★ Whoosh! A Watery World of Wonderful Creatures

In this delightful picture book, celebrated author Marilyn Baillie adroitly combines children’s love of playing in water with their fascination for learning about animals. Baillie, the former editor of chickaDEE magazine, once taught science at ... Read More »

March 19, 2014 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Most Magnificent Thing

By Ashley Spires

Having retired her much-loved Binky the Space Cat series, Saskatoon author-illustrator Ashley Spires turns her attention to a girl and her dog in her latest picture book. The inseparable pair plays, eats, explores, and relaxes ... Read More »

March 12, 2014 | Filed under: Picture Books

Letter Lunch

By Elisa Gutiérrez

In Letter Lunch, Vancouver illustrator and graphic designer Elisa Gutiérrez uses collage and comics-style panels to tell the simple story of a boy and girl attempting to assemble the ingredients for a meal. It quickly ... Read More »

March 12, 2014 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Here Comes Destructosaurus!

By Aaron Reynolds; Jeremy Tankard, illus.

Life with a preschool-aged boy in the house is always eventful. Little guys have a well-earned reputation for not always being the best behaved members of the family, and it can sometimes feel like living ... Read More »

March 7, 2014 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Boy and the Whale

By Michael Moniz

Michael Moniz follows up his lively picture-book debut, 2011’s Wazzyjump, with the story of a small boy who lives on a tiny island in the middle of the sea. The boy sets out in his ... Read More »

February 18, 2014 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Starring Me and You

By Geneviève Côté

Piggy and Bunny, the charming chums from Geneviève Côté’s Me and You and Without You (winner of the 2012 Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award), take to the stage in the latest instalment of the series. ... Read More »

February 18, 2014 | Filed under: Picture Books

Lasso the Wind: Aurélia’s Verses and Other Poems

By George Elliott Clarke; Susan Tooke; illus.

Lauded Governor General’s Literary Award winning poet and playwright George Elliott Clarke sets the tone for his first collection of verse for young readers with its opening lines: “Can you burn down the sun? / ... Read More »

February 18, 2014 | Filed under: Picture Books

Francis the Little Fox

In an age when everything (including picture books) is being turned into an app, it is heartening to know that apps are also becoming books. Based on a French-language app, Francis the Little Fox recalls ... Read More »

November 20, 2013 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ The Man with the Violin

By Kathy Stinson; Dusan Petricic, illus.

One January morning in 2007, renowned classical violinist Joshua Bell played his multimillion-dollar violin incognito in a Washington subway station during rush hour. The results of the experiment, conducted by The Washington Post, were startling. ... Read More »

November 20, 2013 | Filed under: Picture Books

Anna Carries Water

By Olive Senior; Laura James, illus.

Anna lives with her family in the beautiful Jamaican countryside. Every evening she and her siblings walk to the spring, where they fill their containers with water for cooking, drinking, and washing. They always walk ... Read More »

November 13, 2013 | Filed under: Picture Books

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★ Whoosh! A Watery World of Wonderful Creatures

The Most Magnificent Thing

Letter Lunch

★ Here Comes Destructosaurus!

The Boy and the Whale

★ Starring Me and You

Lasso the Wind: Aurélia’s Verses and Other Poems

Francis the Little Fox

★ The Man with the Violin

Anna Carries Water

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