Peek-a-Little Boo

A celebration of babies, this picture book features a different infant or toddler for each letter of the alphabet, accompanied by a four-line rhyme ending “Peek-a-little boo!” The catchy rhymes include nonsense syllables and simple ... Read More »

October 14, 2005 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Earth to Audrey

By Susan Hughes, Stéphane Poulin, illus.

"The first time I saw Audrey, I almost didn’t.” This intriguing sentence begins a story of enlightenment and finding friendship in unexpected places. One summer, bereft of his usual friends, Ray encounters a strange girl ... Read More »

October 14, 2005 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Sophie and the Sea Monster

By Don Gillmor; Michael Martchenko, illus.

Sophie worries about everything, particularly the moon falling from the sky. When her brother tells her there’s a sea monster under her bed, she’s really worried. She finally finds the courage to check, and discovers ... Read More »

October 3, 2005 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Storm Lion of Penzance

By Troon Harrison; Mark Foreman, illus.

After his father dies, Thomas moves with his mother from the rural interior of England to Cornwall’s stormy coast. There he learns to deal with the sea’s frightening power and to accept the changes that ... Read More »

August 29, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

Picturescape

By Elisa Gutiérrez

A picture book without words leaves space for the imagination, drawing readers in by soliciting their own narratives. Picturescape shows the adventures of a A schoolboy who gets drawn, literally, into the paintings he sees ... Read More »

August 29, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

Camilla Chameleon

By Colleen Sydor; Pascale Constantin, illus.

Camilla McNilly disappears every Saturday at suppertime when it’s liver and onions night in the McNilly household. Her schoolmates envy her unsurpassed hide-and-seek skills and how Camilla can read a comic book in class with ... Read More »

August 29, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

Mixed Beasts

By Kenyon Cox; Wallace Edwards, illus.

Zoologist Julius Duckworth O’Hare presents, in this delicious volume, an illustrated field guide to some of the most bizarre creatures on the globe. Here we meet fantastic beasts such as the Octopussycat, whose tentacles can ... Read More »

August 29, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

Eddie Longpants

By Mireille Levert

There’s always a breeze in a Marie-Louise Gay picture book – a zephyr, a gust, a balmy caress, or an outright gale – so that the natural world seems to jig and thrum with sheer ... Read More »

July 11, 2005 | Filed under: Picture Books

Caramba

By Marie-Louise Gay

There’s always a breeze in a Marie-Louise Gay picture book – a zephyr, a gust, a balmy caress, or an outright gale – so that the natural world seems to jig and thrum with sheer ... Read More »

July 11, 2005 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Red Sash

By Jean E. Pendziwol; Nicolas Debon, illus.

The writer and illustrator behind Dawn Watch, a picture book about a contemporary father-daughter sailboat outing on Lake Superior, are back with another adventure on the lake. This time it’s a historical one – it ... Read More »

July 11, 2005 | Filed under: Picture Books

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Peek-a-Little Boo

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Mixed Beasts

Eddie Longpants

Caramba

The Red Sash

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