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" A reprinted publication from the Advisory Board on Objectionable Publications from the 1950s to 1970s. This board was part of the Alberta Government and was censoring comic books and magazines because they believed that children were being…

"Gr 10 Up--Reid introduces readers to Jude, a gay teen who fantasizes about being a movie star. Jude, who has been given the nickname Judy by some classmates, is fairly comfortable with his sexual orientation as well as his desire to wear his…

Writing verse for children is not so easy a trick as it
seems-a fact attested by many failures. Mr. Milne's
rattling rhymes, first printed in Punch, are engaging
enough to turn the trick-one thinks that any child would
love to say them. They are…

Sendak intended for this picture book to explore how children use fantasy to deal with anxieties and fears, and it was quite controversial when first published. Adults wondered if the scary monsters were appropriate for reading with preschoolers.…

"Spot the puppy hides from his mother in a raise-the-flap book that allows every child to have the pleasure of being Spot's discoverer. "

Burns, Mary M., and Ann A. Flowers. "Where's Spot?" The Horn Book Magazine, vol. 73, no. 2, 1997, pp.…

Ottawa, Ontario

Canada had joined the International Commission of Control and Supervision in Vietnam. Desbarats attributed Canada’s decision to join to both a genuine belief that the country could help mediate a truce as well as Canada's belief…

"This African pourquoi tale begins when Mosquito tells his friend Iguana an outlandish story. Deciding that he doesn't want to hear such foolishness, Iguana put two sticks into his ears. When Python encounters Iguana, who totally ignores him, a chain…

Witness, I Am is divided into three gripping sections of new poetry from one of Canada's most recognized poets. The first part of the book, "Dangerous Sound," contains contemporary themed poems about identity and belonging, undone and rendered into…

photograph of a woman working at a standing work desk