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The Rescue of Jerusalem: The Alliance Between Hebrews and Africans in 701 Bc

Something happened 2,700 years ago in a corner of the Assyrian Empire, and according to Montreal journalist Henry Aubin, it was vitally important to the development of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and our modern world. In ... Read More »

January 15, 2004 | Filed under: History

Last Days in Africville

By Dorothy Perkyns

In the mid 1960s the city of Halifax relocated the residents of a 100-year-old black community and razed Africville in the name of urban renewal. These churning events are explored for the first time for ... Read More »

January 15, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

A Different Kind of Beauty

By Sylvia McNicoll

Elizabeth Kerr is back in Sylvia McNicoll’s sequel to her Silver Birch winner Bringing Up Beauty. In this book, 14-year-old Elizabeth, slogging through the morass of teenage angst, grapples with her first year of high ... Read More »

January 15, 2004

Take the Stairs

By Karen Krossing

In her first novel for teens, Take the Stairs, Toronto author Karen Krossing attempts something very difficult – to write a young adult novel in 13 voices. She comes tantalizingly close to succeeding. The 13 ... Read More »

January 15, 2004

One Some Many

By Marthe Jocelyn, Tom Slaughter, illus.

There is not a whiff of underpants or cute-bunnykins anthropomorphism about One Some Many, the first picture-book collaboration between the husband-and-wife team of author-illustrator Marthe Jocelyn (Hannah’s Collections) and visual artist Tom Slaughter. Indeed, this ... Read More »

January 15, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

When They Are Up

By Maggee Spicer and Richard Thompson, Kirsti Anne Wakelin, illus.

The newest collaboration between husband-and-wife team Thompson and Spicer is delightful. Their wacky twist on the nursery rhyme The Grand Old Duke of York comes with lyrics and music; that’s apt, since the music of ... Read More »

January 15, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

Horsy-Hops: A Newfoundland Bestiary

By Anthony Barton

There’s nothing quite like meeting some new monsters when you’re feeling blah, so I approached this colourful volume with some anticipation. The artwork doesn’t disappoint. Particularly strong are pages that present a fresh beast framed ... Read More »

January 15, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Leo’s Tree

By Debora Pearson, Nora Hilb, illus.

Simple, yet profound: many of the best stories for very young children share these qualities, and they are indeed the feelings evoked by Leo’s Tree. Torontonian Debora Pearson, author of both the Mighty Wheels and ... Read More »

January 15, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Big Week for little Mouse

By Eugenie Fernandes, Kim Fernandes, illus.

Here’s another charming offering from the successful mother/daughter team of Eugenie and Kim Fernandes. Little Mouse is busy again, working hard all week long to prepare for her upcoming birthday party. There are invitations to ... Read More »

January 15, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

Where the Words Come from: Canadian Poets in Conversation

By Tim Bowling,ed.

Do readers need another collection of interviews with poets? No matter where they came from, a poet’s most important words surely go into the poetry. And as long as the poems themselves remain insufficiently read, ... Read More »

January 15, 2004 | Filed under: Criticism & Essays

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