Picture Books

The Shaman’s Apprentice

By Zacharias Kunuk;  Megan Kyak-Monteith (ill.)

The Shaman’s Apprentice – a picture book based on award-winning Inuit director Zacharias Kunuk’s short film Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman’s Apprentice, in turn adapted from a traditional Inuit story – follows Supijaq, a young Inuk who ... Read More »

July 6, 2021 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ Her Epic Adventure:  25 Daring Women Who Inspire a Life Less Ordinary

By Julia De Laurentiis Johnston; Salini Perera (ill.)

Toronto journalist Julia De Laurentiis Johnston’s biographies of intrepid women celebrates a refreshingly diverse group of accomplished trailblazers from around the world and throughout history. The succinct and spirited entries are organized into five sections: ... Read More »

June 29, 2021 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Race with Me!

By Andre De Grasse; Robert Budd;  Joseph Osei Bonsu (ill.)

There has been a welcome boom in children’s nonfiction and biographical picture books over recent years. It is terrific to not only see more sports biographies being published but also iconic athletes and trailblazers of ... Read More »

June 15, 2021 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Sonata for Fish and Boy

By Milan Pavlović

Sonata for Fish and Boy, the first solo picture book by Toronto-based illustrator Milan Pavlović, is a well-orchestrated, wordless appreciation of music and friendship. In a riverside park, a mop-haired child plays a violin with ... Read More »

June 10, 2021 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Over the Shop

By JonArno Lawson and Qin Leng (ill.)

June 10, 2021 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ Journey Around the Sun: The Story of Halley’s Comet

By James Gladstone and Yaara Eshet (ill.)

For the scientist, the artist, and the stargazer alike, the cosmos abounds with endless wonders. Chief among them is the once-in-a-lifetime event of seeing Halley’s comet. In the STEM picture book Journey Around the Sun: ... Read More »

May 13, 2021 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ Dear Black Girls

By Shanice Nicole and Kezna Dalz (ill.)

Dear Black Girls, by Black feminist educator Shanice Nicole and Black artist Kezna Dalz, grabs readers from the first page. Writing in the second person, a mode rarely used in picture books, Nicole addresses her ... Read More »

May 6, 2021 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ Mii maanda ezhi-gkendmaanh / This Is How I Know

By Brittany Luby and Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley (ill.); Alvin Ted Corbiere and Alan Corbiere (trans.)

May 6, 2021 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Thao

By Thao Lam

Author-illustrator Thao Lam, the creator behind the critically acclaimed picture books My Cat Looks Like My Dad, Wallpaper, and The Paper Boat: A Refugee Story, returns with Thao. Based on Thao Lam’s own childhood experiences ... Read More »

April 26, 2021 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ We Dream Medicine Dreams

By Lisa Boivin

We Dream Medicine Dreams, by author, artist, and bioethicist Lisa Boivin, a member of the Deninu K’ue First Nation in the Northwest Territories, is a moving and insightful picture book honouring the enduring relationship between ... Read More »

March 29, 2021 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

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