Picture Books

★ The Alphabet Thief

By Bill Richardson; Roxanna Bikadoroff (ill.)

The title character in Bill Richardson and Roxanna Bikadoroff’s new book looks one part Carmen Sandiego and two parts Blue Meanie, and acts in precisely the manner her name suggests. She appears fleetingly; mostly we ... Read More »

March 20, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

Wolfie and Fly

By Cary Fagan; Zoe Si (ill.)

Almost everything Cary Fagan writes for young people – from his Kaspar Snit books to his instalment of Mordecai Richler’s Jacob Two-Two series – is primed with a light coat of magic. Two of his ... Read More »

March 9, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

Little Blue Chair

By Cary Fagan; Madeline Kloepper (ill.)

March 9, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Thing Lou Couldn’t Do

By Ashley Spires

Conquering fears is a big part of childhood. Kids are confronted with scary new things on a regular basis: the dark, the monster under the bed, climbing a tree, a move to a new neighbourhood. ... Read More »

March 9, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

Milo and Georgie

By Bree Galbraith; Josée Bisaillon (ill.)

March 9, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

Underneath the Sidewalk

By Claire Eamer; Thomas Gibault (ill.)

March 9, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

Triangle

By Jon Klassen (ill.); Mac Barnett

Though Caldecott medal darlings Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen’s third collaboration (the first in a planned trilogy) gives initial signs of being an earnest tale about embracing difference, it soon reveals itself to be a ... Read More »

March 1, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Under the Umbrella

By Catherine Buquet; Marion Arbona (ill.); Erin Woods (trans.)

If the National Film Board of Canada has not already grabbed the film rights to Catherine Buquet and Marion Arbona’s first picture-book collaboration, they should do so right away. The book’s slight-but-heartwarming story, expressionistic visuals, ... Read More »

March 1, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Dance of the Violin

By Dušan Petricic (ill.); Kathy Stinson

In the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award–winning The Man with the Violin, Kathy Stinson and Dušan Petricic created fiction around an actual event: virtuoso violinist Joshua Bell’s anonymous performance of Bach in a Washington, D.C., ... Read More »

January 26, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

A Horse Named Steve

By Kelly Collier

This bright, breezy picture-book debut by Toronto author-illustrator Kelly Collier marks the first time I have ever seen the myth of Narcissus reworked with a horse in the starring role. The eponymous equine, like Cephissus ... Read More »

January 9, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

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