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There Were Monkeys in My Kitchen! Sheree Fitch Illustrations: Marc Mongeau Toronto: Doubleday, 1992 32 p. ISBN 0385253494 Ages 4-8

When Willa Wellowby awakens one morning to find her kitchen overun with monkeys, she knows she is in for trouble. There are gorillas in a grand ballet, apes playing rock'n'roll, monkeys square-dancing, orangutans tangoing and that is just the beginning! Willa calls 911, the police and the RCMP shouting into the phone "It's a NATIONAL IRRATIONAL PRIMORDIAL DISASTER!"

After much much more commotion, Willa figures out a way to rid her home of the monkeys but she is in for yet another surprise...


The illustrations are as zany as they are wonderful.

The Story of Canada Janet Lunn and Christopher Moore Illustrations: Alan Daniel Toronto: Lester; Key Porter Books, 1992 319 p. ISBN 1895555329 Ages 9-14

A beautiful and encyclopedic volume beginning with the Ice Ages and ending in 1992. The Acadians, the buffalo hunt, John Franklin's tragic quest, the Klondike gold rush, the Halifax explosion, Expo 67, Terry Fox and Roberta Bondar's flight are just a few of the many topics covered in this magnificent resource book. Original paintings, historical photographs, maps, posters and cartoons bring the text to life.
Includes an index and chronology.

A Prairie Alphabet, ABC Jo Bannatyne-Cugnet Illustrations: Yvette Moore Montreal : Tundra Books, 1992 32 p. ISBN 0887762921 Ages 6-10

Each scene beautifully evokes the essence of the Prairies, illustrating a letter of the alphabet with detailed depictions of individuals and objects.

Waiting for the Whales Sheryl McFarlane Illustrations: Ron Lightburn Victoria, B.C.: Orca Publishers, 1991 31 p. ISBN 0920501664 Ages 5-10

A lonely old man watches the whales arrive every summer from his cedar-shingled cottage on a bluff by the sea. One crisp spring day his daughter and grandaughter come to live with him. The baby girl grows up learning about nature from her grandfather. When the old man dies, the mother and daughter continue to watch for the whales. The next summer a baby whale is spotted and so the life-cycle continues. Award-winning illustrations add to the text.

Roses Sing on New Snow: A Delicious Tale Paul Yee Illustrations: Harvey Chan Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 1991 (A Groundwood Book) 30 p. ISBN 0888991444 Ages 6-10

In her father's restaurant, Maylin creates a delectable new dish for a special banquet to honour the Governor of South China. All attempts to reproduce this New World dish, even those of the Governor himself, end in failure so the Emperor in the Old World can never taste or hear "Roses Sing on New Snow".

Strandia Susan Lynn Reynolds Toronto: HarperCollins, 1991 277 p. ISBN 0002235900 Ages 11 and up

Sand refuses an arranged marriage and becomes an outcast from her island. Rescued by her friends the dolphins, she learns while on the mainland, of an impending disaster that threatens Strandia so she returns home to warn her people. Sand's struggle to find freedom and fulfillment culminate in her reunion with her beloved dolphin.