November 8, 2021 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books
In Naseem Hrab’s picture book The Sour Cherry Tree, grief – an emotion profound in its universality – is depicted in the specific sadness of a young girl mourning the loss of her baba bozorg. ... Read More »
A child wrestles with big emotions caused by hair of tall-tale proportions in the first solo picture book by Montreal artist and Governor General’s Literary Award nominee Nathalie Dion. Malie has a hard time keeping ... Read More »
October 19, 2021 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books
A joyful, high-energy child embraces life with gusto in Meena’s Mindful Moment, an insightful picture book by Tina Athaide, winner of the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People. When Meena arrives at ... Read More »
October 13, 2021 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books
A joyful, high-energy child embraces life with gusto in Meena’s Mindful Moment, an insightful picture book by Tina Athaide, winner of the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People. When Meena arrives at ... Read More »
October 13, 2021 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books
As everyone knows, Aug. 15 is International Apostrophe Day, an occasion the internet celebrates by shaming the apostrophe’s most egregious abusers. Small businesses tend to be easy targets, often for misplaced or redundant possessives (“Open ... Read More »
September 14, 2021 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books
The Wolf Mother, the fifth book in the Mothers of Xsan series, follows a grey wolf from newborn pup to pack leader to Nox Gibuu (Wolf Mother). The wolf’s journey begins in the spring when ... Read More »
August 25, 2021 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books, Picture Books
Plenty of picture books teach young children how to share toys, but Hold That Thought! by British Columbian writer Bree Galbraith and Ontario-based illustrator Lynn Scurfield aims to demonstrate how kids can share ideas. The ... Read More »
August 18, 2021 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books
In rhymes and books for children, rain tends to be a source of ennui or disappointment – an unwelcome event requiring the rejigging of plans. Rain is commanded to go away and come again another ... Read More »
July 13, 2021 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books
The Shaman’s Apprentice – a picture book based on award-winning Inuit director Zacharias Kunuk’s short film Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman’s Apprentice, in turn adapted from a traditional Inuit story – follows Supijaq, a young Inuk who ... Read More »
July 6, 2021 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books
Toronto journalist Julia De Laurentiis Johnston’s biographies of intrepid women celebrates a refreshingly diverse group of accomplished trailblazers from around the world and throughout history. The succinct and spirited entries are organized into five sections: ... Read More »
June 29, 2021 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books