The Hemingway Tradition

“That’s how I wanted to remember him – alive and in my life – fishing, skiing, playing golf, pulling practical jokes, sharing books and writers and writing.” So Shaw Sebring, son of a popular suspense ... Read More »

January 12, 2004 | Filed under: Book news

Search of the Moon King’s Daughter

By Linda Holeman

Young Emmaline Roke’s pastoral childhood in 19th-century England ended abruptly when her father – who used to call her the “Moon King’s daughter” because of the sentimental childhood stories she loved – died of cholera. ... Read More »

January 12, 2004 | Filed under: Book news

No Missing Parts and Other Stories About Real Princesses

By Anne Laurel Carter

Admittedly Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella aren’t the most pro-active role models for girls. Considering it a “small misfortune” that she was raised on such tales, Toronto author Anne Laurel Carter focuses, in her new short ... Read More »

January 12, 2004 | Filed under: Book news

Maud’s House of Dreams

By Janet Lunn

Reading Janet Lunn’s new biography of Lucy Maud Montgomery, it’s often easy to forget that this is in fact the life of Montgomery, not one of her famous fictional creations. It’s hardly surprising since, as ... Read More »

January 12, 2004

★ True Confessions of a Heartless Girl

By Martha Brooks

Winner of the Ruth Schwartz, Mr. Christie, and CLA young adult book awards, Martha Brooks has been a consistently exceptional writer. Now she has created a quietly astonishing work of art. This novel is a ... Read More »

January 12, 2004

Priscilla’s Paw De Deux

By Sharon Jennings, Linda Hendry, illus.

Priscilla, a rat with an artistic temperament, wants to become a ballerina. When she finds a dance studio to practice in, she is surprised to discover a kindred spirit there in Percival, a cat who ... Read More »