Lighthouse: A Story of Remembrance

When Sarah wakes up in the middle of the night, goes to her parents’ room, and asks her father to take her to the lighthouse, we might expect some of the yelling and stomping that ... Read More »

June 14, 2006 | Filed under: Picture Books

Taming Horrible Harry

By Lili Chartrand; Susan Ouriou, trans.; Rogé, illus.

Horrible Harry is a monster whose job is to scare humans away from the forest. A single roar usually suffices – that is, until the fateful day when he tries to frighten a little girl ... Read More »

June 2, 2006 | Filed under: Picture Books

Scaredy Squirrel

By Melanie Watt

This cheerful picture book is for and about the seriously fearful. Scaredy is a squirrel who won’t leave his nut tree because of possible hazards in the unknown, such as killer bees, poison ivy, and ... Read More »

June 2, 2006 | Filed under: Picture Books

Dragon Tide

By Ingrid Lee; Soizick Meister, illus.

In her new picture book, Dragon Tide, Toronto writer and teacher Ingrid Lee taps the typical childhood experience of working hard on a sand sculpture only to see it wrecked by other people or the ... Read More »

June 2, 2006 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Roundup at the Palace

By Kathleen Cook Waldron; Alan & Lea Daniel, illus.

One week before Freedom to Read Week in 1992, the International Woodworkers of America union in B.C. demanded that the Sunshine Coast School District remove all copies of a picture book called Maxine’s Tree from ... Read More »

April 5, 2006 | Filed under: Picture Books

Who’s in Maxine’s Tree?

By Diane Carmel Leger; Darlene Gait, illus.

April 5, 2006 | Filed under: Picture Books

Wake Up, Henry Rooster!

By Margriet Ruurs; Sean Cassidy, illus.

There is a struggle – in kids’ books, as in life – between learning to appreciate yourself as you are and admitting you need to improve. Are you an ugly duckling, soon to become a ... Read More »

April 5, 2006 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Queen’s Feet

By Sarah Ellis; Dusan Petricic, illus.

Ellis plies her supple storytelling skills and whimsical imagination to delectable effect in this sly, subversive fairy tale. Her drolly entertaining story explores a phenomenon familiar to parents and caregivers: how children excuse their mischief ... Read More »

April 5, 2006 | Filed under: Picture Books

Raising a Little Stink

By Colleen Sydor; Pascale Constantin, illus.

What can you do if your friends and family all take advantage of your good nature? When a lazy lion, a lion tamer, and a mouse all run away from the circus because they’re tired ... Read More »

April 5, 2006 | Filed under: Picture Books

When You Were Small

By Sara O'Leary; Julie Morstad, illus.

Most children are enchanted by tales of their own antics when they were younger, and Henry’s no different. In a nightly ritual he asks his father to tell him about when he was small. And ... Read More »

April 5, 2006 | Filed under: Picture Books

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Lighthouse: A Story of Remembrance

Taming Horrible Harry

Scaredy Squirrel

Dragon Tide

★ Roundup at the Palace

Who’s in Maxine’s Tree?

Wake Up, Henry Rooster!

The Queen’s Feet

Raising a Little Stink

When You Were Small

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