Trapped in Ice

An adventure story, Trapped in Ice is a fictionalized account of a real 1913 Canadian Arctic expedition that included a 13-year-old girl, Helen, her younger brother, and their seamstress mother. The expedition ran into trouble ... Read More »

March 3, 2004

The Crying Jesus

By R.P. MacIntyre

A good short story doesn’t draw you in – it doesn’t have the time. You have to park your own world and enter the characters’ by the end of the first page. In this, his ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

1953: Chronicle of a Birth Foretold

By France Daigle, Robert Majzels, trans.

Readers who enjoyed the vivid scenes in France Daigle’s Real Life (winner of the 1991 Pascal Poirier Award), will find two characters they met there, Elizabeth, the physician, and Claude, the masseur, in Daigle’s latest ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Moonkid and Prometheus

By Paul Kropp

Nine years ago, YA readers were treated to the antics of Moonkid and his spirited sister in Paul Kropp’s Moonkid and Liberty. Two years have passed in the telescoped world of fiction. Ian “Moonkid” McNaughton ... Read More »

March 3, 2004

★ Dragonfire

By Karleen Bradford

Karleen Bradford’s latest novel draws upon medieval cosmology, Jungian psychology, and classic adventure-suspense to produce an intelligent and entertaining fantasy for young readers. The hero of this quest romance is 17-year-old Dahl, an orphan who ... Read More »

March 3, 2004

Auld Lang Syne

By Joanne Findon, Ted Nasmith, illus.

Auld Lang Syne, Joanne Findon’s second picture book (following The Dream of Aengus), is a gentle account of episodes in the life of poet Robert Burns, highlighting his adaptation of the traditional Scottish song sung ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Come to the Fair

By Janet Lunn, Gilles Pelletier, illus.

A day at a country harvest fair for the Martin family provides the structure for Janet Lunn’s latest picture book. Lunn lives in Prince Edward County, Ontario; illustrator Gilles Pelletier in Ormstown, Quebec. Both know ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Henry Kafka

By Stuart Ross

You’ve probably had dreams like these. You know the ones: They unfold in your head like elaborate 3-D movies. You watch with a sense of detachment, marvelling at the intricate yet coherent plotting, the compelling ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

★ The Girl Who Dreamed Only Geese and Other Tales of the Far North

By Howard Norman, Leo & Diane Dillon, illus.

Although a product of one of the harshest climates on the planet, Inuit culture is playful. Howard Norman’s anthology of folktales captures the richness of Inuit imagination and humour. Five of these stories were collected ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: History

There’s a Mouse in My House!

By Sheree Fitch, Leslie Elizabeth Watts, illus.

When a mouse gets into his house, a boy is faced with his hysterical mother demanding that he kill the creature. He’s standing with raised shoe, ready to deal the death blow, when the little ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

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Trapped in Ice

The Crying Jesus

1953: Chronicle of a Birth Foretold

Moonkid and Prometheus

★ Dragonfire

Auld Lang Syne

Come to the Fair

Henry Kafka

★ The Girl Who Dreamed Only Geese and Other Tales of the Far North

There’s a Mouse in My House!

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