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Ocean meets sky
By Terry Fan, Eric Fan. 2018
The funeral
By Matt James. 2018
Norma and her parents are going to her great-uncle Frank's funeral, and Norma is more excited than sad. She is…
looking forward to playing with her favourite cousin, Ray, but when she arrives at the church, she is confronted with rituals and ideas that have never occurred to her before. While not all questions can be answered, when the day is over Norma is certain of one thing: Uncle Frank would have enjoyed his funeral. This sensitive and life-affirming story will lead young readers to ask their own questions about life, death and how we remember those who have gone before us. Grades K-3. 2018.Young Charlotte, filmmaker
By Frank Viva. 2015
Charlotte is a filmmaker. She lives in New York with her parents and their cat, Smudge. Charlotte likes to make…
movies, and through her camera lens, she sees the world differently from the other kids. Grades K-3. 2015.Wild One
By Noel Tuazon, Jane Whittingham. 2018
From the stars in the sky to the fish in the sea
By Kai Cheng Thom, Wai-Yant Li, Kai Yun Ching. 2017
In the magical time between night and day, when both the sun and the moon are in the sky, a…
child is born in a little blue house on a hill. And Miu Lan is not just any child, but one who can change into any shape they can imagine. The only problem is they can't decide what to be: a boy or a girl? A bird or a fish? A flower or a shooting star? At school, though, they must endure inquisitive looks and difficult questions from the other children, and have trouble finding friends who will accept them for who they are. But they find comfort in the loving arms of their mother, who always offers them the same loving refrain: "whatever you dream of / i believe you can be / from the stars in the sky to the fish in the sea." Grades K-3 and older readers. 2017.I love my purse
By Sonja Wimmer, Belle DeMont. 2017
Charlie loves the bright red purse that his grandmother let him have. One day, he decides to take it to…
school. First his father, then his friends, and even the crossing guard question him about his "strange" choice. After all, boys don't carry purses. They point out that they, too, have things they like, but that doesn't mean they go out in public wearing them. But Charlie isn't deterred. Before long, his determination to carry a purse starts to affect those around him: his father puts on his favourite Hawaiian shirt for work; his friend Charlotte paints her face, and the crossing guard wears a pair of sparkly shoes. Grades K-3. 2017.It's great being a dad
By Gina Perry, Dan Bar-El. 2017
A gang of mythical creatures is roaming around a magical land having a great time, until Bigfoot gets his foot…
stuck in a tree trunk and Unicorn gets her horn impaled on a table and Robot's saw-arm gets rusted into position. But have no fear! Dad is there to fix things--even when a Sneaky Flying Alligator Pirate steals the Fairy Queen Ballerina Doctor's wand. A hilarious story about imagination, play and the best parts about being a dad. Grades K-3. 2017.The thing Lou couldn't do
By Ashley Spires. 2017
Lou and her friends are BRAVE adventurers. They run FASTER than airplanes. They build MIGHTY fortresses. They rescue WILD animals.…
But one day, when they're looking for a ship to play pirates in, Lou's friend has an idea: “Up there! The tree can be our ship!” Lou has never climbed a tree before, and she's sure she can't do it. So she comes up with reasons for not joining her friends - her arm is sore, her cat needs a walk, you shouldn't climb so soon after eating. Finally, she tells herself she doesn't want to climb the tree. But is that true, or is this brave adventurer just too afraid to try? Grades K-3. 2017.The dance of the violin
By Kathy Stinson, Dušan Petričić. 2017
As a young student of the violin, Joshua Bell learns about an international competition to be held in Kalamazoo, Michigan.…
He chooses a piece of music, which his teacher suggests may be too difficult, but Joshua is determined: it's a piece of music he loves. At the competition, Joshua experiences the usual jitters. Once his name is called, he strides to the stage and begins to play, but almost immediately, he makes a mistake. As he is about to walk off the stage, he asks if he can try again. Based on a true story. Grades K-3 and older readers. 2017.Today
By Julie Morstad. 2016
Every day is full of endless possibilities - especially TODAY! The simplest moment has the potential to become extraordinary. From…
getting dressed, to having breakfast, to choosing ways to go, Today has a little something to delight everyone. 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.Loula is leaving for Africa
By Anne Villeneuve. 2013
Tired of her "terrible" triplet brothers, Loula decides to run away to Africa. She takes the essentials and ventures far…
and wide with the help of her imagination, and her mother's driver, Gilbert. She crosses a sandbox desert and paddle-boats across piranha-filled waters to the little island of Africa. Grades K-3. 2013.Painted skies
By Carolyn Mallory, Amei Zhao. 2015
Leslie is new to the Arctic, and no one told her there would be so much snow, and so many…
interesting things to see. Along with her new friend Oolipika, Leslie soon discovers one of the Arctic's most unique and breathtaking natural wonders, the northern lights. Grades K-3. 2015.The day the crayons came home
By Oliver Jeffers, Drew Daywalt. 2015
One day, Duncan is happily colouring with his crayons when a stack of postcards arrives in the mail from his…
former crayons, each of which has run away or been left behind, and all of which want to come home. Companion book to "The day the crayons quit". Grades K-3. 2015.Monster trucks!
By Mark Todd. 2003
Frankenstink!: garbage gone bad
By Ron Lightburn. 2015
As a young boy continues to ignore the growing pile of junk under his bed, one night it transforms and…
mutates into a grotesque, greedy monster devouring everything in its path. Is the monster who feeds on "a mountainous salad of plastic and goo, fast-food leftovers and Styrofoam stew," real, a dream, or a warning of what is to come if we don't compost and recycle? Grades K-3. 2015.Do pirates take baths?
By Nadine Bernard Westcott, Kathy Tucker. 1994
What Forest knows
By George Ella Lyon, August Hall. 2014
Turtle and me
By Robie H Harris, Tor Freeman. 2015
Over the years, a little boy’s toy turtle gets covered in spaghetti, splattered by mud, chewed by a puppy, and…
much more—but the boy still loves him. Turtle has become his security blanket, as well as his best friend. But one day Turtle suffers a horrible rip that the boy can't repair. The boy decides he doesn't need his old chewed up, sewn up, taped up, ripped up ragggedy turtle anymore. But when he tries to sleep at night, he begins to think otherwise. Grades K-3. 2015.