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Ben’s Big Dig

By Daniel Wakeman; Dirk van Stralen, illus.

You create a world. I’ll come visit. This is the tacit but essential bargain struck between reader and writer. In picture books this agreement is a group negotiation as reader and writer are joined by ... Read More »

November 21, 2005 | Filed under: Picture Books

Crocodiles Say

By Robert Heidbreder; Rae Maté, illus.

You create a world. I’ll come visit. This is the tacit but essential bargain struck between reader and writer. In picture books this agreement is a group negotiation as reader and writer are joined by ... Read More »

November 21, 2005 | Filed under: Picture Books

Rainbows in the Dark

By Jan Coates; Alice Priestley, illus.

In Rainbows in the Dark, a picture book by Wolfville, Nova Scotia, author Jan Coates, a young girl helps a blind musician find the perfect outfit for a concert, making new friends with both the ... Read More »

November 21, 2005 | Filed under: Picture Books

Puppies on Board

By Sarah Harvey; Rose Cowles, illus.

When 11 puppies are born on board the Brady Lee, Mollie’s family boat, she finds each puppy uniquely charming, though her mother says one dog is enough. Mollie names the whole litter after characters in ... Read More »

November 21, 2005 | Filed under: Picture Books

Bright Red Kisses

By Teresa Toten; Deirdre Betteridge, illus.

Teresa Toten’s first picture book, Bright Red Kisses, takes an ordinary occurrence in a young child’s life – mom going out for the evening – and turns it into something extraordinary and magical.A little girl ... Read More »

November 21, 2005 | Filed under: Picture Books

One Splendid Tree

By Marilyn Helmer; Dianne Eastman, illus.

Nostalgia has a bad reputation in this uber-ironic era of ours. And no wonder: some Internet sleuthing quickly shows that contemporary nostalgia clings, sticky as plaque on teeth, to objects. There are brisk sales of ... Read More »

October 14, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

Aunt Olga’s Christmas Postcards

By Kevin Major; Bruce Roberts, illus.

Nostalgia has a bad reputation in this uber-ironic era of ours. And no wonder: some Internet sleuthing quickly shows that contemporary nostalgia clings, sticky as plaque on teeth, to objects. There are brisk sales of ... Read More »

October 14, 2005 | Filed under: Picture Books

Gretsky’s Game

By Mike Leonetti; Greg Banning, illus.

For all their abundance, there are roughly two types of hockey-themed kids’ books: those that are steeped in the game – its culture, myths, players, traditions – and those that merely use hockey as a ... Read More »

October 14, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

Where’s My Hockey Sweater?

By Gilles Tibo; Bruno St. Aubin, illus.; Petra Johansson, trans.

For all their abundance, there are roughly two types of hockey-themed kids’ books: those that are steeped in the game – its culture, myths, players, traditions – and those that merely use hockey as a ... Read More »

October 14, 2005 | Filed under: Picture Books

Frosty Is a Stupid Name

By Troy Wilson; Dean Griffiths, illus.

This meandering winter’s tale begins with the challenge of naming a snowman. Jenny rejects Frosty as “a stupid name” and then, after dismissing a host of others as too long, too short, too hot, or ... Read More »

October 14, 2005 | Filed under: Picture Books

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