Picture Books

★ Time for Flowers, Time for Snow

Combining striking illustrations, a dramatic story based on ancient myth, song lyrics, and a companion CD featuring a children’s operetta, Time for Flowers, Time for Snow is a fabulous multi-sensory thrill to be enjoyed by ... Read More »

October 29, 2013 | Filed under: Picture Books

Francis the Little Fox

By Véronique Boisjoly; Katty Maurey, illus.

In an age when everything (including picture books) is being turned into an app, it is heartening to know that apps are also becoming books. Based on a French-language app, Francis the Little Fox recalls ... Read More »

September 19, 2013 | Filed under: Picture Books

Fox and Squirrel

By Ruth Ohi

Ruth Ohi’s latest picture book displays the same visual humour and comic timing that made her Chicken, Pig, Cow series so successful, but features a new cast of animals. Fox and Squirrel are best friends. ... Read More »

September 19, 2013 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Raven and the Loon

By Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley; Kim Smith, illus.

In The Raven and the Loon, acclaimed Inuit author Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley and her husband, Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley, draw on their knowledge of the culture to retell the traditional folktale of how the titular birds, originally sporting ... Read More »

September 19, 2013 | Filed under: Picture Books

Hocus Pocus Takes the Train

By Sylvie Desrosiers; Rémy Simard, illus.

Magician’s rabbit Hocus Pocus is back in a new comic-book adventure by celebrated French-Canadian creators Sylvie Desrosiers and Rémy Simard. Though it is a sequel to 2011’s Hocus Pocus, young readers do not need to ... Read More »

August 21, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

Never Let You Go

By Patricia Storms

Patricia Storms is no stranger to penguins. The Toronto author and illustrator had success with her 2009 book, The Pirate and the Penguin, which featured a squat version of the flightless bird as foil to ... Read More »

August 21, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

★ Once Upon a Balloon

By Bree Galbraith; Isabelle Malenfant, illus.

In Vancouver graphic designer Bree Galbraith’s debut picture book, young Theo’s tale begins with a common childhood heartbreak: a balloon slipping from his grasp and floating away. After watching the balloon disappear into the distance, ... Read More »

August 21, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

Is This Panama? A Migration Story

By Jan Thornhill; Soyeon Kim, illus.

Children need nature. This notion was urgently reasserted almost a decade ago by Richard Louv in his study Last Child in the Woods, in which he coined the term “nature deficit disorder,” positing that modern ... Read More »

August 1, 2013 | Filed under: Picture Books

Nala’s Magical Mitsiaq: A Story of Inuit Adoption

By Jennifer Noah; Qin Leng, illus.

Telling the story of one family’s experience of Inuit custom adoption, Nala’s Magical Mitsiaq is the first title in the Community imprint from Inhabit Media, which involves members of the Nunavummiut community in the conception ... Read More »

August 1, 2013 | Filed under: Picture Books

Whimsy’s Heavy Things

By Julie Kraulis

Much has been written lately about how to talk to young children about the tragic or scary events they are inevitably exposed to in the news or through their friends. Whimsy’s Heavy Things is a ... Read More »

August 1, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

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