Picture Books

★ We Dream Medicine Dreams

We Dream Medicine Dreams, by author, artist, and bioethicist Lisa Boivin, a member of the Deninu K’ue First Nation in the Northwest Territories, is a moving and insightful picture book honouring the enduring relationship between ... Read More »

March 29, 2021 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ Treaty Words: For As Long As the  Rivers Flow

By Aimée Craft and Luke Swinson (ill.)

March 29, 2021 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Hare B&B

By Bill Richardson and Bill Pechet (ill.)

Harry and her hare siblings are out for a walk when their unsuspecting parents are duped and devoured by a coyote. Destitute and with a newly empty bedroom in the house, the kids convert the ... Read More »

March 25, 2021 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Stand Like a Cedar

By Nicola L. Campbell and Carrielynn Victor (ill.)

Nicola Campbell is an award-winning author of such titles as Shi-shi-etko (2006 Anskohk Aboriginal Children’s Book of the Year winner) and Shin-chi’s Canoe (winner of the 2009 TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award). Paired with illustrations ... Read More »

March 1, 2021 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

The Big Bad Wolf in My House

By Valérie Fontaine and Nathalie Dion (ill.); Shelley Tanaka (trans.)

In 2018, almost 19,000 children in Canada were victims of violent acts perpetrated by a family member. The Big Bad Wolf in My House, by Quebec duo Valérie Fontaine and Nathalie Dion (in an English ... Read More »

February 18, 2021 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Kimmy & Mike

By Dave Paddon and Lily Snowden-Fine (ill.)

Recitations are a centuries-old oral storytelling tradition in Newfoundland and Labrador – tall tales and unknown histories connecting community and place, past and present. In Kimmy & Mike, author, storyteller, and former pilot Dave Paddon ... Read More »

February 11, 2021 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

The Rock from the Sky

By Jon Klassen

In his beloved Hat Trilogy, Jon Klassen won young readers over by making them feel like insiders: they always knew more than his flawed animal characters did. The bear in I Want My Hat Back, ... Read More »

February 8, 2021 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Carmen and the House That Gaudí Built

By Susan Hughes and Marianne Ferrer (ill.)

Carmen and the House That Gaudí Built is inspired by author Susan Hughes’s visit to Casa Batlló, a residence architect Antoni Gaudí built in Barcelona, Spain, in the early 1900s. The gist of the story ... Read More »

January 21, 2021 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ Riley Can’t Stop Crying

By Stéphanie Boulay and Agathe Bray-Bourret (ill.); Charles Simard (trans.)

Last year, Stéphanie Boulay and Agathe Bray-Bourret won the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award for the French-language title Anatole qui ne séchait jamais, an incredibly moving picture book that introduces young readers to the complex ... Read More »

January 18, 2021 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Little Girl Gazelle

By Stéphane Martelly and Albin Christen (ill); Katia Grubisic (trans.)

This past year has seen an explosion of discussion enter the mainstream about racial injustice and police brutality. Globally, Black Lives Matter protests and other anti-colonial movements have brought to public consciousness the uncomfortable conversations ... Read More »

January 14, 2021 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

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