Picture Books

★ Majagalee: The Language of Seasons

By Shawna Davis and Toonasa Jordana Luggi (photog.)

Majagalee: The Language of Seasons is a picture book that explores from a Gitksan perspective the four seasons on the northwest coast of what is currently British Columbia. Along with the contributions by Wet’suwet’en and ... Read More »

August 2, 2022 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ My Uncle Is Coming Tomorrow/Mañana viene mi tío

By Sebastián Santana Camargo and Elisa Amado (trans.)

My Uncle Is Coming Tomorrow/Mañana viene mi tío is an incisive English–Spanish dual-language picture book for older readers, dedicated to “those who, because of forced disappearances, were never able to come.” Waiting by a closed ... Read More »

July 19, 2022 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ I’s the B’y: The Beloved Folk Song

By Lauren Soloy (ill.)

I’s the B’y is an exuberant celebration of Newfoundland culture lovingly presented in picture-book form. It’s based on the well-worn folk song that has long been identified with the island’s traditional music and fishing heritage. ... Read More »

June 29, 2022 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

kā-āciwīkicik/The Move

By Doris George and Don K. Philpot; Alyssa Koski (ill.)

kā-āciwīkicik/The Move is a moving story inspired by the forced relocation of the Chemawawin Cree Nation to Easterville, Manitoba, told in both Cree and English by Cree educators Doris George and Don K. Philpot. Displaced ... Read More »

June 27, 2022 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ A Day for Sandcastles

By JonArno Lawson and Qin Leng (ill.)

A Day for Sandcastles continues the happy collaboration between JonArno Lawson and illustrator Qin Leng that began with last year’s Over the Shop. Like its predecessor, A Day for Sandcastles is a wordless picture book, ... Read More »

June 20, 2022 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Who’s Looking? How Animals See the World

By Carol Matas and Cornelia Li (ill.)

Most children take the way the world looks for granted. Only gradually do kids begin to understand how subjective vision can be (though they probably won’t use the term “subjective” until much later). Once this ... Read More »

June 1, 2022 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Ben the Sea Lion

By Roy Henry Vickers and Robert Budd

Stories are a lifeline that intertwines the past with the present. In Ben the Sea Lion, Roy Henry Vickers both grabs our imagination and pays homage to his hometown and life in the small fishing ... Read More »

May 25, 2022 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ Lizzy and the Cloud

By The Fan Brothers

Every time Governor General’s Literary Award–winning brothers Eric Fan and Terry Fan (of The Barnabus Project) join forces for a picture-book collaboration, magic happens. Their latest, Lizzy and the Cloud, is no exception. Lizzy, a ... Read More »

May 11, 2022 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Another Squiggly Story

By Andrew Larsen and Mike Lowery (ill.)

The 2016 picture book A Squiggly Story, by Toronto author Andrew Larsen and Atlanta, Georgia, illustrator Mike Lowery, was a charming and surprisingly in-depth exploration of how creativity interacts with the mechanics of storytelling. ... Read More »

May 4, 2022 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Pink Is for Everybody!

By Ella Russell and Udayana Lugo (ill.)

Rainy days are a drag, especially when you’re stuck inside with nothing to do except listen to the pitter-patter on the window. This is the gloomy circumstance in which a group of wonderfully diverse friends ... Read More »

April 25, 2022 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

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