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Goodnight, Sweet Pig

By Linda Bailey; Josée Masse, illus.

The rhyming tale of escalating porcine anarchy is one that has been all but perfected by American author-illustrator David McPhail in books like Pigs Aplenty, Pigs Galore!, and Pigs Ahoy! Thus it is hard not ... Read More »

January 19, 2007 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

Abby’s Birds

By Ellen Schwartz; Sima Elizabeth Shefrin, illus.

Picture book illustration can, at its finest, transport you right into the heart of a story’s emotion and momentum. How anyone can achieve that transmogrification with the lumpish medium of Plasticine is an artistic mystery. ... Read More »

January 9, 2007 | Filed under: Picture Books

Carl the Christmas Carp

By Ian Krykorka; Vladyana Krykorka, illus.

For another new Orca picture book, Ian Krykorka teams up with his mother, illustrator Vladyana Krykorka, for Carl the Christmas Carp, a reworking of what’s obviously a well-loved and oft-told family anecdote. We’re in the ... Read More »

January 8, 2007 | Filed under: Picture Books

A Sack Full of Feathers

By Debby Waldman; Cindy Revell, illus.

The stories we tell each other are a treasure that goes largely unremarked. Old stories, handed down and polished through generations, and new stories, freshly minted yesterday at Tim Hortons – these form the glue ... Read More »

January 8, 2007 | Filed under: Picture Books

Black-and-White Blanche

By Marj Toews; Dianna Bonder, illus.

Blanche Weatherspoon’s uptight family will only let the unfortunate child wear black and white, like Queen Victoria. After Felicity, a flower-seller, gives Blanche a pink dress that her family promptly throws in the trash, the ... Read More »

January 8, 2007 | Filed under: Picture Books

When-I-was-a-little-girl

By Rachna Gilmore; Renné Benoit, illus.

Family relationships are commonly the subject of the endearing picture books of Governor General’s Award-winning author Rachna Gilmore, and this book (with updated text and new illustrations) deals with the need for different generations to ... Read More »

January 8, 2007 | Filed under: Picture Books

This is Daniel Cook on a Plane

By Yvette Ghione

Children’s TV shows do not always translate well to print. Happily, the four books published under the Daniel Cook rubric have not only managed to survive the transition, they show a marked improvement upon the ... Read More »

January 8, 2007 | Filed under: Picture Books

This is Daniel Cook on a Hike

By Yvette Ghione

Children’s TV shows do not always translate well to print. Happily, the four books published under the Daniel Cook rubric have not only managed to survive the transition, they show a marked improvement upon the ... Read More »

January 8, 2007 | Filed under: Picture Books

This is Daniel Cook at the Farm

By Yvette Ghione

Children’s TV shows do not always translate well to print. Happily, the four books published under the Daniel Cook rubric have not only managed to survive the transition, they show a marked improvement upon the ... Read More »

January 8, 2007 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

This is Daniel Cook at the Fire Station

By Yvette Ghione

Children’s TV shows do not always translate well to print. Happily, the four books published under the Daniel Cook rubric have not only managed to survive the transition, they show a marked improvement upon the ... Read More »

January 8, 2007 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

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