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The Brothers Hambourg

In 1910, after several years in England, a Russian professor of music named Michael Hambourg brought his family to Toronto. Although they did not exactly change Toronto society forever (their names are all but forgotten), ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

Two Ends of Sleep

By Lizard Jones

In Two Ends Of Sleep, the first novel from Vancouver artist Lizard Jones, dykes with names like Coral and Eagle cruise Commercial Drive, sipping cappuccino and cashing their unemployment cheques. Occasionally they create feminist, anti-racist ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Such Melodious Racket: The Lost History of Jazz in Canada 1914-1949

By Mark Miller

Jazz came to Canada in 1914 when the Creole Band from New Orleans played a Monday afternoon gig at the Pantages Theatre inWinnipeg. The local daily paper, the Tribune, noted that the six musicians, who ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

Free Your Mind: The Book for Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Youth – and Their Allies

By Ellen Bass and Kate Kaufman

This guide will be of greater help to anyone working with young people today than to young people themselves. Free Your Mind comprises practical advice on topics ranging from self-acceptance to coming out to parents, ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Space (crabapple Series)

By Bobbie Kalman and Niki Walker

With its colourful photographs and attractive design, Crabtree’s new book about the solar system will be sure to appeal to browsers. Space features many large photographs, simple text, and a good balance of information and ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Stolen from Our Embrace: The Abduction of First Nations Children and the Restoration of Aboriginal Communities

By Suzanne Fournier and Ernie Crey

Call it North of 60 syndrome. Contemporary media usually portray aboriginal people as a dour lot, dysfunctional and nasty. This pernicious, one-dimensional typecasting renders aboriginal people as eternal victims unable to take control of their ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Native Peoples

Emily Carr: An Introduction to Her Life and Art

By Anne Newlands

Books about artists and their art can be virtually unreadable when they cater only to specialists. Anne Newlands avoids this pitfall in her book about Emily Carr.This lucid and accessible introduction to Carr’s work can ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

★ Gordon Loggins and the Three Bears

By Linda Bailey, Tracy Walker, illus.

Move over, Goldilocks – here comes Gordon Loggins! In this retelling, the classic tale gets more than a few twists. It’s a story within a story: a young boy named Gordon Loggins, while waiting for ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Enormous Potato

By Aubrey Davis, Dusan Petricic, illus.

The first collaboration by this team took the stone soup motif and made it their own in Bone Button Borscht. This time, the story remains more firmly rooted in traditional soil. In this retelling of ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Morning on the Lake

By Jan Bourdeau Waboose, Karen Reczuch, illus.

Those familiar with the pleasures of summer freedom will appreciate the alternating moods of tranquillity and elation in this book. Narrated in the first person by a young Anishinawbe Ojibway boy, the story spans a ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

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Quill and Quire

The Brothers Hambourg

Two Ends of Sleep

Such Melodious Racket: The Lost History of Jazz in Canada 1914-1949

Free Your Mind: The Book for Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Youth – and Their Allies

Space (crabapple Series)

★ Stolen from Our Embrace: The Abduction of First Nations Children and the Restoration of Aboriginal Communities

Emily Carr: An Introduction to Her Life and Art

★ Gordon Loggins and the Three Bears

The Enormous Potato

Morning on the Lake

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