Franklin and Harriet

By Paulette Bourgeois, Brenda Clark, illus.

In the latest in Paulette Bourgeois’ and Brenda Clark’s popular series, Franklin experiences the ups and downs of being a big brother, and through the course of the story learns an important lesson about sharing.In ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Who Is Queen of the Forest?

By Beijia Lin, Mark Thurman, illus.

Information and stories about the habits and antics of animals fascinate young children. These picture books, featuring big cats in their natural settings, will intrigue and delight preschoolers and primary readers. The first title is ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

Panther: Shadow of the Swamp

By Jonathan London, Paul Morin, illus.

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

Driven

By Betsy Struthers

In her latest book of poems, poet and mystery novelist Betsy Struthers is standing midstream, mid-career, mid-life, looking at both shores. These are poems of positioning: where to stand in relation, how to carry what ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

On the Threshold: Writing Toward 2000

By The Foxglove Collective, eds.

Now they tell me. For the last few years, visionaries have been caballing secretly and brewing recipes for the definitive millennium anthology. “Guaranteed fundable!” they all shrieked, and “Think of the market! Once in a ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Anthologies

Turn of the Story: Canadian Short Fiction on the Eve of the Millennium

By Heidi Harms, Joan Thomas, eds.

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Anthologies

The War at Home: An Intimate Portrait of Canada’s Poor

By Pat Capponi

Canadians like to brag about how the United Nations consistently rates Canada as the best place in the world to live. It’s selective memory: the U.N. also routinely chastises Canada for its treatment of aboriginal ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

When the Pig Goes to Market: How to Achieve Long-Term Investing Success

By David Cork with Susan Lightstone

If Adam Smith had written the Wealth of Nations as a dialogue between yuppies about what stocks to buy, When the Pig Goes to Market would have been the result. Smith was an immensely learned ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

The Good News About Careers: How You’ll Be Working in the Next Decade

By Barbara Moses

It’s no secret that the nature of work is changing. During the past decade in Canada there has been a major shift in the way we view work and career planning. With corporate downsizing, the ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Health & Self-help

The Lucy Maud Montgomery Album

By Kevin McCabe, Alexandra Heilbron, eds.

In the 1930s, Lucy Maud Montgomery wrote in her journal that her work would be forgotten in 60 years time. But the promise she extracted from her youngest son to never destroy her voluminous journals ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

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