Picture Books

My Book of Birds

The illustrations are the star of this oversized hardcover that operates as a scrapbook for beginning bird lovers. Author and illustrator Geraldo Valério uses collage to construct the vibrant and beautiful images of North American ... Read More »

April 25, 2016 | Filed under: Picture Books

Half-Truths and Brazen Lies: An Honest Look at Lying

By Kira Vermond; Clayton Hanmer (illus.)

No one likes to be called a liar, but the truth is, everybody is guilty of telling a fib once in a while. Some of us do it a lot. One study revealed that six ... Read More »

April 18, 2016 | Filed under: Picture Books

Happy Birthday, Alice Babette

By Monica Kulling; Qin Leng (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 »

April 18, 2016 | Filed under: Picture Books

Maya

By Mahak Jain; Elly MacKay (illus.)

It takes considerable talent for an illustrator to do justice to the peacock, to come even close to matching nature in rendering its most exquisite bird. With their textured and evocative illustrations in Malaika’s Costume ... Read More »

March 18, 2016 | Filed under: Picture Books

Malaika’s Costume

By Nadia L. Hohn; Irene Luxbacher (illus.)

March 16, 2016 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Harry and Walter

By Kathy Stinson; Qin Leng (illus.)

Next-door neighbours Harry and Walter are best friends. Harry is four and three-quarters and Walter is 92 and a half. Despite the generation gap, the “boys” do everything together, from making paper airplanes to building ... Read More »

March 16, 2016 | Filed under: Picture Books

Mom, Dad, Our Books, and Me

By Danielle Marcotte; Josée Bisaillon (illus.); Karen Li (trans.)

Budding bibliophiles will find much to enjoy in two new picture books that celebrate the joys of reading. These love songs to literacy each have their own stylish flair, from a bubbly let’s-get-this-party-started jig to ... Read More »

February 29, 2016 | Filed under: Picture Books

A Big Surprise for Little Card

By Charise Mericle Harper; Anna Raff (illus.)

February 29, 2016 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ The White Cat and the Monk

By Jo Ellen Bogart; Sydney Smith (illus.)

If ever there was a book that could calm a child and draw her into meditative contemplation (perhaps right before bed?), The White Cat and the Monk is it. Guelph, Ontario–based author Jo Ellen Bogart ... Read More »

February 8, 2016 | Filed under: Picture Books

Spare Dog Parts

By Alison Hughes; Ashley Spires (illus.)

Dogs and picture books might be the most ideal pairing of subject and artistic form. Even film cannot fully capture the twitch of an eyebrow, the slow thump of a tail that crescendos to pure ... Read More »

January 25, 2016 | Filed under: Picture Books

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