Stars: **** Annick Press (2009)Children’s Nonfiction160 pagesAges 8+ Summary: Science affects every part of our lives. It can determine the foods we eat, the clothes we wear even the video games we play. But how do you tell the good science from the bad? – from annickpress.com I really enjoyed reading this book. It discusses… Read More »
Reading to Rabbits, Monsters Under the Bed and Chicken, Pig and Cow
May 24, 2010 by ·
How Do You Read to a Rabbit? by Andrea Wayne von Königslöw Stars: ***** Annick Press (2010)Picture Book32 pagesAges 2-5 Summary: How do you read to different animals? What would happen? This is explored with humour in this book. This book is along the same lines as one of her other books, Toilet Tales. Some… Read More »
Spiked Scorpions & Walking Whales: Modern Animals, Ancient Animals and Water by Claire Eamer
March 28, 2010 by ·
, Stars: ***1/2 This is the second similar book by Claire Eamer. I’ve reviewed Super Crocs & Monster Wings as well. Summary: Following in the steps of Super Crocs & Monster Wings, this highly engaging book looks at six different groups of animals that are linked with the place where all life began – the… Read More »
The Little Black Book for Girlz: A Book on Healthy Sexuality by St. Stephen’s Community House
March 5, 2010 by ·
Stars: **** Annick Press (2006) Ages 14+ This is another book I read for Freedom to Read Week. Here is the information on why and how it was challenged: St. Stephen’s Community House. The Little Black Book for Girlz: A Book on Healthy Sexuality. 2006—The Institute for Canadian Values (ICV), a Christian organization, campaigned against… Read More »
The Bears We Know by Brenda Silsbe
January 11, 2010 by ·
Stars: *** Annick Press (2009)978155451166232 pages Ages 4-7Illustrated by Vlasta van Kampen I got this book for review from Annick Press. The idea behind it is to show how much people sometimes make up about people they don’t know. No one’s ever SEEN the Bears but they (the narrators) know all about who they are… Read More »
Three Short Annick Press Picture Book Reviews
January 11, 2010 by ·
Wiggle Giggle Tickle Train by Nora Hilb and Sharon JenningsStars: ***1/2 Annick Press (2009)26 pagesAge 2-4 This is a unique book. It’s not a story but real photographs with illustrations beside them of preschoolers imitating what’s in the photograph. The illustrations are accompanied by silly rhymes. For example: Photo of small pony, illustration of girl… Read More »
The Bite of the Mango by Mariatu Kamara with Susan McClelland
March 23, 2009 by ·
Stars: ****1/2 Teen Nonfiction Ages 14+ 240 pages ISBN 13: 9781554511594 Softcover $12.95 Summary: As a child in a small rural village in Sierra Leone, Mariatu Kamara lived peacefully surrounded by family and friends. Rumors of rebel attacks were no more than a distant worry. But when 12-year-old Mariatu set out for a neighboring village,… Read More »
