January & February 2008

JP Tabac
I MISS YOU EVERY DAY, by Simms Taback, 2007
What do you do when you miss someone every day?  Do you wrap yourself up in paper, close yourself up in a box (with air holes) and mail yourself to the one you are missing?
Recommended for ages 3 to 6 years. 30 pages.

JP Brett
THE THREE SNOW BEARS, by Jan Brett, 2007.
What if the story of Goldilocks happened in the north, with polar bears, in a snowy Inuit village instead of in a forest?  Be sure to find out, by reading Jan Brett’s newest story, The Three Snow Bears!
Recommended for ages 4 to 7 years. 32 pages.

JP Croni
DOOBY DOOBY DOO, by Doreen Cronin, 2006
Something is going on in the barn … and Farmer Brown just can’t seem to discover what it is!  (He has no idea that Duck and the other animals on the farm are rehearsing for a talent show at the county fair, and that they are determined to win!)
Recommended for ages 3 to 7 years.  32 pages.

JP Gilma
THE BLUE HIPPOPOTAMUS, by Phoebe Gilman, 2007.  Canadian.
Blue Hippo loves Mary-Am, the emperor’s daughter.   A magician changes him into a beautiful toy hippopotamus and for many years, he is Mary-Am’s favourite toy.  Then Blue Hippo wonders if there is any way that he can be changed again, this time into a human boy.  
Recommended for ages 4 to 8 years.  30 pages.

JP Green
DON’T FORGET YOUR ETIQUETTE! THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO MISBEHAVIOR, by David Green, 2006
 How should you behave in your classroom, and how should you shake hands with your school principal?  What are some questions that your teacher will not want to hear, and how should you kiss a Komodo Dragon?   Find out in this book of “advice” (for bad behavior)! 
Recommended for ages 5 to 8 years.  40 pages. 

JP Wheel
DINO-HOCKEY, by Lisa Wheeler, 2007
The Meat-Eaters have challenged the Veggie-Eating Dinosaurs to a hockey game!  All of the fans go wild as Triceratops and T. Rex face off … and this exciting game is off to a rip-roaring start! 
Recommended for ages 5 to 9 years.  32 pages.

JP Leone
MAPLE LEAFS A-Z, by Mike Leonetti, 2007.  Canadian
Meet some of the greatest Toronto Maple Leaf players of all time: Mats Sundin, George Armstrong, Dave Keon, Darryl Sittler, and many more.  Leafs fans of all ages will love this book!  Facts and pictures are included.
Recommended for ages 6 to 10 years. 40 pages.

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GIRLOLOGY: A GIRL’S GUIDE TO STUFF THAT MATTERS, by Trish Hutchinson and Melissa Homes, 2005.
Learn about friendships, relationships, parents, media influences, growing up, values & decision-making, and more!  Of course, this is a book just for girls! 
Recommended for ages 9 to 14 years.  208 pages.

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EULALIA, by Brian Jacques
It is the tradition that a badger warrior must reign over the legendary mountain fortress of Salamandastron.  The current lord, Asheye, has had a prophecy that a new badger lord will arrive to succeed him – but who will it be?  Will it be Gorath the Flame, a brave young badger from the Northern Isles, who uses neither armour nor sword in battle? 
Recommended for ages 11 to 14 years.  389 pages. 

YA PB Kross
PURE, by Karen Krossing, 2006.  Canadian.
Set in the future – in a climate-changed Canada where genetic modification has been outlawed, 15-year-old Lenni discovers that she was once genetically modified by her parents.  She must leave the comfortable life that she has always known, and find her own destiny … alone. 
Recommended for ages 12 to 15 years.  245 pages. 

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