Picture Books

Goodnight, Canada

This charming picture book transports readers across Canada, inviting sleepy young ones to bid goodnight to each province and territory. Written and illustrated by Andrea Beck, author of the popular Elliot Moose series, Goodnight, Canada ... Read More »

January 2, 2013 | Filed under: Picture Books

Saltwater Joys

By Wayne Chaulk; Dawn Baker, illus.

If you hang out with Newfoundlanders for any length of time, you’re bound to be regaled with stories and songs. It’s perhaps no surprise, then, that these two books by Newfoundland authors contain both stories ... Read More »

January 2, 2013 | Filed under: Picture Books

Jack and Mary in the Land of Thieves

By Andy Jones; Darka Erdelji, illus.

January 2, 2013 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Miss Mousie’s Blind Date

By Tim Beiser; Rachel Berman, illus.

“Spring is such a funny thing,” muses author Tim Beiser in the opening lines of this delightfully brisk ode to seasonal romance among the woodland set. Miss Mousie has stopped in at the local deli, ... Read More »

January 2, 2013 | Filed under: Picture Books

Lumpito and the Painter from Spain

By Monica Kulling; Dean Griffiths, illus.

Lump, named for the German word for “rascal,” is a beleaguered little dachshund living in Rome with his master, David, and a bullying Afghan hound referred to as “Big Dog.” One day David packs his ... Read More »

November 29, 2012 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

The Stamp Collector

By Jennifer Lanthier; François Thisdale, illus.

Jennifer Lanthier faced formidable challenges in crafting her first picture book. The journalist and author had to figure out how to tell a story about freedom of expression to a young audience; how to ensure ... Read More »

November 29, 2012 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

Kamik: An Inuit Puppy Story

By Donald Uluadluak; Qin Leng, illus.

Inhabit Media’s mandate is to promote the traditional Inuit culture of Nunavummiut (residents of Nunavut) and make it accessible to readers in the rest of the country. The publishing house, which has offices in Iqualuit ... Read More »

October 18, 2012 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony in Eight Fits

By Lewis Carroll; Oleg Lipchenko, illus.

The works of Lewis Carroll are an illustrator’s dream. In the century-and-a-half since he wrote his enduring masterpieces, artists as disparate as Arthur Rackham, Mervyn Peake, Tove Jansson, Salvador Dali, and Ralph Steadman have taken ... Read More »

October 18, 2012 | Filed under: Picture Books

W Is for Wapiti! An Alphabet Songbook

By Christiane Duchesne and Paul Kunigis; Geneviève Côté, illus.

Distinguished Montreal writer, illustrator, and translator Christiane Duchesne collaborates with Juno Award–winning musician Paul Kunigis on this delightful alphabet book with a companion CD of songs performed by Karen Young, Glen Bowser, and a skilled ... Read More »

October 18, 2012 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Oddrey

By Dave Whamond

With her shiny black pageboy haircut and daisy-shaped hair doodad, Dave Whamond’s title character bears some resemblance to Wednesday Addams (don’t all “weird girls”?). Unlike that gloomy girl, our heroine is perpetually sunny, creative, and ... Read More »

October 18, 2012 | Filed under: Picture Books

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Goodnight, Canada

Saltwater Joys

Jack and Mary in the Land of Thieves

★ Miss Mousie’s Blind Date

Lumpito and the Painter from Spain

The Stamp Collector

Kamik: An Inuit Puppy Story

The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony in Eight Fits

W Is for Wapiti! An Alphabet Songbook

★ Oddrey

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