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They say blue
By Jillian Tamaki. 2018
A young girl describes where she finds colours in both the world around her and beyond what she can see.…
Winner of the 2018 Governor General’s Award for Young People's Literature – Illustrated Books. Grades K-3. 2018.Mr. Crum's potato predicament
By Anne Renaud, Felicita Sala. 2017
When a fussy patron sends his order of potatoes back twice, chef George Crum decides to have some fun. Based…
on the true story of the potato chip. Grades K-3. Winner of the 2018 QWF Prize for Children’s Literature. 2017.Stolen words
By Gabrielle Grimard, Melanie Florence. 2017
Explores the intergenerational impact of Canada's residential school system that separated Indigenous children from their families. The story recognizes the…
pain of those whose culture and language were taken from them, how that pain is passed down and shared through generations, and how healing can also be shared. "Stolen Words" captures the beautiful, healing relationship between a little girl and her grandfather. When she asks him how to say something in his language - Cree - her grandpa admits that his words were stolen from him when he was a boy. The little girl then sets out to help her grandfather regain his language. Grades K-3 and older readers. 2017.Town is by the sea
By Sydney Smith, Joanne Schwartz. 2017
Throughout his day, a young boy thinks of his father who is working in the coal mine that is located…
underneath the ocean. Winner of the 2018 Lillian Shepherd Award for Excellence in Illustration. Winner of the 2018 TD Canadian Children's Literature Award. Grades K-3. 2017.When we were alone
By David Robertson, Julie Flett. 2016
When a young girl helps tend to her grandmother's garden, she begins to notice things that make her curious. Why…
does her grandmother have long, braided hair and beautifully coloured clothing? Why does she speak another language and spend so much time with her family? As she asks her grandmother about these things, she is told about life in a residential school a long time ago, where all of these things were taken away. Winner of the 2017 McNally Robinson Books for Young People Awards (younger). Grades K-3 and older readers. 2016.My heart fills with happiness
By Monique Gray Smith, Julie Flett. 2016
The sun on your face. The smell of warm bannock baking in the oven. Holding the hand of someone you…
love. What fills your heart with happiness? This beautiful board book, with illustrations from celebrated artist Julie Flett, serves as a reminder for little ones and adults alike to reflect on and cherish the moments in life that bring us joy. Winner of the 2017 Christie Harris Illustrated Children’s Literature Prize. Grades K-3. 2016.Tokyo digs a garden
By Jon-Erik Lappano, Kellen Hatanaka. 2016
Tokyo lives in a small house between giant buildings with his family and his cat, Kevin. For years, highways and…
skyscrapers have been built up around the family’s house where once there were hills and trees. Will they ever experience the natural world again? One day, an old woman offers Tokyo seeds, telling him they will grow into whatever he wishes. Grades K-3. Winner of the 2016 Governor General’s Award for Young People's Literature – Illustrated Books. 2016.The Night Gardener
By Terry Fan, Eric Fan. 2016
Everyone on Grimloch Lane enjoys the trees and shrubs clipped into animal masterpieces after dark by the Night Gardener, but…
William, a lonely boy, spots the artist, follows him, and helps with his special work. Grades K-3. Winner of the 2017 Blue Spruce Award. 2016.Super Red Riding Hood
By Claudia Dávila. 2014
When her mother sends her on a "mission" that takes her into the deep, dark woods, Ruby puts on her…
red cloak and becomes Super Red Riding Hood, a superhero who is scared of nothing--except coming face-to-face with a big, bad wolf. Grades K-3. Winner of the 2016 Blue Spruce Honour Book Award. 2014.Stanley at school
By Linda Bailey, Bill Slavin. 2015
Stanley the dog is curious about what kids do in school all day, so he and his friends decide to…
investigate. Grades K-3. Winner of the 2017 Blue Spruce Honour Book Award. 2015.Morris Micklewhite and the tangerine dress
By Isabelle Malenfant, Christine Baldacchino. 2014
Morris is a little boy who loves using his imagination. He dreams about having space adventures, paints beautiful pictures and…
sings the loudest during circle time. But most of all, Morris loves his classroom’s dress-up center — he loves wearing the tangerine dress. But the children in Morris’s class don’t understand. Dresses, they say, are for girls. And Morris certainly isn’t welcome in the spaceship some of his classmates are building. One day when Morris feels all alone, and sick from the taunts of his classmates, his mother lets him stay home from school. Inspired by a dream of a fantastic space adventure, Morris paints the incredible scene he saw. He builds his own spaceship, hangs his painting on the front of it and takes two of his classmates on an outer space adventure. Grades 2-4. 2014.If kids ruled the world
By Linda Bailey, David Huyck. 2014
If kids ruled the world, every day would be your birthday and birthday cake would be good for you. You…
could go to any kind of school you like, there'd be no such thing as bedtime, you could wear what you like, have any kind of pet that you like, and best of all, no one would ever be too old to play. Grades K-3. Winner of the 2016 Blue Spruce Award. 2014.The stamp collector
By François Thisdale, Jennifer Lanthier. 2012
A city boy finds a stamp that unlocks his imagination; a country boy is captivated by stories. When they grow…
up, the two boys take different paths — one becomes a prison guard, the other works in a factory — but their early childhood passions remain. When the country boy's stories of hope land him in prison, the letters and stamps sent to him from faraway places intrigue the prison guard, and a unique friendship begins. Winner of the 2014 Golden Oak Award. Grades 2-4 and older readers. 2012.The man with the violin
By Kathy Stinson, Dušan Petričić. 2013
When Dylan hears someone playing their violin in the subway he wants to stop and listen, but his mother and…
other commuters ignore the violinist completely. How can he make his mother stop and listen, too? Grades K-3. 2013.Virginia Wolf
By Kyo Maclear, Isabelle Arsenault. 2012
Vanessa's sister, Virginia, is in a "wolfish" mood -- growling, howling and acting very strange. It's a funk so fierce,…
the whole household feels topsy-turvy. Vanessa tries everything she can think of to cheer her up, but nothing seems to work. Then Virginia tells Vanessa about an imaginary, perfect place called Bloomsberry. Armed with an idea, Vanessa begins to paint Bloomsberry on the bedroom walls, transforming them into a beautiful garden complete with a ladder and swing "so that what was down could climb up." Before long, Virginia, too, has picked up a brush and undergoes a surprising transformation of her own. Loosely based on the relationship between author Virginia Woolf and her sister, painter Vanessa Bell. Winner of the 2012 Governor General’s Award for Children’s Illustration. Grades K-3. 2012.Sophie's squash
By Anne Wilsdorf, Pat Zietlow Miller. 2013
On a trip to the farmers' market with her parents, Sophie chooses a squash, but instead of letting her mom…
cook it, she names it Bernice. From then on, Sophie brings Bernice everywhere, despite her parents' gentle warnings that Bernice will begin to rot. As winter nears, Sophie does start to notice changes. What's a girl to do when the squash she loves is in trouble? Grades K-3. 2013.The day my mom came to kindergarten
By Mike Lowery, Maureen Fergus. 2013
When Sophie gets angry--really, really angry
By Molly Bang. 1999
A young girl is upset and doesn't know how to manage her anger but takes the time to cool off…
and regain her composure. Caldecott Honor Book 2000; Charlotte Zolotow Award 2000. Grades K-3. 1999.The Polar Express
By Chris Van Allsburg. 1985
Alexander and the wind-up mouse
By Leo Lionni. 1974