In the middle of a Canadian winter, it’s quite a pleasure to look at a picture book about a sunny summer day on the beach. Jane Barclay tells her story in the voice of a ... Read More »
January 26, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
Ready to engage in their nightly squabble over space in the bedroom they share, Tom and Lynn are distracted by a tall green cat who asks them, “What do you like the most?” They both ... Read More »
January 22, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books
“Badger lived in a cozy little house,” writes Robin Muller charmingly. When a terrible storm necessitates repairs to his humble abode, Badger doesn’t feel inclined to undertake them so he moves. He finds himself rattling ... Read More »
January 22, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
In response to an ad in the paper in the early 1900s, three children are sent to take drawing and painting classes with a “Miss M. Emily Carr.” What they find when they reach the ... Read More »
January 22, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
Cozy in bed, Tabitha imagines her toys inviting her to sleep in their habitats: the whale in the sea, the eagle in her nest, the rabbit in his burrow. Tabitha tries sleeping coiled on the ... Read More »
January 22, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
Cappuccina is a cow with a wandering eye. Watching people drive by her field on their way to town, she longs to sample freedom and seizes the chance when a storm knocks a hole in ... Read More »
January 22, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
Marie Day’s latest picture book is a comic, fable-like story about creativity, mental illness, and the healing powers of friendship. One morning Charlie, a young boy, sees a homeless man named Edward dressed in a ... Read More »
January 22, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
Kim Bellefontaine’s ABC is a better tool for teaching toddlers about Canada than for teaching the alphabet. Young readers catch glimpses of some of our cities and tourist spots. They are introduced to ice fishing, ... Read More »
January 22, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
With primary school audiences, there are few crowd-pleasers as reliable as toilet humour. Whether it’s jokes about farts or superheroes in underpants, anything along this subversive line hits the mark. In Ruth Miller’s new book, ... Read More »
January 22, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
I love to hop,/It’s hard to stop!/I’m a hop hop hoppity frog.”So goes the opening stanza of a rhyming picture book about a little frog who can’t sit still and hops all day long, leaving ... Read More »
January 22, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books
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