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JONES, Raymond & Jon C. Stott (E) In this 2nd edition (earlier edition was titled Canadian Books for Children) Raymond Jones and Jon C. Stott have portrayed 133 of Canada's [...]

MARTHE, Jocelyn (G) This story takes place in the late nineteenth century in a small town near New York. Josephine was only twenty-two inches tall, and her parents charged a [...]

GILMORE, Rachana (G) Mina is eagerly planning to celebrate Holi, the Hindi spring festival of colour. Traditionally, she and her family have a party and Mina invites all her classmates. [...]

RUTLEDGE, Margie (G) Reminiscent of the fantasy works of C.S. Lewis and E. Nesbitt, this interesting fantasy provides the three Lawrence children: twelve-year-old Abigail, ten-year-old Jacob and five year-old Ernest [...]

LEBLANC, Leo Leo discovers that having a vampire for a friend can be very tricky, especially when Julio can only come out at night and will die when exposed to [...]

WALTERS, Eric (A) The young players learn a lot more than basketball skills in their practice sessions. Marcus is from 'the complex' whereas Nick and Kia have comfortable suburban homes; [...]

LARKSPUR, Penelope (G) There are many books about fairies, most of them designed to intrigue children and expand upon the lore about magical creatures. Tales abound about these mythical folk [...]

BODGER, Joan (G) This book is a fable about the healing power of storytelling. Bodger's storytelling talents shine through with recurring themes and characters we can recognize from our folklore. [...]

A list of Canadian books for children and young adults is presented including "Saara's Passage," by Karen Autio, "Runaway," by Betty Citra, and "Strawberry Moon," by Becky Citra.

Feature Column Resource Link's reviewers have selected the following titles as 'The Best' in Canadian resources for children and young adults for the 1999 year. Picture Books Bailey, Debbie. Barclay, [...]

VAN DE WIEL, Debi (A) Two cousins, Laura Rose and Ashley Marie, both aged 8, spend a summer's day together enjoying the thrills of washing doll's clothes and producing too [...]

MASON, Patricia (G) The enticing cover, painted by Robert Bateman, shows Joseph as an old man with the Osprey and Purple Martin soaring behind him and foretells the respect that [...]

JAM, Teddy (E) It's the end of another school year. Instead of being happy about the ensuing summer holidays, our heroine, Charlotte and her friend Mimi are sad because their [...]

BURDETT, Lois (G) Power struggles, magic, adventure, nymphs, romance! Shakespeare's Yes! This book is part of a series entitled The interesting story line and detailed, attractive illustrations are appealing to [...]

TROTTIER, Maxine (G) Maxine Trottier is an award winning author (CLA Book of the Year Award for The Tiny Kite of Eddie Wing), and Rajka Kupesic is a talented artist [...]

OPPEL, Kenneth (G) Emma Swayne is a contest junkie. In the last two and half years, Emma has entered every contest known to human-kind. She has filled out numerous entry [...]

GUGLER, Laurel Dee (A) This is a fun book to read to very young children to build their verbal vocabulary on feelings and emotions that a young child may experience [...]

HUNTER, Bernice Thurman (A) This edition of Hunter's 1987 Willie, his mother and his father are the main characters. It is difficult to imagine a man more stern than his [...]

COADY, Mary Frances (E) This novel was a delight from start to finish, also a wonderfully creative way to 'slip in' an author biography yet tell a beautiful story! There [...]

VAZQUEZ, Diana (G) There was a superstition in the mines of Nova Scotia that if a girl went down in the mine there would be a cave-in or worse. But [...]

KORMAN, Gordon (G) In this classic 'come from behind' hockey story, Korman touches several hot buttons that will keep young hockey fans reading. How should players be placed with teams? [...]

(Sports Stories Series) James Lorimer & Company, Ltd. 1998. Gr. 4 - 8. 93p. 1-55028-616-1. Pbk. $ 8.95 This is another in the Sports Stories Series published by Lorimer. It [...]

Resource Links' reviewers have selected these title as 'The Best' in Canadian resources for children and young adults during this past year of publication. Picture Books Beck, Andrea. Elliot's Emergency. [...]

Illustrated by Muriel Wood. Tundra Books, 1987 (reissued with new illustrations 1998). 28p. Illus. Gr. 4-8. 0-88776-455-x Hdbk. $17.99 In Margaret Laurence's later years she wrote several stories for children [...]

Penguin Canada, 1998. 309p. (includes introduction, notes about the contributors and copyright acknowledgments) Gr. 4-9. 0-670-87896-0. Hdbk. $ 25.00 Kit Pearson begins her anthology of stories and excerpts from novels [...]

(Northern Lights Young Novels). Red Deer College Press, 1997. 199 pp. Gr. 5 - 7. 0-88995-165-9. Pbk. $9.95. Cora Taylor is one of the most dynamic Canadian children's authors I've [...]

Beach Holme, 1996. 108p. Gr. 6-8. 1-88878-364-7. Pbk. $ 8.95. This second book by Ginny Russell focuses on a 14 year old's struggle to cope with the recent death of [...]

Stoddart, 1997. 170pp. (Grades 6-9). 0-7737-5891-7. Paperback. $8.95. Julie Lawson's new book is historical fiction based on events surrounding two disastrous avalanches in Rogers Pass around the turn of the [...]

Napoleon, 1997, 119 p. (Grades 3-6). 0-929141-55-5. Paperback. $6.95. Wren, a young girl in Trenton, Ontario finds a mirror in an abandoned film studio which allows her to travel back [...]

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses the contents within the issue, including articles on topics such as Canadian literature for young adult readers, Canadian children's books, and school library commons.

MCGRATH, Robin Hoist Your Sails and Run Tuckamore Books, 1999. 194p. Gr. 7-9. 1-894294-11-4. Pbk. $11.95 (G) It is very clear that the author of this book gets a great [...]

HUGHES, Monica Two girls discover that the pet store puppy they have befriended has been purchased. When they search for the new owners in order to visit the puppy, they [...]

SKARMETA, Antonio (G) Pedro enjoys playing soccer in the street with his friends. He wishes he had a black and white leather soccer ball instead of his plastic one. But [...]

HUTCHINS, Hazel Robyn has a quest when she goes to summer camp -- she wants to see a bear and impress her friends with the story of her adventure. Although [...]

THOMPSON, Margaret (A) Life at the New Caledonia trading post of Fort St. James in the 1820s was rough and tedious, as traders laboured in the rhythm of each season's [...]

SCHWARTZ, Ellen (A-G) Jesse, the title character, has no interest in his family background until he has to write a report on it for school. In the attic he finds [...]

HUNTER, Dawn & Karen Hunter (E) I found this to be an interesting book about the life of an average ten year old child. It highlighted the daily life of [...]

BELLINGHAM, Brenda In the school play, the height of the lead player is an issue. To rectify the situation, the teacher switches the parts the students Lilly and Minna play [...]

STAUNTON, Ted Morgan's Secret Illustrated by Bill Slavin. 0-88780-494-2 (pbk.), 0-88780-495-0 (bound) Morgan is entrusted with his best friend's secret. The secret accidentally comes out when Morgan is pressured by [...]

WILSON, Budge Duff loved to imagine things and tell stories, so no one believed him when he said there was a monkey in his barn. The monkey hid whenever others [...]

DOWNIE, Mary Alice (G) The First Flight Series features top Canadian children's writers, including Kenneth Oppel, Celia Godkin and Maryann Kovalski. Titles are available in four levels ranging from beginning-reader [...]

TROTTIER, Maxine (G) The author's notes explain the mixture of history, family heritage, and fiction that she has woven into this novel. (G) Good, even great at times, generally [...]

MACGREGOR, ROY (A) This paperback book is about a Canadian junior hockey team who travel to Ottawa to play in the Stanley Cup peewee tournament in July. They do not [...]

WALTERS, Eric (G) The plot quickly picks up speed when young Thomas accidentally comes upon some American soldiers. The soldiers are attempting to rob the local general store. Thomas' quick [...]

GAUTHER, Gilles Since his big, old dog died, Carl has shared his friend Gory's timid, scraggy, little dog, Dumpling. Carl likes Dumpling but the memory of his own beloved pet [...]

VAN SANDWYK, Charles (P) This is the ideal gift for a doting aunt or grandmother to give to a young girl, who has an interest in fairies. As the advertising [...]

LITTLE, Jean (A) The first chapter of Jean Little's latest novel involves the reader directly in the plight of Willow Wind Jones, 10 years old, abandoned by her drug-addicted mother, [...]

RICHMOND, Sandra (A) Steven Edward's can't believe his bad luck - instead of playing hockey for the West Vancouver Peewees, he's stuck with being a defenseman for the B team! [...]

LEBLANC, Leo Maddie feels that no one at home understands her and at school things are no better. Even her grandmother, her usual support, seems to have abandoned her. Maddie [...]

PLANTE, Raymond Marilou and her classmates are putting on a play based on the fable by La Fontaine about a grasshopper and an ant. She not only practices her part [...]