Picture Books

Lila and the Crow

In her authorial debut, Montreal illustrator Gabrielle Grimard tackles bullying and diversity through the heartbreaking story of Lila, whose new classmates mock her for looking different. Every day, the other students call her a crow ... Read More »

September 22, 2016 | Filed under: Picture Books

Gertie’s Leap to Greatness

By Jillian Tamaki (ill.); Kate Beasley

Anne, Pippi, Ramona, Harriet, Clementine: the precocious, incorrigible, too-bright-for-her-own-good young female character is an established archetype in children’s books. The magical thing about this archetype is that so many young readers relate to it, regardless ... Read More »

September 20, 2016 | Filed under: Picture Books

Are You an Echo? The Lost Poetry of Misuzu Kaneko

By Toshikado Hajiri (ill.); David Jacobson (ed.); Michiko Tsuboi (ed.); Misuzu Kaneko (ed.); Sally Ito (ed.)

Empathy is a dominant theme in the work of celebrated Japanese children’s poet Misuzu Kaneko, who died in 1930. Her poems are about making connections and identifying with others – so much so that she ... Read More »

September 15, 2016 | Filed under: Picture Books

Hungry Bird

By Jeremy Tankard

From three great talents in Canadian children’s literature come two picture books that highlight some of the more challenging aspects of childhood. In Jeremy Tankard’s Hungry Bird, Bird is hangry. In Hurry Up, Henry by ... Read More »

September 7, 2016 | Filed under: Picture Books

Clara Humble and the Not-So-Super Powers

By Anna Humphrey; Lisa Cinar (ill.)

Naughtiness is the lifeblood of the comic middle-grade novel, but it presents the writer with a problem in this age of didacticism: how can a kid get into energetic and imaginative trouble when adults are ... Read More »

August 23, 2016 | Filed under: Picture Books

King Baby

By Kate Beaton

Canadian cartooning superstar Kate Beaton follows up her stellar kidlit debut, The Princess and the Pony, with the story of a demanding infant who holds court over his entire family. The narration is delivered in ... Read More »

August 8, 2016 | Filed under: Picture Books

A Squiggly Story

By Andrew Larsen; Mike Lowery (ill.)

A young wannabe author is coached by his more literate big sis to “Write what you KNOW.” The little guy knows his letters, but not many words, so he starts his story with a capital ... Read More »

August 8, 2016 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ We Found a Hat

By Jon Klassen

It would be difficult to find a person possessed of even the slightest interest in children’s books published during the past decade who isn’t familiar with Jon Klassen. His two Hat books (2011’s I Want ... Read More »

August 3, 2016 | Filed under: Picture Books

All the World a Poem

By Gilles Tibo; Erin Woods (trans.); Manon Gauthier (illus.)

Gilles Tibo was already a well-loved children’s illustrator when he turned his hand to writing, and he has been prolific and successful in both fields. In his engaging new picture book, he celebrates his love ... Read More »

July 18, 2016 | Filed under: Picture Books

Inside Your Insides: A Guide to the Microbes That Call You Home

By Claire Eamer; Marie-Ève Tremblay (illus.)

Microbiology might seem like a complex subject to broach with middle-graders, but in her new book, Claire Eamer (winner of the 2013 Lane Anderson Award for science writing in Canada) succeeds in explaining the basics ... Read More »

July 4, 2016 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

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