Children's
Buffalo by Beverly Brodsky
Buffalo by Beverly Brodsky is a large-format juvenile non-fiction book that recounts the story of this majestic animal’s importance to the First Nations peoples of the Great Plains using their own tribal songs and poems.
In beautiful original watercolour and oil paintings, Brodsky captures the raw, natural power and spirit of the Plains buffalo as she [...]
Summer Reading Club suggestions
Children in the Library’s Summer Reading Club need suggestions. How about one or more of these.
Eoin Colfer might be known best for his Artemis Fowl books for children, but I just discovered another Colfer hero who is every bit as engaging.
These two fast-paced stories were great. I just had to forget everything and read until [...]
Gross Me Out : 50 Nasty Projects To Disgust Your Friends & Repulse Your Family
If you have a queasy stomach or a very fastidious nature, this book is not for you. In fact, I think only those between the ages of six and twelve should dare to poke their noses into it.
Think back to your childhood when bodily functions were the best source of jokes and you will have [...]
Rex Zero And The End Of The World
Tim Wynne-Jones’ book Rex Zero And The End Of The World (2006. J WYN) is meant for children about nine, ten, or so, but I think anyone born in the forties and fifties will love this story. We of that generation can remember the nervousness of our governments, the chill of the Cold War, and [...]
The Gruffalo
The Gruffalo – Written by Julia Donaldson, Illustrated by Axel Scheffler
This is the story of a clever mouse that outsmarts her natural predators (a fox, an owl, and a snake) by telling them that a fearful creature called a Gruffalo is meeting her for tea and his favourite food happens to be the relevant animal. [...]
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
by Brian Selznick
Very intriguing read with characters that you want to triumph. Set in Paris in the 1930’s, follow the adventures of young Hugo who lives in the walls of the train station, maintaining the clocks with his unsavoury uncle. When his uncle disappears it is left up to Hugo to keep [...]
