Under-the-Bed Fred

Leo loves scary movies (he has posters of them on his bedroom walls), but in real life he’s terrified of the monster who lives under his bed. One fateful middle of the night, he decides ... Read More »

October 16, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ The Little Tree by the Sea: From Halifax to Boston With Love

By Belle DeMont (ill.); John DeMont

The main character in this pitch-perfect book about the 1917 Halifax Explosion – by father-daughter team John and Belle DeMont – is a little tree perched high on the hill. Seeing two boats about to ... Read More »

October 10, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

Middle Bear

By Manon Gauthier (ill.); Susanna Isern

Three new picture books champion life in the middle – be it the middle child in a seven-person family, a bear with an older and a younger brother, or a middle puzzle piece wondering where ... Read More »

October 2, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Jammie Day!

By Brooke Kerrigan (ill.); Carrie Snyder

October 2, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

Where Oliver Fits

By Cale Atkinson

October 2, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ The Bad Mood and the Stick

By Lemony Snicket; Matthew Forsythe (ill.)

It all starts with a very grumpy girl named Curly, who finds a stick lying on the ground. Curly has the great misfortune of walking by an ice cream store without getting any ice cream ... Read More »

October 2, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

What’s My Superpower?

By Aviaq Johnston; Tim Mack (ill.)

Nalvana, a young Inuit girl with a big heart, has always dreamed of having a superpower. She observes the behaviour of the children with whom she goes to school and can easily identify their “superpowers.” ... Read More »

September 11, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Letters to a Prisoner

By Jacques Goldstyn; Angela Keenlyside (trans.)

One day, a girl and her father join a peaceful protest march; the demonstration turns ugly when protesters are met with a phalanx of heavily armed riot police. The girl’s father is arrested and thrown ... Read More »

September 11, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ I Love My Purse

By Belle DeMont; Sonja Wimmer (ill.)

One day, Charlie decides to wear the bright red purse his grandma gave him. When Dad objects that boys don’t wear purses, Charlie says, “But I love my purse!” At school, his friends also ask ... Read More »

August 14, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

Ira Crumb Makes a Pretty Good Friend

By Josh Holinaty (ill.); Naseem Hrab

Humour abounds in the debut picture book from Kids Can Press marketing director Naseem Hrab. As the new kid in town, Ira Crumb knows how important it is that he makes friends before school starts ... Read More »

August 14, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

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