Maria Chapdelaine

It is a Herculean task to transform a novel into a picture book, especially when it’s a Canadian classic. Tundra has attempted it with Maria Chapdelaine, beautifully illustrated by Rajka Kupesic, but the result calls ... Read More »

September 17, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

What Will We Do With the Baby-O?

By Theo Heras, Jennifer Herbert, illus.

Toronto children’s librarian Theo Heras has compiled a lovely selection of 10 rhymes and songs for very young children. Most of the rhymes are traditional and can be sung; sheet music is provided at the ... Read More »

September 17, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

For Sure! For Sure!

By Hans Christian Andersen, Stefan Czernecki, illus.

How does one loose feather become five dead chickens? Denmark’s most famous storyteller answers that question with a story of henhouse gossip run amuck. A silly remark by a respectable hen is overheard and passed ... Read More »

September 17, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Pocket Rocks

By Sheree Fitch, Helen Flook, illus.

A sensitive child, Ian Goobie finds printing and other classroom concepts enormously challenging. One day he finds a rock in the schoolyard that, once in his hand, transports him to another world, calming his anxiety. ... Read More »

September 17, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Coyote’s New Suit

By Thomas King, Johnny Wales, illus.

Coyote’s back and, happily, he’s caught up in another bad idea. This time, spurred on by Raven, he sets his covetous eye on his woodland neighbours’ wardrobes. In no time at all, Coyote is blithely ... Read More »

September 17, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Dawn Watch

By Jean E. Pendziwol, Nicolas Debon

TThis nautical adventure takes place at the proverbial darkest hour – just before dawn – while a young girl is helping her father keep watch as they sail across Lake Superior at night. Looking out ... Read More »

September 10, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Doggie in the Window

By Elaine Arsenault, Fanny, illus.

Making a costume and dressing up can be lots of fun for a young child. In this charming picture book by new Montreal author Elaine Arsenault, however, it’s a young dog who makes the costumes ... Read More »

September 10, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Jabberwocky

By Stephane Jorisch

Picture books are an illustrators’medium, and their artwork plays the greatest part in their success or failure. A weak or mismatched text, however, can topple the work of even the most accomplished illustrators. Wallace Edwards ... Read More »

September 10, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Monkey Business

By Wallace Edwards

Picture books are an illustrators’ medium, and their artwork plays the greatest part in their success or failure. A weak or mismatched text, however, can topple the work of even the most accomplished illustrators. Wallace ... Read More »

September 10, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

The Mob: The Crow Chronicles, Book One

By Clem Martini

At the reunion of the six great clans of the Crow Family Kinaar, Kalum, their official historian and storyteller, chronicles recent tragic events. In true bardic style, Kalum leads his fellow crows through the story ... Read More »

September 10, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

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Quill and Quire

Maria Chapdelaine

What Will We Do With the Baby-O?

For Sure! For Sure!

Pocket Rocks

Coyote’s New Suit

Dawn Watch

Doggie in the Window

Jabberwocky

Monkey Business

The Mob: The Crow Chronicles, Book One

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