T.Rexes Can’t Tie Their Shoes

Do you like alphabet books? They can be pretty hit or miss, but this one makes me giggle. The illustrations are funny (that cheetah in bubble gum? How do you even draw that?) and I appreciate the choice to bold the letter of that page’s alliteration, so that it stands out. In the back, there’sContinue reading “T.Rexes Can’t Tie Their Shoes”

My Winter City, by James Gladstone, Illustrated by Gary Clement

My Winter City, by James Gladstone, Illustrated by Gary Clement, published by House of Anansi Press/Groundwood Books “My winter city is a wilderness of footprints,crisscrossing,disappearing… Who walked here before?” I love this gorgeous book. I grew up in a small, snowy town in Alberta, and moved to Vancouver where there is a lot less winter andContinue reading “My Winter City, by James Gladstone, Illustrated by Gary Clement”

Waiting for Snow by Marsha Diane Arnold, Illustrations by Renata Liwska

In Waiting for Snow, an adorable group of animal friends are tired of waiting for snow to fall. Hedgehog tries to remind the other animals that if they are patient, snow will surely come! But they just can’t seem to wait a day longer, and decide to take matters into their own hands, using theirContinue reading “Waiting for Snow by Marsha Diane Arnold, Illustrations by Renata Liwska”