First and Best 2022
Our top picks of the best Canadian children's books for building reading readiness in kids under five. Because the first books you share with your child should also be the best!
Animals Move
Jane Whittingham
Beautiful You, Beautiful Me
Tasha Spillett-Sumner and Salini Perera
Becoming Blue
Ellen Tarlow and Julien Chung
A Day for Sandcastles
JonArno Lawson and Qin Leng
Finding Moose
Sue Farrell Holler and Jennifer Faria
It's My Body!
Elise Gravel
My Lala
Thomas King and Charlene Chua
A Person Can Be...
Kerri Kokias and Carey Sookocheff
Rainy Days
Deborah Kerbel and Miki Sato
Still This Love Goes On
Buffy Sainte-Marie and Julie Flett
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First and Best 2022
Our top picks of the best Canadian children's books for building reading readiness in kids under five. Because the first books you share with your child should also be the best!
Award Winners and Other Booklists
- Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award
- Caldecott Medal
- Charlotte Zolotow Award
- Coretta Scott King Book Award – Illustrator
- First Nation Communities READ: PMC Indigenous Literature Award - Children's
- Forest of Reading – The Blue Spruce Award
- Governor General's Literary Award: Young People’s Literature – Illustrated Books
- Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award
- Toronto Public Library - First and Best