Chaos in Cancun

Panic in Puerto Vallarta and Chaos in Cancun are the first and second of a planned six-book series featuring plucky 14-year-old K.C. Flanagan, girl detective. Each mystery will take place in an exotic tropical locale. ... Read More »

February 17, 2004

Panic in Puerto Vallarta

By Susan Murray and Robert Davies

February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Book news

What They Don’t Know

By Anita Horrocks

Anita Horrocks is a promising new novelist, able to combine a suspenseful plot with a thoughtful, sometimes poetic, exploration of the concerns and anxieties of teenage readers. Her first novel, Breath of a Ghost, was ... Read More »

February 17, 2004

The 6th Grade Nickname Game

By Gordon Korman

Crusty Bones. Iceman. Deer in Headlights. Almost everyone in Old Orchard Public School (OOPS) has a nickname, courtesy of Jeff and Wiley. The witty boys from 6B, the class generally known as the Dim Bulbs, ... Read More »

February 17, 2004

Celebrating Our Cultures: Language Arts Activities for Classroom Teachers

By Barbara DuMoulin and Sylvia Sikundar

Teachers looking for language arts ideas that can be integrated into a multicultural theme need look no further. Authors Barbara DuMoulin and Sylvia Sikundar have collaborated on a teacher resource book that not only gives ... Read More »

February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The Top Ten of Everything 1999

By Russell Ash

Inspired in part by the Internet and our current infatuation with information for its own sake, these two fact books run the gamut from informative to pointless. Marg Meikle was the Answer Lady on CBC ... Read More »

February 17, 2004

Funny You Should Ask: Weird but True Answers to 115-1/2 Wacky Questions

By Marg Meikle

February 17, 2004

The Village of a Hundred Smiles

By Barrie Baker, Stéphane Jorisch, illus.

The fairy tale has proved itself to be a sturdy little structure, standing firm through the storms of censorship, Disneyfication, and the impulse to prune, tidy, and organize. One of the reorchestrations to which we ... Read More »

February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Events

Dog Tales

By Jennifer Rae, Rose Cowles, illus.

February 17, 2004

Alexander Graham Bell: An Inventive Life

By Elizabeth MacLeod, Barbara Spurll, illus.

Rendering the numerous inventive adventures of Alexander Graham Bell’s life into one volume is a challenge, especially when writing for children. In Alexander Graham Bell: An Inventive Life experienced author Elizabeth MacLeod has done a ... Read More »

February 17, 2004

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Chaos in Cancun

Panic in Puerto Vallarta

What They Don’t Know

The 6th Grade Nickname Game

Celebrating Our Cultures: Language Arts Activities for Classroom Teachers

The Top Ten of Everything 1999

Funny You Should Ask: Weird but True Answers to 115-1/2 Wacky Questions

The Village of a Hundred Smiles

Dog Tales

Alexander Graham Bell: An Inventive Life

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