Travel Geography Videos

Author: Katia Novet Saint-Lot (on JOMB) Illustrator: Dimitrea Tokunbo (on JOMB) Published: 2008 Tilbury House (on JOMB) ISBN: 9780884482987 Earth toned images of bustling Nigerian swelter contrast with the book-bound allure of a world of frost and snow in this tale of a young boy pondering the pros and cons of literacy. More books and reading on JOMB: Perfect Man Show; Don’t Tell: Secrets of Writing The Story of the Search for the Story The Storytelling Princess The Story Blanket Give A Goat Too Many Books Silent Music (A Story of Baghdad) Dear Deer: A Book of Homophones Fire Up With Reading! The Incredible Book Eating Boy Ruby’s Wish No English Library Lion Max’s Words HOTLINE VOICES: Author/Illustrator, Mark Mitchell, describes the beauty of the book Tsunami! (by Kimiko Kajikawa and Ed Young). We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487, so we can include your audio in our show.

Author: Idries Shah (on JOMB) Illustrator: Natasha Delmar (on JOMB) Published: 2006 Hoopoe Books (on JOMB) ISBN: 1883536421 This delicately illustrated tale of travel and tragedy reminds us that today s disaster just might be a necessary step towards the ultimate attainment of our heart s desire. Other books mentioned: The Farmer s Wife The Clever Boy and the Terrible, Dangerous Animal More middle eastern reading on JOMB: Silent Music (A Story of Baghdad) Night of the Moon: A Muslim Holiday Story 52 Days by Camel My Friend Jamal The Butter Man Lugalbanda: The Boy Who Got Caught Up In The War The Rich Man and the Parrot Sanji and the Baker Interview with Suzan Nadimi We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487, so we can include your audio in our show

Author: Kenneth Oppel (on JOMB) Illustrators: Steve Johnson (on JOMB) and sneaked treats! More gallivanting animals on JOMB: Safe and Sound Someday When My Cat Can Talk More food on JOMB: A Medieval Feast The Butter Man The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza The Luck of the Loch Ness Monster: A Tale of Picky Eating The Tortilla Cat Too Many Tamales Treasure for Lunch Berry Magic Chopsticks Mammoth Pie On Top of Spaghetti Pumpkin Soup Sanji and the Baker More kings on JOMB: The King of Capri The King’s Equal Rumplestilskin’s Daughter The Red Wolf Wenceslas More dogs on JOMB here. HOTLINE VOICES: Eden Spodek who will be at PAB09 has fabulous childhood and parenthood memories of Where the Wild Things Are (by Maurice Sendak) We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487, so we can include your audio in our show.

Author: Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen (on JOMB) Illustrator: Christy Hale (on JOMB) Published: 1998 Lee & Low Books (on JOMB) ISBN: 1584300817 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Earthy tones and textiles of Tanzania softly serve warm embraces and learned love in this beautiful tale of motherhood mimicry and the joy of nurturing. We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487.

Author: Dan Yaccarino (on JOMB) Illustrator: Dan Yaccarino Published: 2009 Knopf Books (on JOMB) ISBN: 0375855734 Chapters.ca Colour drenched, stylized illustrations, carefully selected quotes and simple, informative text open our eyes and imaginations to the creativity, curiosity and commitment of this explorer, inventor, filmmaker extraordinaire. More eye-opening biographies on JOMB: One Beetle Too Many — The Extraordinary Adventures of Charles Darwin Marco Polo Piano Starts Here: The Young Art Tatum Buffalo Music Priscilla and the Hollyhocks The Value of Believing in Yourself: The Story of Louis Pasteur We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487.

Author: Deborah Noyes (on JOMB) Illustrator: Bagram Ibatoulline (on JOMB) Published: 2004 Candlewick Press (on JOMB) ISBN: 0763641316 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Luxurious illustrations and enchanting text paint poignant images of a father consumed by an economic craze and the overlooked daughter who quietly cares for him. Tulips hold a special place in the hearts of our neighbourhood. You can learn why here and here a true story that s just begging to become a children s picture book. Need a beautiful boost? Take a few minutes to indulge in this gorgeous feast of Ottawa Tulips. We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487.

Author: Eva Ibbotson (on JOMB) Published: 2002 Penguin (on JOMB) ISBN: 033039715X Chapters.ca Amazon.com Today, our 9 year old daughter, Lucy, tells us why she absolutely adores this beautifully written and inspiring Amazon adventure. Click here to listen to our chat with Eva Ibbotson on her 83rd birthday. Other beloved books by Eva Ibbotson: Which Witch? The Great Ghost Rescue The Secret of Platform 13 The Star of Kazan The Beasts of Clawstone Castle Dial-a-Ghost Island of the Aunts (a.k.a. Monster Mission) Click here for other Eva Ibbotson book reviews by Lucy and click here to see the postcard Eva sent to Lucy and Bayla earlier this year in response to their 84th birthday cards. LISTENER HOTLINE: Chuck Stanley enjoys sharing his childhood love of Fox in Socks (by Dr. Seuss) with his own children. We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487.

Author: Nic Bishop (on JOMB) Illustrator: Nic Bishop Published: 2008 Scholastic (on JOMB) ISBN: 0439877555 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Don t judge this Cybils 2008-2009 NonFiction Picture Book category winner by its cover. This gorgeously photographed and casually narrated ramble through the often mindboggling traits, anatomy, actions, stats and abilities of the humble frog family will change your view of frogs forever. Be sure to check out the complete list of 2008-09 Cybils winners in all nine categories. HOTLINE VOICES: Librarian Peggy Northcraft believes that part of who she is as an adult, today, is because of the Anne of Green Gables series (by Lucy Maud Montgomery).  Be sure to listen to our documentary, Before Green Gables and the 100th anniversary of Anne Shirley. We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487.

Authors: Jonathan Baillie (on JOMB) and Marilyn Baillie (on JOMB) Published: 2008 Maple Tree Press (on JOMB) ISBN: 1897349335 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Fabulous photos of scarce, strange and, often, sweet-looking animals and intimate glimpses of the young scientists who are working to save them make this exciting look at work of the Zoological Society of London s EDGE of Existence Program an engaging introduction to the science of conservation. HOTLINE VOICES: Mrs. Incredible talks about the poetic devotion she and her three year-old son share for A Light in the Attic (by Shel Silverstein). We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487.

Author: Oliver Jeffers (on JOMB) Illustrator: Oliver Jeffers Published: 2007 Harper Collins (on JOMB) ISBN: 0007182325 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Cheery, matter-of-fact narration and gorgeous fridge-door worthy art give us a mind s eye view of one whopping lunar adventure in this beautiful tale of space travel, spunk and solidarity. HOTLINE VOICES: Victoria Long fondly remembers her mother reading If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (by Laura Joffe Numeroff and Felicia Bond) to her. We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave us a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487.

Author: Demi  (on JOMB) Illustrator: Demi Published: 1990 Henry Holt and Co. (on JOMB) ISBN: 0805082271 Chapters.ca Amazon.com This delicately illustrated tale of integrity and patience invites us to examine the perplexing pervasiveness of professed perfection. Other books mentioned: Marco Polo More honesty on JOMB: Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big Too Many Tamales Kendra Kandlestar and the Box of Whispers When-I-was-a-little-girl Do Unto Otters HOTLINE VOICES: Gabbi tells us about her son s favourite part of I Love You Stinky Face (by Lisa McCourt and Cyd Moore). We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave us a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487.

Author: Demi  (on JOMB) Illustrator: Demi Published: 2008 Marshall Cavendish (on JOMB) ISBN: 0761454330 Chapters.ca Amazon.com It s hard to believe that fifty-six pages of 700 year old travel details could consistently engross two seven and nine year old girls. Hard to believe, but, in the case of this beautifully illustrated and mesmerizing window to the world, nothing but the truth. More exotic locations and travels on JOMB: 52 Days by Camel Lugalbanda: The Boy Who Got Caught Up In The War Taj Mahal Sanji and the Baker Ocean Wide, Ocean Deep Red Butterfly You can read more about the veracity debate over Marco Polo s incredulous journey here. HOTLINE VOICES: A listener tells us about a book loved by both herself and son, the rhythmic and rhyming Bear Wants More (by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman). We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave us a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487. Thanks to our daughter Lucy (9) for contributing the title of this post.

Author: Jan West-Schrock (on JOMB) Illustrator: Aileen Darragh (on JOMB) Published: 2008 Tilbury House Publishers (on JOMB) ISBN: 0884483010 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Friendly, conversational narrative and breezy humour-splashed illustrations take us from the book-triggered birth of the goat-giving idea, through brainstorming, planning, implementation, bookkeeping and celebration in this inspiring, true tale of fifth graders who decided to make a difference. Other books mentioned: Beatrice s Goat The Goat Lady Ordinary Mary’s Extraordinary Deed Organizations mentioned: Heifer International Project Tembo (Tanzania Education and Micro-Business Opportunity) You can learn more about books that help children see the power and possibility of relatively small, tangible gestures, by listening to (or reading) Andrea s contribution to Vivian Vasquez s CLIP Podcast, here. HOTLINE VOICES: Daniel Johnson Jr. (blog and podcast) and his daughter, Keisha, help make it a great day by sharing one of their favourite books, Judy Blume s Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great. We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave us a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487.

Author: James Rumford Illustrator: James Rumford Published: 2008 Roaring Book Press (on JOMB) ISBN: 1596432764 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Loops, dots, masts and curves glide gracefully across exotically patterned images of football, friends and family as a young Iraqi contemplates practice, peace and beauty. More of Islam and the Arab World on JOMB: Night of the Moon: A Muslim Holiday Story 52 Days by Camel My Friend Jamal The Butter Man Lugalbanda: The Boy Who Got Caught Up In The War The Rich Man and the Parrot Sanji and the Baker Interview with Suzan Nadimi HOTLINE VOICES: Musician and father Curtis Harnanan shares his love for An Island Christmas (by Lynn Joseph and Catherine Stock) We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave us a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487.

Author: Mona Kerby (on JOMB) Illustrator: Lynne Barasch (on JOMB) Published: 2008 Farrar, Straus and Giroux (on JOMB) ISBN: 0374356858 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Neither wind nor rain nor the dog-catchers of Quebec can keep the unofficial mascot of the America Railway Mail Service from crisscrossing the continent and, eventually, the globe in this surprising but true tale of a nineteenth century Littlest Hobo. You can read more about Owney here. More dogs on JOMB: Night Running: How James Escaped with the Help of His Faithful Dog Stella, Unleashed! Little Lions, Bull Baiters & Hunting Hounds: A History of Dog Breeds Biscuits in the Cupboard Good Dog Heroes of Isle aux Morts May I Pet Your Dog? Rosie: A Visiting Dog’s Story “Let’s Get a Pup!” said Kate The Pound from the Hound Poodlena The Trouble with Tilly Trumble The Outside Dog Lady Lupin’s Book of Etiquette Dogs’ Night I Want A Dog Safe and Sound Dirty Dog Boogie HOTLINE VOICES: Author Linda Collison shares a recent favourite, Newbery Award winner Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village (written by Laura Amy Schlitz and illustrated by Robert Byrd). We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave us a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487.

Author: Roseanne Thong (on JOMB) Illustrator: Elisa Kleven (on JOMB) Published: 2008 Chronicle Books (on JOMB) ISBN: 0811857166 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Splashing, soaring, leaping and dreaming, gorgeously detailed watercolour and collage illustrations whisk us into the midst of vivid wishing traditions across the globe in this beautiful reminder of our universal desires. Other books mentioned: Snowsong Whistling The Puddle Pail Pop over to Yat-Yee Chong for today’s full menu of poetry offerings. Poetry Fridays are brought to us by Kelly Herold of Big A, Little A. HOTLINE VOICES: Thanks to Illustrator Chris Forrest for sharing two of her favourites, Make Way for Ducklings (by Robert McCloskey), The Sky is Falling on Henny Penny (by Marie Schubert). We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave us a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487.

Author: Linda Granfield (on JOMB) Published: 2008 Scholastic Canada (on JOMB) ISBN: 043993558X Chapters.ca Accessible narrative, detailed annotations and a thought-provoking collection of photographs, postcards, pins and poems shed light on the ceremony, symbolism, chronology and controversy commemorating our global family s losses to war. More books about war and peace on JOMB: Angel Girl A New Coat for Anna The Donkey of Gallipoli (A True Story of Courage in World War I) If I Die Before I Wake: The Flu Epidemic Diary of Fiona Macgregor, 1918 A Poppy is To Remember The Diary of Laura’s Twin (A Holocaust Remembrance Book for Young Readers) Gleam and Glow Janusz Korczak’s Children What We Remember The Cello of Mr. O Lugalbanda: The Boy Who Got Caught Up In A War One Thousand Tracings: Healing the Wounds of World War II Seven Brave Women And to Think That We Thought That We’d Never Be Friends Aunt Claire’s Yellow Beehive Hair HOTLINE VOICES: Author Alison McGhee shares the reasons why Swiss Family Robinson (by Johann D. Wyss) is one of her childhood favourites. We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave us a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487.

Author: Shenaaz Nanji Illustrator: Yvonne Cathcart Published: 2000 Second Story Press (on JOMB) ISBN: 1896764320 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Bhajias, samosas and imaginative snowy play are front and centre in this appetizing tale of friendship, acceptance and the perceived risk of being seen as different. Other books mentioned: Carla s Sandwich A Bad Case of Stripes More flavours of The East on JOMB: Lights For Gita Mama’s Saris In the Heart of the Village Taj Mahal A Horse in the House HOTLINE VOICES: Thanks to editor/author Sandhya Nankani for telling us about Divali Rose (by Vashanti Rahaman and Jamel Akib). We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave us a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487.