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That’s What I Am

In our celebrity-devouring culture, it is a rite of passage for the famous, the would-be famous and the infamous to cash in on their Warhol-allotted 15 minutes by penning a memoir. And thus we are ... Read More »

February 5, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

New City Gardener: Natural Techniques and Necessary Skills for a Successful Urban Garden

By Judith Adam, Tim Saunders, photog.

For those who consider gardening a spectator sport, autumn is the off season. The sweet surprises of spring, the colours that burgeoned then blazed through the summer, are all over now. There’s nothing to look ... Read More »

February 5, 2004 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

Canadian Garden Design: Ideas and Inspirations for Your Garden

By Mark Cullen

February 5, 2004 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

Seasons of My Garden

By Marjorie Harris, Andreas Trauttmansdorff, photog.

February 5, 2004 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

Shocking Beauty: Thomas Hobbs’ Innovative Garden Vision

By Thomas Hobbs

February 5, 2004 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

High Flight: A Story of World War II

By Linda Granfield, Michael Martchenko, illus.

“Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth/And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings … while with silent, lifting mind I’ve trod/The high untrespassed sanctity of space/Put out my hand, and touched the face ... Read More »

February 5, 2004 | Filed under: Book links

★ The Young Writer’s Companion

By Sarah Ellis

Where do writers get their ideas? That is the question Sarah Ellis answers in this delightful book. In an easy-to-read storytelling voice, Ellis shows how the childhood experiences of seven famous children’s authors influenced their ... Read More »

February 5, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news

The Mystery of Ireland’s Eye

By Shane Peacock

When Dylan is 11, he is seized by an unexplained passion to accompany his parents on a sea kayaking trip to Ireland’s Eye, an abandoned island in Trinity Bay, Newfoundland. Over the next year, Dylan ... Read More »

February 5, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

The Nordlings

By Kathleen McDonnell

In The Nordlings, 15-year-old Peggy finds herself thrust out of her unhappy everyday life and into Notherland, the fantasy world she created as a child. The soul-stealing Nobodaddy now threatens Notherland’s existence, and it’s up ... Read More »

February 5, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Looking for X

By Deborah Ellis

Most girls would feel trapped living on social assistance in Toronto’s Regent Park with their mother and two autistic brothers. But 11-year-old Khyber, who has named herself for a pass in Afghanistan, is one of ... Read More »

February 5, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

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That’s What I Am

New City Gardener: Natural Techniques and Necessary Skills for a Successful Urban Garden

Canadian Garden Design: Ideas and Inspirations for Your Garden

Seasons of My Garden

Shocking Beauty: Thomas Hobbs’ Innovative Garden Vision

High Flight: A Story of World War II

★ The Young Writer’s Companion

The Mystery of Ireland’s Eye

The Nordlings

Looking for X

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