I love picture books. I love the covers, the art, the words, the ideas, the characters and I always check out where the author and illustrator are from and when the book was published.
Even though my kids are technically significantly past “picture book age,” I almost always go through the children’s library on my way out of the building. It’s on its own floor so it’s not like I’m just passing by:). There is something wonderful about the bright colours, the different styles.
Canada has some wonderful books! Some take us to different parts of the country, letting us in on cultures and traditions. Others are written by Canadian authors and are about other things entirely.
Here are some of the former. Stories that transport us to different corners of this vast country and to many places in between. Stories that give us the experience of times past and the stories of those who lived them.
Many of these are relatively well-known and if not in your library already, can likely be requested as a loan.
Enjoy…
M is for Maple – Written by Mike Ulmer, Illustrated by Melanie Rose
Africville – Written by Shauntay Gray, Illustrated by Eva Campbell
Under the Prairie Sky – Written by Anne Laurel Carter, Illustrated by Alan and Lea Daniel
How Cold Was It? – Written by Jane Barclay, Illustrated by Janice Donato
Oscar Lives Next Door – Bonnie Farmer and Marie Lafrance
The Hockey Sweater -Written by Roch Carrier, Illustrated by Sheldon Cohen
Selina and the Bear Paw Quilt – Written By Barbara Smucker, Illustrated by Janet Wilson
ABC of Canada – Oer-Henrik Gurth and Kim Bellefontaine
Viola Desmond Won’t Be Budged! – Written by Jody Nyasha Warner and Richard Rudnicki
The Darkest Dark – Written by astronaut Chris Hadfield, Illustrated by The Fan Brothers
Sweetest Kulu – Written by Celina Kalluk, Illustrated by Alexandria Neonakis
Town Is by the Sea – Written by Joanne Schwartz, Illustrated by Sydney Smith
Music from the Sky – Written by denise Gillard, Illustrated by Stephen Taylor
Maple Moon – Written by Connie Brummel Crook, Illustrated by Scott Cameron
Canadian Railroad Trilogy -Based on song written by Gordon Lightfoot, Illustrated by Ian Wallace
Henry’s Freedom Box – Written by Ellen Levine, Illustrated by Kadir Nelson
Baseball Bats for Christmas – By Michael Arvaarluk and Vladyana Krykorka
The Littlest Sled Dog – By Michael Kusugak and Vladyana Krykorka
At Grandpa’s Sugar Bush – By Margaret Carney and Janet Wilson
Sugarbush Spring – Written by Marsha Wilson Chall and Illustrated by Jim Daly
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