What’s My Superpower?

By Aviaq Johnston; Tim Mack (ill.)

Nalvana, a young Inuit girl with a big heart, has always dreamed of having a superpower. She observes the behaviour of the children with whom she goes to school and can easily identify their “superpowers.” ... Read More »

September 11, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Letters to a Prisoner

By Jacques Goldstyn; Angela Keenlyside (trans.)

One day, a girl and her father join a peaceful protest march; the demonstration turns ugly when protesters are met with a phalanx of heavily armed riot police. The girl’s father is arrested and thrown ... Read More »

September 11, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ I Love My Purse

By Belle DeMont; Sonja Wimmer (ill.)

One day, Charlie decides to wear the bright red purse his grandma gave him. When Dad objects that boys don’t wear purses, Charlie says, “But I love my purse!” At school, his friends also ask ... Read More »

August 14, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

Ira Crumb Makes a Pretty Good Friend

By Josh Holinaty (ill.); Naseem Hrab

Humour abounds in the debut picture book from Kids Can Press marketing director Naseem Hrab. As the new kid in town, Ira Crumb knows how important it is that he makes friends before school starts ... Read More »

August 14, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

When Planet Earth Was New

By James Gladstone; Katherine Diemert (ill.)

If the first book by author James Gladstone and illustrator Katherine Diemert were a short educational film, its soundtrack would be early Pink Floyd or something else suitably trippy. When Planet Earth Was New is ... Read More »

August 9, 2017 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

★ Leap!

By JonArno Lawson; Josée Bisaillon (ill.)

In this poetic picture-book romp, an agitated, fidgety flea jumps directly into the path of a grasshopper, which sets off a comical, commotion-filled chain reaction, with each successive leap more dramatic than the one before. ... Read More »

July 31, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Yak and Dove

By Esmé Shapiro (ill.); Kyo Maclear

Like the title characters in their new book, author Kyo Maclear and illustrator Esmé Shapiro are an unassuming comedic dream team. Maclear writes with the perceptive, gentle quirkiness for which she’s become known. Shapiro’s debut ... Read More »

July 31, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

A Pattern for Pepper

By Julie Kraulis

In her latest picture book, Julie Kraulis looks at textiles and clothing from a perspective far removed from both contemporary, disposable fast fashion and flashy haute couture. A Pattern for Pepper is an appealing introduction ... Read More »

July 28, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

All Around the Circle

By Cara Kansala; Max Dorey (ill.)

Little ones love a lively scene, and there’s plenty for them to look at in the rollicking illustrations that accompany Cara Kansala’s spirited poems in All Around the Circle. Kansala and her long-time artistic collaborator ... Read More »

July 28, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Puffin Problem

By Lori Doody

Little ones love a lively scene, and there’s plenty for them to look at in the rollicking illustrations that accompany Cara Kansala’s spirited poems in All Around the Circle. Kansala and her long-time artistic collaborator ... Read More »

July 28, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

Pikiq

By Yayo; Talleen Hacikyan (trans.)

Tropical birds fly through a snowy forest, or perch in a maze of caribou antlers; a frog riding on a fish pulls a sled containing a bonsai tree; a boy builds a kayak from the ... Read More »

July 25, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ My Wounded Island

By Jacques Pasquet; Marion Arbona (ill.); Sophie B. Watson (trans.)

Imarvaluk lives on Sarichef, a tiny island off the west coast of Alaska. She fears for her home, as a terrible sea creature is slowly eating away at the island. She has nightmares in which ... Read More »

June 22, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Gold Leaf

By Kirsten Hall; Matthew Forsythe (ill.)

For centuries, authors of fables have invited animals into the human realm to point out the errors of our ways. In these days so fraught with human foolishness, it makes sense that writers and artists ... Read More »

June 19, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Fog

By Kenard Pak (ill.); Kyo Maclear

For centuries, authors of fables have invited animals into the human realm to point out the errors of our ways. In these days so fraught with human foolishness, it makes sense that writers and artists ... Read More »

June 19, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

Carson Crosses Canada

By Kass Reich (ill.); Linda Bailey

Among new books celebrating Canada’s sesquicentennial are two children’s titles with a focus on geography. Both give readers a sense of the different landforms and attractions that characterize our vast country. My Canada: An Illustrated ... Read More »

June 12, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

My Canada: An Illustrated Atlas

By Katherine Dearlove; Lori Joy Smith (ill.)

Among new books celebrating Canada’s sesquicentennial are two children’s titles with a focus on geography. Both give readers a sense of the different landforms and attractions that characterize our vast country. My Canada: An Illustrated ... Read More »

June 12, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Land Beyond the Wall: An Immigration Story

By Veronika Martenova Charles

Given the abundance of stories about refugees and immigration released over the last couple of years, it might seem that Toronto author-illustrator Veronika Martenova Charles’s latest picture book is simply another among the throng. But ... Read More »

June 12, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

Polly MacCauley’s Finest, Divinest, Woolliest Gift of All

By Darka Erdelji (ill.); Sheree Fitch

In this poetry-infused folktale set in the village of River John, Polly MacCauley needs a rare breed of sheep to finish a lifelong knitting project, and Star, an orphaned lamb, is the divine animal that ... Read More »

June 8, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

By The Time You Read This

By Jennifer Lanthier; Patricia Storms (ill.)

Author Jennifer Lanthier uses a fun format and some great vocabulary to shepherd young readers through her engaging picture book, which begins on a mysterious note: in the wake of some dramatic – and initially ... Read More »

May 29, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

Greetings, Leroy

By Alix Delinois (ill.); Itah Sadu

The latest picture book from author, storyteller, and bookstore owner Itah Sadu is both a perfect gift for children making Canada their new home and a love letter to Bob Marley. Written as an email ... Read More »

May 24, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

Stop Feedin’ da Boids!

By James Sage; Pierre Pratt (ill.)

The opening spread of American author James Sage’s Stop Feedin’ da Boids! paints a lazy pastoral landscape, idyllic green and dotted with free-roaming animals. Bunnies frolic, a lone horse drinks, a clump of cows graze… ... Read More »

May 18, 2017 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ Colette’s Lost Pet (Mile End Stories, Book 1)

By Isabelle Arsenault

The opening spread of American author James Sage’s Stop Feedin’ da Boids! paints a lazy pastoral landscape, idyllic green and dotted with free-roaming animals. Bunnies frolic, a lone horse drinks, a clump of cows graze… ... Read More »

May 18, 2017 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Meatless? A Fresh Look at What You Eat

By Julie McLaughlin (ill.); Sarah Elton

Meat eater, flexitarian, vegetarian, vegan: there are as many names for one’s eating preference these days as there are varieties of fruit. And where our food comes from is becoming as important to some as ... Read More »

April 10, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Bertolt

By Jacques Goldstyn

During a 30-year career as a geologist, Jacques Goldstyn whiled away his spare time drawing comics for children’s science magazines. Since then he has written and illustrated numerous books in his native French, including the ... Read More »

April 3, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

Liam Takes a Stand

By Josh Holinaty (ill.); Troy Wilson

Lister and Lester, identical twins and determined competitors, open up rival lemonade stands. The twins’ younger brother, Liam, just wants to hang out and have fun with them, but his offers of free labour are ... Read More »

March 27, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books