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Orphans in the Sky

By Jeanne Bushey

Author Jeanne Bushey and illustrator Vladyana Krykorka, who together created The Polar Bear’s Gift, collaborate again in this retelling of an Inuit legend about the origin of thunder and lightning. Bushey, who lived for years ... Read More »

December 13, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Leon’s Song

By Stephanie Simpson McLellan, Dianna Bonder, illus.

Two fine books from Fitzhenry & Whiteside both star frogs. The title character of Gummy Toes, a grey tree frog, is watching some children play when he sees them exclaiming over a robin, then a ... Read More »

December 13, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

Not So Very Far Away

Sarah is a young girl coping with a recent move to a new city. She misses her old school, her relatives, and her very best friend, who shares her love of bird-watching. Sarah finds it ... Read More »

November 10, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Bashful Bob and Doleful Dorinda

By Margaret Atwood, Dusan Petricic, illus.

What Margaret Atwood did with the letter R in last year’s Rude Ramsay and the Roaring Radishes, she has done again with the letters B and D in this new nonsense picture book about Bashful ... Read More »

November 10, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

In the City

Part of the Wheels at Work series, Ontario children’s author and illustrator Don Kilby’s latest two titles introduce the daily activities of hardworking trucks, buses, emergency vehicles, combines, tractors, sprayers, and more. Young readers are ... Read More »

November 10, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

In the Country

Part of the Wheels at Work series, Ontario children’s author and illustrator Don Kilby’s latest two titles introduce the daily activities of hardworking trucks, buses, emergency vehicles, combines, tractors, sprayers, and more. Young readers are ... Read More »

November 10, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

A Very Unusual Dog

By Dorothy Joan Harris, Kim LaFave, illus.

Inspired by her own children when they were young, Toronto author Dorothy Joan Harris tells the story of a young boy named Jonathan and his imaginary pet, named Dog, who likes to eat toast crumbs, ... Read More »

November 10, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Read Me a Book

By Barbara Reid

Twenty years after she first wowed the picture book world with her now-signature Plasticine artwork for The New Baby Calf, Barbara Reid has another treat for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and caregivers. Read Me a Book, ... Read More »

November 10, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

Zigzag: Zoems for Zindergarten

By Loris Lesynski

Author/illustrator Loris Lesynski presents a collection of poetry specifically for the kindergarten crowd. Zigzag’s 21 rhymes cover familiar aspects of the kindergarten experience, such as “Sit on Your Bottom,” “Paintbrush,” “Paper,” and “Scissors,” but also ... Read More »

October 13, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Mom and Mum Are Getting Married

By Ken Setterington

Same-sex marriage is the most topical of topics these days, and this friendly picture book by well-known Toronto children’s author and librarian Ken Setterington makes a pleasant contribution to the growing number of books for ... Read More »

October 13, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

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