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Dennis and the Fantastic Forest

This is the third title featuring Dennis, a green dragon who wears red sneakers and a baseball cap. Appalled when he discovers that his two disreputable brothers have managed to burn down a forest, Dennis ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Imagining Canadian Literature: The Selected Letters of Jack McClelland

By Sam Solecki, ed.

Jack McClelland’s legendary status among Canadian publishers is confirmed by this fine volume of letters, edited by University of Toronto English professor Sam Solecki. The collection includes letters written and received by McClelland over four ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

To Tell the Truth

By Patti Farmer, Stephen Taylor, illus.

Diogenes might have appreciated the honesty of young Benjamin Gates, but his companions clearly do not. It has not been a good week for Benjamin who speaks the unvarnished truth. Monday’s candour about the lack ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

Rumpelstiltskin

By retold and illustrated by Marie-Louise Gay

Rumpelstiltskin, the scary and delicious tale by the Brothers Grimm about a menacing little man who can spin straw into gold, has been reinvented by writer and illustrator Marie-Louise Gay (The Three Little Pigs, Fat ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

Hot & Bothered: Short Short Fiction on Lesbian Desire

By Karen X. Tulchinsky, ed.

In the two earlier collections of stories that Karen X. Tulchinsky edited with James Johnstone, she exploited the short-short genre to great affect, offering quick snippets of gay and lesbian life.However, this new anthology works ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

★ The Parrot

By retold and illustrated by Laszlo and Raffaella Gal

The Parrot is a retelling of an Italian folktale, adapted and gorgeously illustrated by the renowned Canadian illustrator Laszlo Gal and his daughter Raffaella. The Gals respond to the structure of the story – a ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, History

★ Click: Becoming Feminists

By Lynn Crosbie, ed.

Decades ago, feminists outlawed the term “girl,” claiming that when men use it, they ditch females in a wasteland of permanent childhood and guarantee male superiority. A recent television newscast reported on “Girl Power,” the ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

High Cuisine: The Cannabis Cookbook

By Barbara Lamb

Rumour has it that food becomes more enjoyable when one is stoned on cannabis, the so-called “munchies.” Truth is, being high doesn’t affect food, just objectivity. A dry saltina is a dry saltina. That it ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Food & Drink

Miller’s Bolt: A Modern Business Parable

By Thomas Stirr

Miller’s Bolt, a business allegory by Toronto writer Thomas Stirr, purports to be a “creative journey” of self-improvement and personal management that will lead to success in today’s corporate world. This fictional story traces the ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

A Woman of Influence: Evlyn Fenwick Farris

By Sylvie McClean

Biographer Sylvie McClean describes her subject’s papers as a small addition to the impressive archive of her husband, J. Wallace de Becque Farris, former attorney general of British Columbia and a member of the Senate. ... Read More »