Picture Books

★ Africville

In Africville, a child visits the annual Africville Reunion/Festival and her imagination transports her back to a time before the historic Black community was razed by the city of Halifax in the name of “urban ... Read More »

October 25, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

Flow Spin Grow: Looking for Patterns in Nature

By Patchen Barss; Todd Stewart (ill.)

Journalist, science writer, and television producer Patchen Barss has written two books. The first, The Erotic Engine, was about how sex and pornography have driven the development of technologies from Gutenberg to the present day. ... Read More »

October 22, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

Sir Simon, Super Scarer

By Cale Atkinson

The incorporeal nature of the ghost has long held a place of fearful wonder in the minds of both adults and children. The darkness that phantoms inhabit and the unknown terrains they roam can trigger ... Read More »

October 11, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

My First Book of Canadian Birds

By Andrea Miller; Angela Doak (ill.)

Nurtured in childhood, an emergent fascination with birds, animals, and the natural world can last a lifetime. Three new informational picture books foster outdoor curiosity and encourage close inspection for budding birders and naturalists. My ... Read More »

October 4, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

Birds from Head to Tail

By Kwanchai Moriya (ill.); Stacey Roderick

October 4, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

Robert Bateman: The Boy Who Painted Nature

By Margriet Ruurs; Robert Bateman

October 4, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

Threads

By Torill Kove

Separation is the first anxiety most of us experience; infants feel it even when their parent is in the same room. Whether it be the first day of school, a breakup, or even a death, ... Read More »

September 5, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

I’m Glad That You’re Happy

By Nahid Kazemi

Separation is the first anxiety most of us experience; infants feel it even when their parent is in the same room. Whether it be the first day of school, a breakup, or even a death, ... Read More »

September 5, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

Sleep, Sheep!

By Guillaume Perreault (ill.); Kerry Lyn Sparrow

Duncan is a master of endless delays, at least when it comes to sleeping. While he relishes the routine leading up to bedtime – the snacks, the taste of bubble-gum toothpaste – sleeping itself is ... Read More »

September 5, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

Go Show the World

By Joe Morse (ill.); Wab Kinew

Wab Kinew – a high-profile politician, honourary witness for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and hip-hop musician – has turned his attention to picture books with Go Show the World, which is built around the ... Read More »

September 5, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

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