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Our hero travels all alone on a spaceship, through the universe, past galaxies, comets and planets to go visit his grandmother on Earth for the summer holidays. She takes him to visit an ancient cave, where he discovers handprints and drawings of unknown animals made by human beings, just like him. To top off his wonderful holiday she gives him mysterious objects which once belonged to his grandfather - paper and crayons. On the way home he dr...

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[This book] is a prize-winning, illustrated novel in verse about a young girl who dreams of being an artist, inspired by the life of Swedish artist Berta Hansson"--Provided by publisher.

The deceptively simple black-and-white drawings contain fascinating details (including a cute cat) that will reward repeat readings.Readers young and old will recognize the kind of existential questions that keep us all up at night! This book recognizes that feeling and provides an encouraging resolution.With a small trim size and appealing line drawings, this book has gift appeal and will appeal to adults as well as children.Curriculum connec...

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The Funeral garnered six starred reviews and was named a New York Times / New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children's Book. It was also named an Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Honor Book.Matt's signature art style, featuring collage elements and photos of 3D dioramas, is beautiful and distinct.This story is not about uncertain circumstances or social status, rather it is a story about acceptance and the importance of community.Readers will...

Andrea Curtis's text is beautifully written, accessible and engaging. Her recent title, Eat This! was named a Best Book of 2018 by Kirkus and School Library Journal, and it was also an Ontario Library Association Best Bet and a Red Cedar Book Award finalist.Pierre Pratt's art brings whimsy and humor to this work of narrative non-fiction. His numerous awards speak for themselves.The book includes a list of actionable steps readers can take to h...

When Kid accompanies her parents to New York City for a six-month stint of dog-sitting and home-schooling, she sees what looks like a tiny white cloud on the top of their apartment building.Rumor says there's a goat living on the roof, but how can that be? As Kid soon discovers, a goat on the roof may be the least strange thing about her new home, whose residents are both strange and fascinating. In the penthouse lives Joff Vanderlinden, the f...

A young woman gets on the bus and rides out of the big city. She arrives in the countryside, where she is as big as a giant, looming over a tiny house, a garden and her tiny grandmother. The cabbages and the apple trees are far below. Her grandmother smiles up at her in her yellow hat. The young woman bends down to give her little grandmother a big kiss, and then she smells her grandmother's cooking. She has returned home. When they sit down a...

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A stunningly illustrated graphic novel about feeling vulnerable and struggling to meet expectations, and about friendship and the power of the imagination.

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In their third adventure, Stella and her little brother, Sam, explore the magic of the forest. Butterflies, snakes, rocks and sheep provide fuel for Sam's curious little-brother questions and Stella's confident big-sister answers. "Stella, Fairy of the Forest" is gently humorous and perfectly captures the playful yet trusting relationship between Stella and Sam. Marie-Louise Gay's exquisite, joy-filled watercolor illustrations bring the wonder...

Stella and her little brother are spending the day at the sea. Stella has been to the sea before and knows all its secrets, but Sam has many questions. Does a catfish purr? Does a seahorse gallop? Stella has an answer for them all. The only thing she isn't sure of, and neither is the reader, is whether Sam will ever come into the water.Exquisite watercolors enliven this perfect summer story, while the gently humorous text captures the sometime...

Every day, nine-year-old Yasmin borrows a book from Book Uncle, a retired teacher who has set up a free lending library next to her apartment building. But when the mayor tries to shut down the rickety bookstand, Yasmin has to take her nose out of her book and do something. Illustrations.

Deborah Ellis's bestselling novel The Breadwinner, now available as a stunningly illustrated graphic novel.

Two teenaged outsiders establish an uneasy truce in this visually arresting, one-of-a-kind collage-style novel. Illustrations.

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The Honey Jar retells the ancient stories Rigoberta Menchú's grandparents told her when she was a little girl, and we can imagine her listening to them by the fire at night. These Mayan tales include natural phenomena narratives and animal stories. The underworld, the sky, the sun and moon, plants, people, animals, gods, and demigods are all players in these vibrant stories. Enchanting images by Domi draw on the Mayan landscape and the rich vi...

The Lau family travels to Antigua, Guatemala to visit their cousins. Although the Laus are Chinese and Buddhist, they adore the pageantry of Easter, and Easter in Antigua is exciting, with long, elaborate processions of penitents wreathed in incense and carrying colonial Spanish statues down the cobblestone streets of the city. The best part is seeing the elaborate carpets made of colored sawdust, which the processions walk over and destroy. O...