Adrienne Kertzer

January 29, 2015


Works by Adrienne Kertzer

Book Reviews

Book Reviews by Adrienne Kertzer

Overwhelmed by Memory
By Adrienne Kertzer
Published in Science & Canadian Literature. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 221 (Summer 2014): 163-64.
  • We Are Their Voice: Young People Respond to the Holocaust by Kathy Kacer (Editor)
  • Lauren Yanofsky Hates the Holocaust by Leanne Lieberman
Writing about Death
By Adrienne Kertzer
Published in Spectres of Modernism. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 209 (Summer 2011): 147-149.
  • Suddenly by Bonnie Burnard
  • The Matter With Morris by David Bergen
Children's Literature Ethnic History Jewish-Canadian
Maternal Transformations
By Adrienne Kertzer
Published in Strategic Nationalisms. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 200 (Spring 2009): 134-136.
  • Becoming My Mother's Daughter: A Story of Survival and Renewal by Erika Gottlieb
  • Double Lives: Writing and Motherhood by Cathy Stonehouse, Shannon Cowan and Fiona Tinwei Lam
Novel
Shocking and Senseless
By Adrienne Kertzer
Published in Canada Reads. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 193 (Summer 2007): 155-156.
  • Blatant Injustice: The Story of a Jewish Refugee from Nazi Germany Imprisoned in Britain and Canada during World War II by Walter W. Igersheimer and Ian Darragh (Editor)
  • Aftershock: Anti-Zionism and Antisemitism by David Matas
Women's Literature
Beyond the Balagan
By Adrienne Kertzer
Published in Canadian Literature 191 (Winter 2006): 142-143.
  • Ten Thousand Lovers by Edeet Ravel
  • Look for Me by Edeet Ravel
Autobiography Holocaust Jewish-Canadian World War II
Secondary Readers
By Adrienne Kertzer
Published in Women & the Politics of Memory. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 186 (Autumn 2005): 146-148.
  • Boys and Girls Forever: Children’s Classics from Cinderella to Harry Potter by Alison Lurie
  • Readers in Wonderland: The Liberating Worlds of Fantasy Fiction from Dorothy to Harry Potter by Deborah O'Keefe
  • Children's Literature. Blackwell Guides to Literature by Peter Hunt
Israeli-Canadian
Self-Mutilation
By Adrienne Kertzer
Published in Writers Talking. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 183 (Winter 2004): 115-115.
  • Jumping Off by Laura J. Cutler
Children's Literature Speculative Fiction
Ceremony of Innocence
By Adrienne Kertzer
Published in Literature & War. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 179 (Winter 2003): 112-113.
  • The Gryphon: In Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin and Sabine Is Rediscovered by Nick Bantock
  • The Artful Dodger: Images and Reflections by Nick Bantock
Short Fiction Trauma
Useful Keys
By Adrienne Kertzer
Published in Canadian Literature 173 (Summer 2002): 145-149.
  • Hamlet for Kids by Lois Burdett
  • The Great Poochini by Gary Clement
  • Understanding Children's Literature: Key Essays from the International Companion Encyclopedia of Children's Literature by Peter Hunt (Editor)
  • Wild Cameron Women by Maureen Hull and Judith Christine Mills (Illustrator)
  • Wolf and Seven Little Kids: Based on a Tale from the Brothers Grimm by Ann Blades
  • The Tempest for Kids by Lois Burdett
Art Correspondence Life Writing
Empowered Readers
By Adrienne Kertzer
Published in Mostly Drama. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 168 (Spring 2001): 171-174.
  • The Maestro by Tim Wynne-Jones
  • Waking Sleeping Beauty: Feminist Voices in Children's Novels by Roberta Seelinger Trites
  • Awake and Dreaming by Kit Pearson
Children's Literature Literary Theory
Exclusion & Rewriting
By Adrienne Kertzer
Published in Nature, Politics, Poetics. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 136 (Spring 1993): 148-150.
  • The Canadian Children's Treasury by Frances Hanna (Editor) and Sandra Martin (Editor)
  • Nehiya/Glecia Bear, wanisinwak iskwesisak: awasisasinahikanis/Two Little Girls Lost in the Bush: A Cre?e Story for Children by Freda Ahenakew (Editor), H. C. Wolfart (Editor) and Jerry Whitehead (Illustrator)
  • Fiona & the Prince of Wheels by Sandy Watson
Children's Literature Feminism Gender
Culture Stories
By Adrienne Kertzer
Published in South Asian Connections. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 132 (Spring 1992): 197-198.
  • Spirit Quest by Carol Baldorf and Tracy Williams Cheney (Illustrator)
  • Bad Boy by Diana Wieler
Dummies & Children
By Adrienne Kertzer
Published in Contemporary Drama. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 118 (Autumn 1988): 156-158.
  • Sing a Song of Sixpence: The English Picture Book Tradition and Randolph Caldecott by Brian Alderson
  • Sophie et Pierrot by Ginette Anfousse
  • A Candle for Christmas by Jean Speare and Ann Blades
  • Two Stupid Dummies by Mark Thurman
  • I'll Make You Small by Tim Wynne-Jones and Maryann Kovalski (Illustrator)
  • Mischief City by Tim Wynne-Jones and VictoR GAD (Illustrator)
Children's Literature Sexuality
Meaningful Nonsense
By Adrienne Kertzer
Published in Poets’ Words. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 115 (Winter 1987): 165-167.
  • The Enchanted Caribou by Elizabeth Cleaver
  • Don?t Eat Spiders by Robert Heidbreder and Karen Patkau (Illustrator)
  • Le Camion by Allen Morgan, Michael Martchenko (Illustrator) and Raymonde Longval-Ducreux (Translator)
  • Le Dodo by Robert Munsch, Michael Martchenko (Illustrator) and Raymonde Longval-Ducreux (Translator)
  • Edgar Potato by Don Oickle and Sue Skaalen (Illustrator)
Word Games
By Adrienne Kertzer
Published in Nature, Natural, Naturalists. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 111 (Winter 1986): 178-180.
  • L'Alphabet by Roger Pare
  • Auntie's Knitting a Baby by Lois Simmie and Amme Simmie (Illustrator)
  • Tick Bird: Poem for Children by George Swede and Katherine Helmer (Illustrator)
  • Time is Flies by George Swede and Darcia Labrosse (Illustrator)
Children's Literature Comparative Poetry
Adolescent Exposure
By Adrienne Kertzer
Published in Italian-Canadian Connections. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 106 (Autumn 1985): 117-120.
  • Nobody Asked Me by Elizabeth Brochmann
  • Winners by Mary-Ellen Lang Collura
  • Harbour Thieves by Bill Freeman
  • No Coins, Please by Gordon Korman (Author)
  • Thirty-six Exposures by Kevin Major
Children's Literature Language/Linguistics Poetry