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Ankylosaur Attack

By Daniel Loxton; Daniel Loxton and Jim W.W. Smith, illus.

Dinosaur books usually default to the tooth-and-claw scenario we’ve been visualizing for these terrible lizards for over a century. Dinosaur-on-dinosaur violence underpinned the very first stop-motion films made about them and, even today, no dino ... Read More »

November 15, 2011 | Filed under: Picture Books

Juba This, Juba That

By Helaine Becker, Ron Lightburn, illus.

Toronto author Helaine Becker draws on catchy Nigerian “juba” rhythms for her latest picture book. The varied rhymes and hand-clapping games were brought to North America by West African slaves, who transformed them into work ... Read More »

November 15, 2011 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Dogs Don’t Eat Jam and Other Things Big Kids Know

By Sarah Tsiang; Qin Leng, illus.

Author Sarah Tsiang and illustrator Qin Leng return with a charming picture book every bit as delightful as their well-received 2010 release, A Flock of Shoes. Their new work is a nostalgic reflection on growing ... Read More »

November 15, 2011 | Filed under: Picture Books

Wandering Wenda and Widow Wallop’s Wunderground Washery

By Margaret Atwood; DuŠan Petricic, illus.

Whenever new work appears from Margaret Atwood, we wonder what award it will win. Wandering Wenda, her newest book for children, wanders the well-worn pathway winding through her other tales for wee ones, which are ... Read More »

November 15, 2011 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Picture a Tree

By Barbara Reid

Virtuoso Plasticine artist Barbara Reid has created another extraordinary book to delight readers of every age. The variety of shapes and textures she creates by pressing the brightly coloured clay onto her illustration board and ... Read More »

November 15, 2011 | Filed under: Picture Books

Grandpa’s Girls

By Nicola I. Campbell; Kim LaFave, illus.

Grandpa’s Girls follows a group of four cheerful Interior Salish cousins let loose on their grandfather’s sprawling B.C. farm. The book is not a traditional narrative so much as a play-by-play of a random, rambling ... Read More »

October 19, 2011 | Filed under: Picture Books

Pierre in the Air

Author, illustrator, and former toy designer Andrea Beck returns with a third tale about pampered poodle Pierre and his imaginary daredevil alter ego, Pierre Le Poof. Champion show-poodle Pierre visits Paris for an important competition, ... Read More »

October 19, 2011 | Filed under: Picture Books

Wazzyjump

By Michael Moniz

Wazzyjump the rabbit is rumoured to have magical powers, though none of the other animals know what they are. Lion commands the other creatures to find the rabbit and compel him to give up his ... Read More »

September 14, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

Room Enough for Daisy

By Debby Waldman and Rita Feutl; Cindy Revell, illus.

Celebrated children’s picture book team Debby Waldman and Cindy Revell have once again joined forces on a story inspired by Jewish folklore, co-authored this time by Edmonton children’s author Rita Feutl. In this updated interpretation ... Read More »

September 14, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

The Mouse Who Saved Egypt

By Karim Alrawi; Bee Willey, illus.

In his second work for children – following the successful 2000 picture book The Girl Who Lost Her Smile – Vancouver’s Karim Alrawi plucks a story from the rich history of his native Egypt and ... Read More »

September 14, 2011 | Filed under: Picture Books

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