Every year, the Ontario Library Association selects a fistful of books to nominate for their Forest of Reading awards. Each award is aimed at an age range, and schools across the province have their kids read some of them and vote on their favourite. Last year, I read the Silver Birch titles. This … [Read more...]
Puppy Love
My girl, she is a dog person. I'm not sure where it came from, but she loves her some puppies, and these goodies will be right up here alley - and that of any dog-loving kid you know. What Puppies Do BestLaura NumeroffChronicle Books978 0 8118 6601 9Those of you who know the other books in this … [Read more...]
Scholastic Decoder: December Edition
Holiday and winter books are out in full force because hey, it's that season! ElfA Porcupine in a Pine Tree - this Candian twist on the Twelve Days of Christmas is actually not stunning literature, but is just. so. Canadian. It makes me laugh, and makes for a great gift. Jillian Jiggs Library - … [Read more...]
There Is No Dog.
Ever wonder who really runs this place? There Is No Dogby Meg RosoffDoubleday CanadaISBN: 978 0 385 66829 3What if the world is really this weird because it was created by a self-involved, disinterested teenager who went about it half-heartedly in the first place? This is the premise of Meg Rosoff's … [Read more...]
Dream Big On Your Birthday
My birthday was last week, so I finally read this picture book - and loved it! The Best Birthday Party Ever! Jennifer LaRue HugetSchwartz & WadeISBN: 978 0 375 84763 9I'll be honest - sometimes, even us librarians judge a book by its cover. I looked at this book about a birthday party and … [Read more...]
Fairy Tales Times Two
These two collections of fairy tales are quite different - which is good, since you may not all have the same taste! Michael Hague's Treasured Classicstold & illustrated by Michael HagueChronicle BooksISBN: 978 0 8118 4904 3Michael Hague has been illustrating classics for kids for ages, now, and … [Read more...]
Wee People Need Books, Too.
A few sweet new board books should take care of any new-book needs you may have after reading that old favourite yet again! Rokko BitsyPaola OpalSimply Read BooksMany of you will recognize the style of Paola Opal's books at once from the popular Saffy (the giraffe), Ollie (the elephant), and … [Read more...]
Vintage Mayhem
Jack Gantos has been writing funny books about boys and the crazy things they get up to for some time now - his Joey Pigza series about a boy with ADHD being his best-known work. He's also written before about his own life, in an autobiographical look at the end of his own youth, which he spent in … [Read more...]
All the Friendly Animals
Each of these two books stars animals' friendships and kindnesses - as well as gorgeous illustrations. Monkey's FriendsRuth BrownAndersen PressISBN: 978 1 84939 094 1As monkey swings through the trees and scampers over ground, he runs into a host of other animals he knows - but can you guess who … [Read more...]
The Wheels on the Bus
... and trucks, and cars, and ... well, every kind of wheeled vehicle you can think of in these three fun new books for the truck-mad child in your life. Everything Goes on LandBrain BiggsBalzer + BrayISBN: 978 0 06 195809 0This large-format book is drawn in a bold, colourful cartoony style, and … [Read more...]
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