Franklin’s Big Search-and-Solve Flap Book

By Sean Jeffrey, Jelena Sisic and Shelley Southern, illus.

This oversized board book is a fresh entry in the wide-ranging Kids Can series based on the characters created by Paulette Bourgeois and Brenda Clark. Franklin the detective and his friend Bear are on the ... Read More »

March 21, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

A Treasure at Sea for Dragon and Me: Water Safety for Kids (and Dragons)

By Jean E. Pendziwol, Martine Gourbault, illus.

It’s been six years since Dragon first appeared in Jean E. Pendziwol’s fire safety picture book, No Dragons for Tea. The book quickly became a favourite of parents, teachers, and librarians looking for a fun, ... Read More »

March 21, 2005 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Boy Who Loved Bananas

By George Elliott, Andrej Krystoforski. illus.

If there is a moral at the heart of George Elliott’s first children’s book, it’s that monkeys are fun and that doing some things to excess out of sheer enthusiasm is not all that bad ... Read More »

March 21, 2005 | Filed under: Picture Books

Bigbeard’s Hook

By Evan Solomon, Bill Slavin, illus.

Shiver me timbers! Evan Solomon, wunderkind co-founder of the now-defunct Shift magazine, hip television host, journalist, and novelist, is now also a children’s writer. Bigbeard’s Hook is the first in a picture book series called ... Read More »

March 21, 2005 | Filed under: Picture Books

Bearcub and Mama

By Sharon Jennings, Melanie Watt, illus.

Bearcub and Mama is the tender story of a young bearcub who follows his mother wherever she goes, learning how to catch fish, dig for grubs, climb trees, and find honey. As he grows he ... Read More »

March 14, 2005 | Filed under: Picture Books

Imagine a Day

By Sarah L. Thomson, Rob Gonsalves, illus.

Imagine a Day is the second in a series of picture books featuring the trompe l’oeil paintings of Ontario architect Rob Gonsalves and the vaguely poetical phrases of Maine writer Sarah L. Thomson. The paintings ... Read More »

March 14, 2005 | Filed under: Picture Books

Wanda and the Wild Hair

By Barbara Azore, Georgia Graham, illus.

Wanda seems to be the only one who loves her wild hair – so wild it serves as a sun visor in the summer and a snowflake catcher in winter. Despite complaints from her parents ... Read More »

March 14, 2005 | Filed under: Picture Books

By a Thread

By Ned Dickens, Graham Ross, illus.

A bursting toy box is the starting point for this fantasy adventure; when mother hears the eruption and checks out the room, her only comment is to wonder bluntly where the floor is. In this ... Read More »

March 14, 2005 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ The Baseball Card

By Jack Siemiatycki and Avi Slodovnick, Laura Watson, illus.

Authors Jack Siemiatycki and Avi Slodovnick follow the success of their previous book, The Hockey Card, with a new title in the same tradition of tall tales and sport legends. The Baseball Card begins when ... Read More »

March 14, 2005 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Ghost Horse of Meadow Green

By Anne Louise MacDonald

Poor Kim, who’s crazy about horses, has little going for her. At school, her classmates tease her about her haunted house and the crazy man – possibly her own great-grandfather – who killed himself there ... Read More »

January 21, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

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Franklin’s Big Search-and-Solve Flap Book

A Treasure at Sea for Dragon and Me: Water Safety for Kids (and Dragons)

The Boy Who Loved Bananas

Bigbeard’s Hook

Bearcub and Mama

Imagine a Day

Wanda and the Wild Hair

By a Thread

★ The Baseball Card

The Ghost Horse of Meadow Green

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