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Jack and Jill

By Trad. nursery rhymes, Heather Collins, illus.

These four cheery titles are the newest in a series of nursery rhyme board books by veteran Toronto illustrator Heather Collins. Each traditional rhyme is given its own little book of sturdily bound boards, which ... Read More »

November 26, 2003 | Filed under: Picture Books

Little Miss Muffet

By Trad. nursery rhymes, Heather Collins, illus.

These four cheery titles are the newest in a series of nursery rhyme board books by veteran Toronto illustrator Heather Collins. Each traditional rhyme is given its own little book of sturdily bound boards, which ... Read More »

November 26, 2003 | Filed under: Picture Books

Pat-a-cake

By Trad. nursery rhymes, Heather Collins, illus.

These four cheery titles are the newest in a series of nursery rhyme board books by veteran Toronto illustrator Heather Collins. Each traditional rhyme is given its own little book of sturdily bound boards, which ... Read More »

November 26, 2003 | Filed under: Picture Books

Goodness Gracious, Gulliver Mulligan

By Susan Chalker Browne, Cynthia Nugent, illus.

An eye-catching yellow cover shows a tall boy sporting a faint smile, tousled hair, and a furrowed brow. He is surrounded by classmates, half his size, all fixating on his great height. Sadly, Gulliver Mulligan ... Read More »

November 26, 2003 | Filed under: Picture Books

This Is the Dog

By Sheryl McFarlane, Chrissie Wysotski, illus

A rambunctious puppy is on the loose in this tale and his beach-side neighbourhood is in for one wild day. As he races from one bad-dog scenario to another, this pup’s out-of-control antics will delight ... Read More »

November 26, 2003 | Filed under: Picture Books

Marigold’s Wings

By Vlasta van Kampen

Vlasta van Kampen’s latest picture book recounts the adventures of a monarch butterfly as she embarks on her species’ annual migration to Mexico. For all her caterpillar life, Marigold has listened with impatient longing to ... Read More »

November 25, 2003 | Filed under: Picture Books

A Grain of Sand

By P.K. Page, Vladyana L. Krykorka, illus.

“To see a World in a Grain of Sand/And a Heaven in a Wild Flower/Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand/And Eternity in an hour.” These mysterious, beautiful words of William Blake have inspired ... Read More »

November 25, 2003 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Imagine a Night

By Sarah L. Thomson, Rob Gonsalves, illus.

In a stunning debut picture book called Imagine a Night, Ontario artist Rob Gonsalves opens our eyes to his creative and highly original visions of the night. Rendered in acrylic, these exquisite paintings capture night ... Read More »

November 20, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

The Waiting Dog

By Carolyn Beck, Andrea Beck, illus.

The cover illustration for The Waiting Dog issues a tongue-in-cheek caution: “Warning!” it says, “Do you have the guts to read this book?” The joke is that the book is awash in guts – specifically, ... Read More »

November 20, 2003 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ The Greatest Goal

By Mike Leonetti, Sean Thompson, illus.

Any Canadian grown-up can tell you all you need to know about how, back in 1972, Paul Henderson scored the dramatic goal that lifted Team Canada to a win over the Soviet Union in the ... Read More »

November 12, 2003 | Filed under: Picture Books

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