The Good Companion

By Joan Skogan, Stephen McCallum, illus.

The Good Companion is a successful fishing boat whose captain takes no chances with the luck of his vessel. Everything is arranged according to tradition. The same meals are served in the same order every ... Read More »

February 27, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Legend of the Panda

By Linda Granfield, Song Nan Zhang, illus.

Far more satisfying in a literary sense than debates about the origins of the panda’s distinctive black and white colouring is this charming but tragic pourquoi tale from China. A cover illustration of two plump ... Read More »

February 27, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Prairie Willow

By Maxine Trottier, Laura Fernandez and Rick Jacobson, illus.

This achingly beautiful story of a young girl and her pioneer family evokes the vastness of the land, the whisper of the wind, and the promise and hope of the people who settled the endless ... Read More »

February 27, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Concrete Forest: The New Fiction of Urban Canada

By Hal Niedzviecki, ed.

There’ve been a few mutterings here and there that the venerable M & S is grasping for a degree of hipness in publishing Concrete Forest, but I say, “Bravo!” Bravo, that is, to the idea ... Read More »

February 27, 2004 | Filed under: Anthologies

Spirit Wrestler

By Greg Nelson

Commissioned as a centenary celebration of a great Doukhobor event, Spirit Wrestler is the story of Nikolai Kalmakoff, who champions the Doukhobor cause. It begins in Russia around 1895 when he is 14 years-old and ... Read More »

February 27, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Only Drunks and Children Tell the Truth

By Drew Hayden Taylor

In one sense, Only Drunks and Children Tell the Truth is about the psychological consequences of the “scoop up,” or the taking of native children for adoption in white society. But behind the generalized clash ... Read More »

February 27, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The Secret of the Northern Lights

By W. P. Kinsella

There is a tendency for books – fiction and otherwise – to describe native people as either being trampled emotionally by years of oppression, or abundantly rich in traditional culture. Both stereotypes exist, but they ... Read More »

February 27, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Gilbert De La Frogponde

By Jennifer Rae, Rose Cowles, illus.

The idea of eating strange and repulsive food often strikes children as very funny, and is the basis of humour in this rollicking picture book. It’s the first children’s book for both author Jennifer Rae, ... Read More »

February 27, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Angel Tree

By Robin Muller

Kit is an orphan, apprenticed to the cruel and greedy blacksmith Grimshaw. Kit savours the little beauty to be found in his grim, smoky world – the song of a sparrow, a dying tree outside ... Read More »

February 27, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Sword of Goliath

By Martin S. Cohen

Martin S. Cohen’s third novel is a rambling, discursive mystery that sends its kindly protagonist, Michael Prager, on a search to uncover an ancient secret. Shaped by the minutiae of Jewish lore and erudite biblical ... Read More »

February 27, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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The Good Companion

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★ Prairie Willow

Concrete Forest: The New Fiction of Urban Canada

Spirit Wrestler

Only Drunks and Children Tell the Truth

The Secret of the Northern Lights

Gilbert De La Frogponde

The Angel Tree

The Sword of Goliath

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