Coyote’s New Suit

Coyote’s back and, happily, he’s caught up in another bad idea. This time, spurred on by Raven, he sets his covetous eye on his woodland neighbours’ wardrobes. In no time at all, Coyote is blithely ... Read More »

September 17, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Dawn Watch

By Jean E. Pendziwol, Nicolas Debon

TThis nautical adventure takes place at the proverbial darkest hour – just before dawn – while a young girl is helping her father keep watch as they sail across Lake Superior at night. Looking out ... Read More »

September 10, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Doggie in the Window

By Elaine Arsenault, Fanny, illus.

Making a costume and dressing up can be lots of fun for a young child. In this charming picture book by new Montreal author Elaine Arsenault, however, it’s a young dog who makes the costumes ... Read More »

September 10, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Jabberwocky

By Stephane Jorisch

Picture books are an illustrators’medium, and their artwork plays the greatest part in their success or failure. A weak or mismatched text, however, can topple the work of even the most accomplished illustrators. Wallace Edwards ... Read More »

September 10, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Monkey Business

By Wallace Edwards

Picture books are an illustrators’ medium, and their artwork plays the greatest part in their success or failure. A weak or mismatched text, however, can topple the work of even the most accomplished illustrators. Wallace ... Read More »

September 10, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

★ Beneath the Bridge

By Hazel Hutchins, Ruth Ohi, illus.

In a forest glen, a young boy launches a small paper boat, then watches with excitement and worry as it makes its river journey out into the world, in Hazel Hutchins’ new picture book Beneath ... Read More »

August 16, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Making Room

By Joanne Taylor, Peter Rankin, illus.

Somewhere in 19th-century Cape Breton, a young John William Smith clears land for a one-room house, his few animals, and a couple of apple trees. For a while, he’s contented, but eventually he goes looking ... Read More »

August 9, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

This Is Me and Where I Am

By Joanne Fitzgerald

One of childhood’s most mercurial big ideas is that the world is physically greater and experientially richer than what we see and know. In her first solo book, Governor General’s Award-winning illustrator Joanne Fitzgerald simplifies ... Read More »

August 9, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Drumheller Dinosaur Dance

By Robert Heidbreder, Bill Slavin and Esperanca Melo, illus.

Fans of boisterous bedtimes will get a high kick out of this fun, fantastical take on Drumheller’s dinosaurs. Thanks to Robert Heidbreder, winner of a Prime Minister’s Award for Teaching Excellence and author of poetry ... Read More »

August 9, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

Our Canadian Flag

By Maxine Trottier, Brian Deines, illus.

Two interesting facts for young Canadian patriots: we didn't get our own flag until 1965; and "O Canada" wasn't adopted as our official national anthem until 1980, when Parliament passed the National Anthem Act. Maxine ... Read More »

May 12, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

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