Remember Me

On Dec. 2, 1938, 11-year-old Marianne Kohn arrived in London, among the first of thousands of Jewish children rescued from Hitler’s Germany by the Kindertransport in the months before war began on Sept. 3, 1939.Marianne’s ... Read More »

February 16, 2004 | Filed under: Book news

Shadow Child: An Apprenticeship in Love and Loss

By Beth Powning

The shadow child in the title refers to the stillborn baby Powning delivered when she was in her mid-20s, after an otherwise healthy full-term pregnancy. Never given a chance to hold her first child or ... Read More »

February 16, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

The Grave

By James Heneghan

At 13, Tom Mullen has been bandied from one brutal foster home to the next ever since he was left as a baby in Lewis’s department store in downtown Liverpool. The discovery of a mass ... Read More »

February 16, 2004 | Filed under: Book news

★ Out of the Everywhere: Tales for a New World

By Jan Andrews, Simon Ng, illus.

In the foreword to this folk tale collection, Ontario-based author and storyteller Jan Andrews recounts her early inquiries into her origins. In reply to the question “Where did I come from?” her mother would say, ... Read More »

February 16, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news

Record Breakers: True Stories of This Century’s Amazing Kids

By Leslie Garrett

In her new book, Leslie Garrett, former editor of Kids Toronto and author of Super Kids:Young Heroes in Action, looks at super-achieving children who have broken records.Record Breakers profiles 11 young people ranging in age ... Read More »

February 16, 2004 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

Storm at Batoche

By Maxine Trottier, John Mantha, illus.

Who was Louis Riel?” asked my daughter’s American boyfriend. “A famous Canadian explorer!” she replied cheerfully. I groaned. How could she not have known Riel was a Metis resistance leader hanged for treason after the ... Read More »

February 16, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Writing Maniac: How I Grew up to Be a Writer (and You Can Too!)

By Sheree Fitch

The message in this book is clear. Award-winning author Sheree Fitch loves to play with words! Not only does she play with them in her books of nonsense poetry, but she also uses words to ... Read More »

February 16, 2004 | Filed under: Book news

★ Beavers Eh to Bea: Tales from a Wildlife Rehabilitator

By Lil Anderson, Sandor Szucs, illus.

Wildlife rehabilitator Lil Anderson has a whole new story about beavers that will endear them to every reader. Anderson works for the Ministry of Natural Resources and also runs a wildlife rehabilitation centre from her ... Read More »

February 16, 2004 | Filed under: Events

Bubblegum Delicious

By Dennis Lee, David McPhail, illus.

Working with about 300 words, award-winning novelist Sarah Ellis has written Next Stop, her first picture book. Its text is the height of simplicity, in both structure and vocabulary, and opens with: “On Saturday, Claire ... Read More »

February 16, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books