The Heart Does Not Bend

Makeda Silvera is the author of two collections of short stories, but she is probably better known as an editor and co-founder of Sister Vision Press than as a writer. The Heart Does Not Bend, ... Read More »

January 26, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Stickler and Me

By Morley Torgov

It is rare that a book cover truly captures the essence of the book itself. But Morley Torgov’s Stickler and Me pretty much scores perfectly. The cover features a teenage boy and his grandfather, both ... Read More »

January 22, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Canada Invents

By Susan Hughes

Who would have thought that Canada has been home to so many inventors? Susan Hughes, writer of children’s information books, has filled this substantial volume with inventors of all ages, and inventions of all types ... Read More »

January 22, 2004

★ Ornithomimus: Pursuing the Bird-mimic Dinosaur

By Monique Keiran, Melanie Ford Wilson, illus.

Another book on dinosaurs? Aren’t there enough already for even the most fanatical child? Maybe not. Ornithomimus, by Alberta writer Monique Keiran, is the second in the Discoveries in Palaeontology series. Like the first, Albertosaurus: ... Read More »

January 22, 2004

Zzz: The Most Interesting Book You’ll Ever Read About Sleep

By Trudee Romanek, Rose Cowles, illus.

Zzz, the fourth book in Kids Can’s Mysterious You series, lives up to its lengthy title. Its brightly coloured pages, packed with ample illustrations and sidebars, make this book an attention-grabber, and its wide-ranging text ... Read More »

January 22, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

★ Green Cat

By Dayal Kaur Khalsa

Ready to engage in their nightly squabble over space in the bedroom they share, Tom and Lynn are distracted by a tall green cat who asks them, “What do you like the most?” They both ... Read More »

January 22, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

Badger’s New House

By Robin Muller

“Badger lived in a cozy little house,” writes Robin Muller charmingly. When a terrible storm necessitates repairs to his humble abode, Badger doesn’t feel inclined to undertake them so he moves. He finds himself rattling ... Read More »

January 22, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Art Room

By Susan Vande Griek, Pascal Milelli, illus.

In response to an ad in the paper in the early 1900s, three children are sent to take drawing and painting classes with a “Miss M. Emily Carr.” What they find when they reach the ... Read More »

January 22, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

How Sleep Found Tabitha

By Maggie deVries, Sheena Lott, illus.

Cozy in bed, Tabitha imagines her toys inviting her to sleep in their habitats: the whale in the sea, the eagle in her nest, the rabbit in his burrow. Tabitha tries sleeping coiled on the ... Read More »

January 22, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Cappuccina Goes to Town

By Mary Ann Smith and Katie Smith Milway, Eugenie Fernandes, illus.

Cappuccina is a cow with a wandering eye. Watching people drive by her field on their way to town, she longs to sample freedom and seizes the chance when a storm knocks a hole in ... Read More »

January 22, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

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The Heart Does Not Bend

Stickler and Me

Canada Invents

★ Ornithomimus: Pursuing the Bird-mimic Dinosaur

Zzz: The Most Interesting Book You’ll Ever Read About Sleep

★ Green Cat

Badger’s New House

The Art Room

How Sleep Found Tabitha

Cappuccina Goes to Town

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