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Picture Books

In the Country

By Don Kilby

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

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

The Penguin and the Pea

By Janet Perlman

Janet Perlman’s fairy tale penguins return in a retelling of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Princess and the Pea. Keeping Andersen’s basic storyline, Perlman, an Academy Award-nominated animation filmmaker and children’s author, adds detail to expand ... Read More »

October 13, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Over in the Meadow

By Jan Thornhill

Over in the meadow in the sand in the sun,/Lived an old mother turtle and her little turtle one.” So begins this traditional 19th-century counting rhyme, which introduces young children to 10 animal babies and ... Read More »

September 17, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books