The Golden Goose

Barbara Reid is one of Canada’s most gifted and popular illustrators. Her tantalizingly tactile Plasticine pictures have inspired imitators and won her the coveted UNICEF-Ezra Jack Keats award. Her new interpretation of the golden goose ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ The Market Wedding

By Cary Fagan, Regolo Ricci, illus.

Morris sells fish in Toronto’s Kensington Market; across the street, Minnie sells ladies’ hats. They fall in love and want to get married. Minnie would be happy with a little wedding but Morris, wanting to ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Wild Girl & Gran

By Nan Gregory, Ron Lightburn, illus.

If there’s one thing Cindy, a teenager with Down’s Syndrome who lives in a group home, knows, it’s that there’s a world of difference between institutional caretaking and caring. And so when she finds an ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Wherever Bears Be

By Sue Ann Alderson, Arden Johnson, illus.

In Vancouver writer Sue Ann Alderson’s latest book, the bickering sisters Samantha and Belinda head up the mountain to pick berries. Along the way, they imagine they see and hear bears everywhere. Samantha sings a ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

Jessica Takes Charge

By Linda LaRose, Leanne Franson, illus.

As its title suggests, Jessica Takes Charge is a picture book that celebrates a preschooler’s determination to deal with her own problem – although her solution involves her parents in comical discomfort. Jessica’s particular problem ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Caterpillar to Butterfly

By Barbara Reid

This series of First Look board books introduces young children to the process of growth in the plant and animal worlds. Beginning with the tiny seed or egg, each book clearly describes how the fledgling ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Tadpole to Frog

By Barbara Reid

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Acorn to Oak Tree

By Barbara Reid

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Seed to Sunflower

By Barbara Reid

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ The Prairie Fire

By Marilynn Reynolds, Don Kilby, illus.

Alberta author Marilynn Reynolds has written another fine picture book about life on the Prairies in an earlier time. Like Belle’s Journey, her previous story of the bond between a child and a horse, this ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

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