Picture Books

A Squiggly Story

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

The Cranky Ballerina

By Elise Gravel

The Cranky Ballerina introduces readers to Ada, who, as the title suggests, is a reluctant dancer. Ada’s not usually in a bad mood, except on Saturdays, when she has to go to ballet class. Ada ... Read More »

July 4, 2016 | Filed under: Picture Books

Maxwell the Monkey Barber

By Cale Atkinson

In this rhyming picture book, Maxwell the monkey opens his jungle barbershop to numerous wild animals with equally wild hair: a baboon with a mass of curls, a lion with a beastly mane, and a ... Read More »

June 27, 2016 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Ferryland Visitor: A Mysterious Tale

By Charis Cotter; Gerald L. Squires (illus.)

In the early 1970s, artist Gerald Squires, his wife, Gail, and daughters, Esther and Meranda, moved into an abandoned lighthouse-keeper’s cottage in Ferryland, Newfoundland. Not long after settling in, just before Halloween, an unexpected visitor ... Read More »

May 17, 2016 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Stone Thrower

By Jael Ealey Richardson; Matt James (illus.)

As a young boy, future Canadian Football League quarterback Chuck Ealey perfected his throw by aiming stones at the trains that passed through his segregated Ohio neighbourhood. It was the 1950s and Chuck was African-American ... Read More »

May 17, 2016 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Artist and Me

By Shane Peacock; Sophie Casson (illus.)

For years there’s been a trend of picture books based on important and/or misunderstood artists: Jackson Pollock, Charlie Parker, Frida Kahlo, Pablo Picasso, and Virginia Woolf are just a few who’ve gotten the kindergarten-lit treatment. ... Read More »

May 16, 2016 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ The Night Gardener

By Eric Fan; Terry Fan

One morning, William awakens to a commotion and dashes outside. There he sees that, as if by magic, a tall tree has been shaped into a topiary owl overnight. The next morning, another tree has ... Read More »

May 9, 2016 | Filed under: Picture Books

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