Book Reviews
Revenge of the Small Small.
Corking
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Help Wanted: Wednesdays Only.
Handwriting Analysis: An Adventure in Self-Discovery.
Lonely in a cool, sweet way.
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Review by Joan Payzant.
Revenge of the Small Small will particularly appeal to youngest children who are often hurt by their older brothers' or sisters' insensitive remarks or failure to include them in their activities. Jean Little's insight into the frustrations felt by Patsy, the baby of the Small family, has produced an excellent story that concludes satisfyingly with Patsy taking a surprising action against her older brothers and sister.
Highly recommended.
Joan Payzant is a retired teacher/librarian in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Review by Lorraine Douglas.
excerpt:
Would you believe that over the years a corker has been called a corking spool, spool loom, spool knitter, knitting spool, knitting knobby, knitting Nancy and even a Bizzy Lizzy? Nobody seems to know where all these names came from, but corking has always been fun and easy no matter what you call it. By taking up corking, you'll be carrying on an old, treasured craft.
Judy Ann Sadler has created another excellent craft book in the ``Kids Can Easy Crafts" series. Her books use everyday household items in innovative projects. She explains how to make a small corker from a toilet roll tube and a large corker from a tin can. The steps involved in knitting the tube of yarn are clearly shown in the illustrations and text.
Highly recommended.
Lorraine Douglas is Youth Services Coordinator for the Winnipeg Public Library.
Review by Lorraine Douglas.
excerpt:
I'll look like that someday, I thought. Everyone said I took after Luigi Cecchini, except he had thick black hair and mine was red, like my father's. Grandpa and I had the same wiry body, not very tall, but strong as an ox, they said. At least, he had been once. I'd seen him lift a crate of cabbages onto his shoulders as if they had been feathers.
Mom had given him those pyjamas for Christmas. There was a little blue snowflake design in the white flannelette. Like a little kid's.
``How come you didn't get dressed today, Grandpa?" I asked.
``I get dressed, Frankie. I always get dressed."
``But where's your coat? It's freezing outside."
Frankie was my mother's brother. He'd been killed in a motorcycle accident before I was even born.
``Mom will be home at five," I sighed. ``You want to watch T.V.?"
Mark Rogers is thirteen years old and embarrassed by his grandfather Luigi, who has Alzheimer's Disease. Luigi is often found wandering on the street; he is so confused he wears two pairs of pants and cannot remember his family. Mark's mother decides the best thing to do is move in with Luigi, a decision that throws Mark's life into turmoil -- he has to change schools and leave his friends. And, because Mark is small, he is a frequent target for Randy Smits, a bully in the new neighbourhood.
Recommended.
Lorraine Douglas is Youth Services Coordinator for the Winnipeg Public Library.
Review by Lorraine Douglas.
excerpt:
Energy level is greater when the writing is heavier. So, an axe murderer with heavy strokes is more dangerous than one who brushes the page lightly.
Peter Dennis is the president of Capco, the company that publishes this book, and a certified graphologist. He has a business background and advocates the use of handwriting analysis for both personnel management and social uses. The book has an unappealing layout and a pedestrian look, but the information on handwriting analysis is clear and easy to read.
Not recommended.
Lorraine Douglas is Youth Services Coordinator for the Winnipeg Public Library.
Review by Patricia Fry.
With her third book of poetry, McCarthy continues to paint word images. Her subjects may be commonplace things such as puddles, thoughts, and muggy afternoons, but her treatment delivers a visual punch.
Sometimes, her keen observations are positively tactile. Take ``Night" for example:
Feel night crowd against youOh my, it happens yet again! The poem takes off and carries the reader with it.
nuzzle up against your sternum,
feel its velvet touch.
It wants to knock you off that branch,
waltz you round the lawn.
Recommended.
Patricia Fry is a teacher-librarian with the Peel Board of Education
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