Picture Books

Ben’s Bunny Trouble

By Daniel Wakeman; Dirk van Stralen, illus.

Children do not consider themselves cute. Of course, adults occasionally find them so, and only the most austere grown-up is immune from the awww moment. But that moment is no time to start writing a ... Read More »

January 15, 2008 | Filed under: Picture Books

Yum! Yum!! Delicious Nursery Rhymes

By Joanne Fitzgerald

Joanne Fitzgerald illustrated the GG-winning Doctor Kiss Says Yes, and The Little Rooster and the Diamond Button, winner of a Mr. Christie’s Book Award. In Yum! Yum!!, she creates a tasty marriage of ingeniously presented ... Read More »

November 7, 2007 | Filed under: Picture Books

Mechanimals

By Chris Tougas

$&Baby chicks that help with heavy lifting and steel-wool-coated sheep that can buff metal are just two of the remarkable inventions of the enterprising and mechanically minded farmer in Chris Tougas’s funny new picture book. $& ... Read More »

November 7, 2007 | Filed under: Picture Books

Clancy with the Puck

By Chris Mizzoni

As anyone who has followed the sport knows, hockey demands of its players a certain humility. Celebrating an easy goal too ostentatiously is a no-no, as is taking too much credit for your team’s success. ... Read More »

November 7, 2007 | Filed under: Picture Books

Making Grizzle Grow

By Rachna Gilmore; Leslie Elizabeth Watts, illus.

Rachna Gilmore’s picture books tend toward sweet endings, but those involving family conflict, such as the GG winner A Screaming Kind of Day and the early My Mother Is Weird, also carry a satisfying bite. ... Read More »

November 7, 2007 | Filed under: Picture Books

Lady Ginny’s Tea Parties

By Susan Rennick Jolliffe

This whimsical book by Ottawa illustrator Susan Rennick Jolliffe is set up as the scrapbook of Lady Ginny, a very fashionable poodle who takes it upon herself to orchestrate a year’s worth of tea parties ... Read More »