Picture Books

Nose to Toes

By Marilyn Baillie, Marisol Sarrazin, illus.

“My body does amazing things,” begins the child narrator, listing some of the neat things hands, legs, and mouths can do. Marilyn Baillie, author of Owl’s Amazing Things Animals Do series, has created a catchy ... Read More »

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Isaac’s Dreamcatcher

By Bonnie Farmer, Anouk Pérusse-Bell

Many children’s books have been written about bad dreams and monsters, but this one is unique in offering a practical activity – making a native dreamcatcher – to help children cope with nightmares. First-time picture ... Read More »

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Red Moon Follows Truck

By Stephen Eaton Hume, Leslie Elizabeth Watts, illus.

A moon to follow, a moon to capture; red moon, golden moon; a moon making its shining path across the water into the imagination of a child. These two engaging picture books look in very ... Read More »

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Oma’s Quilt

By Paulette Bourgeois, Stéphane Jorisch, illus.

Emily’s grandma (oma) is not happy when she has to move from her home on Maple Street to a retirement home. She misses cooking, sleeping in her own bed, and seeing her neighbour. At their ... Read More »

January 30, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Best Figure Skater in the Whole Wide World

By Linda Bailey, Alan and Lea Daniel, illus.

Vancouverite Linda Bailey is an accomplished and lighthearted writer for children, best known for her Stevie Diamond detective series. She recently won the Silver Birch Award for Adventures in the Middle Ages, a title in ... Read More »

January 30, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ The Little Rooster and the Diamond Button

By Celia Barker Lottridge, Joanne Fitzgerald, illus.

When a little rooster, scratching for his supper, finds a diamond button, he’s delighted to have something special to take home to his poor old mistress. But before he can peck it up, it’s snatched ... Read More »

January 30, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Waiting for the Sun

By Alison Lohans, Marilyn Mets and Peter Ledwon, illus.

To pass the time while she waits for her new brother to be born, Mollie makes a list of important things to show him: the five wriggly tadpoles she caught, a newly laid chicken egg, ... Read More »

January 29, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

Oscar Wilde’s the Happy Prince

By Robin Muller, illus.

It is often said that Oscar Wilde wrote The Happy Prince for his children, but I have my doubts. Wilde first told the story to a group of Cambridge students and read it to his ... Read More »

January 29, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

Mama Likes to Mambo

By Helaine Becker, John Beder, illus.

Nonsense verse has a ready appeal for most young children, and ever since the publication of Dennis Lee’s Alligator Pie, Canadian poets have produced many fun rhymes for families to chant and chuckle over. Mama ... Read More »

January 29, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

★ In the Light of the Moon and Other Bedtime Stories

By Sam McBratney, Kady MacDonald Denton, illus.

For bedtime or for anytime, these gentle, whimsical tales by veteran Irish storyteller and author Sam McBratney are delightfully paired with the pictures of Kady MacDonald Denton to make a book of lasting appeal. Author ... Read More »

January 29, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

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