★ The Barnabus Project

Since their debut picture book, 2016’s The Night Gardener, bagged a variety of honours and awards, the Fan brothers – who until now have consisted of illustrators Eric and Terry Fan – have moved from ... Read More »

September 10, 2020 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

The Little Ghost Who Was a Quilt

By Riel Nason and Byron Eggenschwiler (ill.)

September 10, 2020 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Teatime Around the World

By Denyse Waissbluth and Chelsea O’Byrne (ill.)

Fancy upscale tea parties trace their roots back to the Victorian era, but when the china dolls and miniature cups are packed away and replaced with more grown-up pastimes, the ritual tends to disappear until ... Read More »

September 3, 2020 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ The Lady with the Books: A Story Inspired by the Remarkable Work of Jella Lepman

By Kathy Stinson and Marie Lafrance (ill.)

The majority of Canadian children – though shamefully not all – can take for granted the availability of books at home or in schools and local libraries. Two new picture books, both told from the ... Read More »

August 31, 2020 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

The Library Bus

By Bahram Rahman; Gabrielle Grimard (ill.)

August 31, 2020 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ Catch the Sky: Playful Poems on the Air We Share

By Robert Heidbreder and Emily Dove (ill.)

Catch the Sky, by author Robert Heidbreder and illustrator Emily Dove, is a collection of 30 micro-poems, each under 20 words. They cover everything sky-bound, including natural phenomena like crows and the northern lights as ... Read More »

August 24, 2020 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ Once I Was a Bear

By Irene Luxbacher

Irene Luxbacher’s new picture book considers nature’s way of connecting us to ourselves and to others. The young narrator, a fuzzy brown cub, recollects a time when he felt completely at ease: “Once I lived ... Read More »

August 20, 2020 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Ocean Speaks: How Marie Tharp Revealed the Ocean’s Biggest Secret

By Jess Keating and Katie Hickey (ill.)

When it comes to the current state of picture books, portrayals of important historical women are in ample supply. Three new titles communicate the impact of their subjects to young readers while taking a fresh ... Read More »

July 16, 2020 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books