★ Seb and the Sun

Back in 2011, disgraced former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly made a baffling on-air argument for the existence of God: “Tide goes in, tide goes out,” he said to his guest, an outspoken atheist. “You ... Read More »

February 26, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Boy and the Blue Moon

By Ashley Crowley (ill.); Sara O’Leary

February 26, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ The Triumphant Tale of the House Sparrow

By Jan Thornhill

Award-winning author and illustrator Jan Thornhill has a passion for nature that runs deep. From her first picture book, The Wildlife ABC (1988), to this most recent title, The Triumphant Tale of the House Sparrow, ... Read More »

January 26, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

Mr. Mergler, Beethoven, and Me

By David Gutnick; Mathilde Cinq-Mars (ill.)

Different generations and cultures are drawn together by the love of music in this gentle picture book by CBC Radio documentary writer David Gutnick. The book is based on a true story taken from the ... Read More »

January 24, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

A Day with Yayah

By Julie Flett (ill.); Nicola I. Campbell

“Yayah, what are they called in our language?” asks the children on the first page of A Day with Yayah, pointing to trees and plants while on a family gathering excursion. This radiant picture book, ... Read More »

January 24, 2018 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ Sparks!

By Ian Boothby; Nina Matsumoto (ill.)

August and Charlie are two cats who meet as fellow prisoners in a secret animal testing laboratory, and later live together in a house with a sentient robot that also serves as a kitty litter ... Read More »

January 22, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

Ordinary, Extraordinary Jane Austen

By Deborah Hopkinson; Qin Leng (ill.)

The rituals of courtship and village life are at the heart of two new swoon-worthy picture books – one about finding joy and bliss in the everyday, and the other, a loving, biographical ode to ... Read More »

January 12, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Fox and the Fisherman

By Marianne Dumas

Interspecies friendships abound in literature for children – from Wilbur and Fern to Babe and Farmer Hoggett. Quebec-based author and illustrator Marianne Dumas upholds this tradition in her debut picture book, The Fox and the ... Read More »

January 8, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Pink Umbrella

By Amélie Callot; Geneviève Godbout (ill.); Lara Hinchberger (trans.)

January 4, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

Nimoshom and His Bus

By Karen Hibbard (ill.); Penny M. Thomas

“Aboriginal languages are a fundamental and valued element of Canadian culture and society, and there is an urgency to preserve them,” reads one of the calls to action in the final report from the Truth ... Read More »

December 4, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

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