Picture Books

The Bagel King

Andrew Larsen’s The Bagel King is the endearing tale of a zaida and his grandson Eli, and how they bond over a Sunday ritual of eating bagels: “Warm. Chewy. Salty. Bagels.” Until one day Zaida ... Read More »

May 3, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Snuggly

By Glen Huser; Milan Pavlovic (ill.)

In the world of children’s literature, a debate persists: should stories be written to teach a lesson or simply to entertain? While some flock to books with sobering or inspiring instruction, others find these tomes ... Read More »

April 12, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Bloom: A Story of Fashion Designer Elsa Schiaparelli

By Julie Morstad (ill.); Kyo Maclear

Unique women find their voices and overcome naysayers in two picture-book biographies that follow their subjects from childhood to middle age. In Walking in the City with Jane, author Susan Hughes introduces us to a ... Read More »

April 9, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

Walking in the City with Jane: A Story of Jane Jacobs

By Susan Hughes; Valérie Boivin (ill.)

April 9, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

Elisapee and Her Baby Seagull

By Charlene Chua (ill.); Nancy Mike

Elisapee, a young Inuit girl, lives with her parents in a quaint seaside house. In the summer, her father often brings home baby birds on his boat, and one day he brings home a baby ... Read More »

April 5, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

On Our Street: Our First Talk About Poverty

By Jaime Casap; Jane Heinrichs (ill.); Jillian Roberts

“Don’t ask kids what they want to be when they grow up; ask them what problem they want to solve,” says Jaime Casap, Google’s chief education evangelist. In their non-fiction resource book, Casap and psychologist ... Read More »

March 15, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

Dr. Coo and the Pigeon Protest

By Kass Reich (ill.); Sarah Hampson

Award-winning Canadian newspaper journalist Sarah Hampson has published her first picture book and it’s one that celebrates diversity and promotes respect for others. In this slight story, Dr. Coo is a sophisticated pigeon who knows ... Read More »

March 12, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ They Say Blue

By Jillian Tamaki

With her first picture book, Jillian Tamaki displays a mastery of the form along with a sensitive understanding of the imaginative life of a small child. Tamaki is best known as the illustrator of the ... Read More »

March 1, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Seb and the Sun

By Jami Gigot

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