... Read More »

March 3, 2004

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★ Hockey the Nhl Way: Goal Scoring

★ Hockey the Nhl Way: Goaltending

Hockey Goaltending for Young Players: An Instructional Guide

Dracula

Scribes & Scoundrels

Sweet Secrets: Stories of Menstruation

The Reality Machine

The Railways

Field of Thunder

Grave Danger

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