February 16, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
Working with about 300 words, award-winning novelist Sarah Ellis has written Next Stop, her first picture book. Its text is the height of simplicity, in both structure and vocabulary, and opens with: “On Saturday, Claire ... Read More »
No one can stop the Crown Prince of Russia from acting like a rooster. The Tsar’s messenger spies a child named Avron carrying home a chicken for Shabbat dinner, and whisks him off to the ... Read More »
February 16, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
Sheila McGraw, author of Papier Maché for Kids and illustrator of the best-selling Love You Forever, makes full use of her established artistic talents in her new foray into writing fiction. This vibrantly illustrated picture ... Read More »
February 16, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
Gubbio is a small medieval village whose occupants live in terror of a monstrous grey wolf. When the story begins, however, a “wonder” has occurred that changes the town and the townspeople forever. The young ... Read More »
February 16, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
Richardo Keens-Douglas, a talented storyteller, writer, and actor, has based his sixth picture book on a comic fable akin in its sly anarchic spirit and dignified silliness to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and The Emperor’s ... Read More »
February 16, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
Comic verse for children is a well-practised art in Canada these days, and Loris Lesynski’s Dirty Dog Boogie is a jolly, child-friendly addition to the genre. Lesynski has not only supplied funny drawings to bounce ... Read More »
February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
Marie Day’s story and illustrations throw light on a subject relatively rare in picture books – human prehistory. In this imaginative recreation of a prehistoric community, Day combines speculative and factual material to describe how ... Read More »
February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
Jillian DeLaronde, a young Mohawk from the Kahnawake reserve near Montreal, inspired Robert Munsch when she attended one of his readings wearing a traditional Mohawk costume, a brand-new ribbon dress. The result is Ribbon Rescue, ... Read More »
February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
Melissa, the main character in Sundog Rescue, is one of those young children whose fears are triggered by an overactive imagination. In her fantasies, which are always related to nature, she sees sharks in a ... Read More »
February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books
Jim McGugan’s second picture book is a tale of two brothers, named Owen and Prune. Owen has a rule for everything, from the proper way to eat Crème Caramel to the proper way to read. ... Read More »
February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books