First and Best 2021
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!
A is for Anemone
Roy Henry Vickers and Robert Budd
Chaiwala!
Priti Birla Maheshwari and Ashley Barron
Hair Twins
Raakhee Mirchandani and Holly Hatam
My City Speaks
Darren Lebeuf and Ashley Barron
One, Two, Grandma Loves You
Shelly Becker and Dan Yaccarino
Pride Puppy!
Robin Stevenson and Julie McLaughlin
The Rock from the Sky
Jon Klassen
Thao
Thao Lam
This Is How I Know / Mii maanda ezhi-gkendmaanh
Brittany Luby and Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley
Time is a Flower
Julie Morstad
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First and Best 2021
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