Pandora’s Picnic Basket: The Potential and Hazards of Genetically Modified Foods

Raise the subject of genetically modified foods and you may hear horror stories about tomatoes with eternal life, lettuce made from pig genes, and fish that can do everything but coat themselves with flavoured breadcrumbs ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Food & Drink

The Next Canada: In Search of Our Future Nation

By Myrna Kostash

It’s a daunting task, making sense of an entire generation. Particularly one as polycultural and socially diverse as Canada’s current crop of 25-35-year-olds. So we look to writers to provide perspective and focus, to stamp ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

In Her Own Time: A Class Reunion Inspires a Cultural History of Women

By Maggie Siggins

It’s nice to have fun at a reunion of old pals, but definitely an extra blessing to come away with a fine idea for a book. Maggie Siggins, whose credits include A Canadian Tragedy: The ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs

Too Small

By Ann Blades

When Jack and Angus move with their mother from a large house to a smaller one, they complain incessantly about the lack of space: “We miss our old house,/This house is too small./ There’s nowhere ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

I Can Have My Picnic in a Patch of Roses

By Jenny Visscher

Young Winnipeg illustrator/writer Jenny Visscher transforms the seemingly mundane but essential children’s activity of learning to count into an enticing enterprise in her counting book, I Can Have My Picnic in a Patch of Roses. ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

From Far and Wide: A Canadian Citizenship Scrapbook

By Jo Bannatyne-Cugnet, Song Nan Zhang, illus

A young girl named Xiao Ling Li decides to make a scrapbook to share with her unborn sibling about the special day in February when she and her parents became Canadian citizens. By revealing the ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Dinosaurs in the Attic

By Colleen Heffernan, Dan Clark, illus.

Dinosaurs are for babies,” says 10-year-old Charlie to his little brother, Lucas. Neither of the brothers wants to move away from their house in the city, but five-year-old Lucas is excited about the prospect of ... Read More »

February 23, 2004

Alice, I Think

By Susan Juby

You’ve got to like a kid who continues in therapy just so her mental-health professional won’t be traumatized. And 15-year-old Alice, notwithstanding the opinions of her classmates, parents, and neighbours in Smithers, B.C., is terrific. ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Exploring Space

By Cynthia Pratt Nicolson, Bill Slavin, illus.

This is the seventh in the Starting with Space series, and like its forerunners, it offers a good sampling of ideas and discoveries for prospective space enthusiasts. The progression of topics emulates a journey into ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news

The Secret Under My Skin

By Janet McNaughton

Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale has a scene where the protagonist tries to use her credit card at a corner store, only to be told that her number is not valid. She discovers she has ... Read More »

February 23, 2004

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Pandora’s Picnic Basket: The Potential and Hazards of Genetically Modified Foods

The Next Canada: In Search of Our Future Nation

In Her Own Time: A Class Reunion Inspires a Cultural History of Women

Too Small

I Can Have My Picnic in a Patch of Roses

From Far and Wide: A Canadian Citizenship Scrapbook

Dinosaurs in the Attic

Alice, I Think

Exploring Space

The Secret Under My Skin

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