★ Butterfly Park

Owen Sound, Ontario, artist and author Elly MacKay caught our eye with her debut picture book, If You Hold a Seed (Running Press Kids/PGC) in 2013. Since then, MacKay has kept busy, releasing her second ... Read More »

May 5, 2015 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ Outstanding in the Rain: A Whole Story With Holes

By Frank Viva

Every actor, the cliché goes, wants to direct. And if an actor becomes famous and powerful enough, chances are that desire will be fulfilled – whether or not talent in front of the camera translates ... Read More »

April 30, 2015 | Filed under: Picture Books

Drive: A Look at Roadside Opposites

By Kellen Hatanaka

April 29, 2015 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Pirate’s Bed

By Nicola Winstanley; Matt James (illus.)

Humber College writing instructor Nicola Winstanley follows up her lauded debut picture book, Cinnamon Baby (Kids Can Press, 2011), with a tale that includes several pirate tropes: squawking parrots, chattering monkeys, briny sea air, and ... Read More »

April 15, 2015 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Candy Conspiracy: A Tale of Sweet Victory

By Carrie Snyder; Claudia Dávila (illus.)

Candyville is a child’s dream come true, complete with lollipop trees, a root beer river, and sugary confections as far as the eye can see. The reigning monarch, the Juicy Jelly Worm, lives in a ... Read More »

April 15, 2015 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Red Bicycle: The Extraordinary Story of One Ordinary Bicycle

By Jude Isabella; Simone Shin (illus.)

Inspired by the work of organizations that send donated bicycles to countries around the world, two new picture books explore the life-changing gift of mobility. In a Cloud of Dust offers a glimpse into the ... Read More »

March 26, 2015 | Filed under: Picture Books

In a Cloud of Dust

By Alma Fullerton; Brian Deines (illus.)

March 26, 2015 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Sidewalk Flowers

By JonArno Lawson; Sydney Smith (illus.)

Kids have such a special view of the world, often finding beauty in things that busy, distracted adults fail to notice. This is the premise of Sidewalk Flowers, a lovely wordless picture book imagined by ... Read More »

March 3, 2015 | Filed under: Picture Books

Bad Pirate

By Kari-Lynn Winters; Dean Griffiths (illus.)

Captain Barnacle Garrick is a good pirate: he’s saucy, bold, and selfish. So is his scurvy-ridden crew. His daughter, Augusta, however, is good natured and helpful, and thus a terrible pirate. When she offers to ... Read More »

March 3, 2015 | Filed under: Picture Books

Me, Too!

By Annika Dunklee; Lori Joy Smith (illus.)

Best friends Annie and Lillemor have many things in common: they are both seven years old, are particularly fond of pink and purple, and are bilingual (Lillemor knows Swedish, and Annie is uniquely fluent in ... Read More »

March 3, 2015 | Filed under: Picture Books

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★ Butterfly Park

★ Outstanding in the Rain: A Whole Story With Holes

Drive: A Look at Roadside Opposites

The Pirate’s Bed

The Candy Conspiracy: A Tale of Sweet Victory

The Red Bicycle: The Extraordinary Story of One Ordinary Bicycle

In a Cloud of Dust

★ Sidewalk Flowers

Bad Pirate

Me, Too!

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