Cousins

The main character in this story inhabits the awkward social space of two very different worlds. She lives with her widowed father and maternal grandmother in a house where there is money and plenty of ... Read More »

February 11, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

Stretch, Swallow & Stare

By Veronika Martenova Charles

Folktales are fair game for retellers since they represent the anonymous collective wisdom of the folk – the common people. As descendants of the oral tradition, they beg to be told and told and told ... Read More »

February 11, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

A Song for Ba

By Paul Yee, Jan Peng Wang, illus.

Toronto writer Paul Yee offers another story of the Chinese immigrant experience in the New World. Wei Lim is proud of both his grandfather and father (Ba) who perform Chinese opera.In his youth, Grandfather played ... Read More »

February 11, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

★ Rainy Days with Bear

By Maureen Hull, Leanne Franson, illus.

It’s raining again! What can a little bear do, when his friend is busy writing, and it’s just too wet outside? Nova Scotia writer Maureen Hull’s Bear gets bored, just like a little child who’s ... Read More »

February 11, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

The Red Bandanna

By David John Smith

Eleven-year-old Jake Grant and his family move from the city to a ranch in British Columbia’s Cariboo district. He is befriended by a plucky tomboy, Willy, and they discover a wild coyote in Jake’s barn. ... Read More »

February 11, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Lucy Maud and Me

By Mary Frances Coady

When a spring flood closes her school, Laura, 12, is sent to live for a week with her grandfather in 1940s Toronto. Her grandfather’s new neighbourhood holds little promise for Laura until she meets a ... Read More »

February 11, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

A Gift for Ampato

By Susan Vande Griek, Mary Jane Gerber, illus.

A Gift for Ampato, by New Brunswick writer Susan Vande Griek, weaves together the stories of three Incas: a pubescent girl, Timta, who is chosen unwillingly as a sacrifice to persuade the mountain gods to ... Read More »

February 11, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

★ Danger in Dinosaur Valley, Screech Owls Series

By Roy MacGregor

The 10th title in Roy MacGregor’s Screech Owls series finds the adventurous team of young hockey stars in the Badlands of Alberta for a winter tournament. A warm chinook has made the weather in Drumheller ... Read More »

February 11, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

★ Flags

By Maxine Trottier, Paul Morin, illus.

Set on the West Coast during the Second World War, this exquisitely sad and beautiful book tells of the friendship between Mary, a prairie girl visiting her grandmother for the summer, and Mr. Hiroshi, the ... Read More »

February 11, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

Mr. Reez’s Sneezes

By Curtis Parkinson, Sami Suomalainen, illus.

Mr. Reez lives a quiet life until the day he puts too much pepper on his salad. A breeze from the open window swirls the pepper up his nose and prompts him to erupt in ... Read More »

February 11, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

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Cousins

Stretch, Swallow & Stare

A Song for Ba

★ Rainy Days with Bear

The Red Bandanna

Lucy Maud and Me

A Gift for Ampato

★ Danger in Dinosaur Valley, Screech Owls Series

★ Flags

Mr. Reez’s Sneezes

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