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The Curse of the Viking Grave © 1966 (reprint: 1980) McClelland and Stewart 243 pages It’s an old story. An author produces a singular work of genius that receives rave reviews and awards, only to follow it up with a weaker sequel. The Curse of the Viking Grave is not a horrible book. It’s just [...]
Lost in the Barrens © 1956 M&S Paperback (McClelland & Stewart) © 1989 244 pages This is juvenile fiction at its finest. Mowat used his experience of life in the Barrens of Northern Canada (see: People of the Deer & The Desperate People) to tell an adventure story about a white city-boy and a young [...]
The Tallest of Smalls © 2009 Thomas Nelson 28 pages I snagged this book for my two-year old son. He’s addicted to books—seriously addicted. The Tallest of Smalls is a brief story about a neglected boy who got to play with the cool kids for a while before falling (literally) back into his own insignificance. [...]
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More ©1977 Bantam (1983) 215 pages They say that you can never go home. The memories of your childhood always pale in comparison to reality. That’s true in a lot of cases, but not with Roald Dahl. He is as fascinating a story teller as you remember—and [...]
Ranald Bannerman’s Boyhood © 1871 Johannesen 335 pages What an innocent book. This book tells the tale of Ranald Bannerman from his earliest memories to the moment his boyhood ended. It was so captivating, I read it through in three sittings. There were a number of highlights for me: Realizing how intelligent children’s literature was [...]
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