★ Birdsong

Birds give earth-bound humans plenty to marvel at, but they can also carry symbolic power, acting as sources of comfort or inspiration. Three new releases – two fiction and one non-fiction – encourage readers to ... Read More »

August 19, 2019 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Hawks Kettle, Puffins Wheel: And Other Poems of Birds in Flight

By Susan Vande Griek and Mark Hoffmann (ill.)

August 19, 2019 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Nibi’s Water Song

By Sunshine Tenasco and Chief Lady Bird (ill.)

In Nibi’s Water Song, first-time author Sunshine Tenasco joins forces with illustrator Chief Lady Bird to address the need for clean water in Indigenous communities. Nibi is a “thirsty, thirsty girl.” But she can’t find ... Read More »

August 12, 2019 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

The Playgrounds of Babel

By JonArno Lawson and Piet Grobler (ill.)

One of the most remarkable things about JonArno Lawson’s new picture book – a retelling of a retelling of the biblical story of the Tower of Babel – is that it’s based on personal experience. ... Read More »

August 8, 2019 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

My Bright Friend

By Simon Boulerice and Marilyn Faucher (ill.)

At the start of My Bright Friend, readers are told that Ludo’s parents don’t love each other anymore. Refreshingly, there is no attempt to buffer readers from the reality of divorce, nor is the language ... Read More »

August 1, 2019 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

The Little Book of Big What-Ifs

By Renata Liwska

When it comes to reading a picture book with a very young child, adults often take the role of expert, having a well-developed familiarity with numbers, letters, and colours. But two new concept picture books ... Read More »

July 25, 2019 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ Ping

By Ani Castillo

July 25, 2019 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Paint the Town Pink

By Lori Doody

Author-illustrator Lori Doody’s new book, Paint the Town Pink, hews to the same lines as her 2017 title, The Puffin Problem, a comical portrayal of the fallout from the sudden inundation of puffins in a ... Read More »

July 8, 2019 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Little Juniper Makes It Big

By Aidan Cassie

So much of growing up is yearning for something that seems permanently out of reach. This batch of picture books attempts to show kids how to cope with the seemingly unsolvable predicament of wanting what ... Read More »

June 24, 2019 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

What Are You Doing, Benny?

By Cary Fagan and Kady MacDonald Denton (ill.)

June 24, 2019 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

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