In an intergenerational winter's story full of quiet wonder, a little boy takes his grandfather for a walk down a forest trail.

Raven, Rabbit, Deer

Next Door by Deborah Kerbel and Isaac Liang

Goodnight, Sweet Pig

It's My Body! by Elise Gravel

Kiss, Tickle, Cuddle, Hug

To the Sea

Thing-Thing

Sterling, Best Dog Ever

Hockey Opposites

Picture a Tree

Kitten's Spring

My Lala by Thomas King and Charlene Chua

With hair flopping in his eyes, it's time for this toddler's first haircut. He is nervous at first, but his father's hand is a comfort and the barber's chair is fun. Soon his milestone first haircut is complete.

The Haircut

The Rock from the Sky by Jon Klassen

Shoe Shakes

Drive: A Look at Roadside Opposites

I Can Do It Myself

The Kindest Red by Ibtihaj Muhammad, S.K. Ali and Hatem Aly

Read Me a Story, Stella

Still This Love Goes On by Buffy Saint-Marie and Julie Flett

Sandy Toes by Shauntay Grant and Candice Bradley

Oops! by Julie Massy and Pascale Bonenfant

Naseem Hrab writes a poignant yet hopeful story, strikingly illustrated in Frank Viva's signature style, about what happens when parents separate, and the new reality of having two homes.

Weekend Dad

From beloved children's author Elise Gravel comes a hilarious twist to the perpetual question: Who made this mess?

Not Me

We Belong to the Drum/mistikwaskihk kitipêyimikonaw by Sandra Lamouche and Azby Whitecalf, translated by Dolores Greyeyes Sand

Fox and Squirrel Make a Friend

100 Chapatis by Derek Mascarenhas and Shantala Robinson

When Stella Was Very Very Small

Fast Friends

Beautiful You, Beautiful Me by Tasha Spillett-Sumner and Salini Perera

Animals Move by Jane Whittingham

One Watermelon Seed

Ready for Autumn

Sally’s Big Day by Andrew Larsen and Dawn Lo

What Are You Doing?

Sharon, Lois and Bram's Peanut Butter and Jelly by Randi Hampson and Qin Leng

A Paddling of Ducks: Animals in Groups from A to Z

When Green Becomes Tomatoes- Poems for All Seasons

A Day for Sandcastles by JonArno Lawson and Qin Leng

Music is for Everyone

Baby's Lullaby

Boo Hoo Bird

Who's Next Door?

This Is How I Know/Mii maanda ezhi-gkendmaanh by Brittany Luby and Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley

Bear for Breakfast

My Blue is Happy

Melvin and Elvis

Charlotte and the Rock

Square

Sloth at the Zoom

Little Panda

Toads on Toast

Hello Humpback!

Roslyn Rutabaga and the Biggest Hole On Earth!

My City Speaks by Darren Lebeuf and Ashley Barron

During a day at the beach with her mom, a girl is inspired to examine and celebrate every part of her ocean. Vivid illustrations and poetic text are sure to awaken the explorer in every child.

My Ocean Is Blue

Sam & Dave Dig a Hole

 The Night Gardener

Sidewalk Flowers

We Found a Hat

Crocodiles Play!

Better Together

You're Mean, Lily Jean

If You Want to Be a Butterfly by Muon Thi Van and Andrea Armstrong

Fox and Squirrel Help Out

Mother Goose

Sing a Song Of Mother Goose

My Heart Fills with Happiness

Now I Am Big!

Extra Yarn

What Am I?

A Person Can Be by Kerri Kokias and Carey Sookocheff

When I Found Grandma

I Am So Brave!

Once Upon a Northern Night

Eats

Time is a Flower by Julie Morstad

Without You

Finding Moose by Sue Farrell Holler and Jennifer Faria

May We Have Enough to Share

Perfect Snow

Ones and Twos

Chicken, Pig, Cow Horse Around

Caramba and Henry

I Know A Lot!

Where do you Look?

Bugs from Head to Tail

Kitten's Autumn

Red Wagon

Chaiwala! by Priti Birla Maheshwari and Ashley Barron

Picture the Sky

Out Came the Sun: A Day in Nursery Rhymes

Good Night, Good Night

In a Cloud of Dust

Peach Girl

On My Walk

The Dark

A Pocket Can Have a Treasure In It

Farley Follows His Nose

Rainy Days by Deborah Kerbel and Miki Sato

Different? Same!

Welcome Song for Baby: A Lullaby for Newborns

Next Door

So Many Babies

Lickety-Split

Animals Move

One, Two, Grandma Loves You by Shelly Becker and Dan Yaccarino

One, Two, Grandma Loves You

Ready for Summer

My City Speaks

Oops!

When Green Becomes Tomatoes: Poems for All Seasons

Fern and Horn

Becoming Blue by Ellen Tarlow and Julien Chung

Becoming Blue

Ready for Spring

City Bugs

This Is How I Know / Mii maanda ezhi-gkendmaanh

The Toad

Good Night, Good Night 

Mr. Zinger's Hat

A Visitor for Bear

Cinnamon Baby

Loula is Leaving for Africa

A Family is a Family is a Family

The Kindest Red

My Forest is Green

The Truth About Wind

Finding Moose

Sandy Toes

Sport-o-Rama

Skunk on a String

Animal Masquerade

Rainy Days

A little girl and her mother walk home from school on a snowy winter day. Ma misses the sun, warmth and colours of home, but her daughter sees magic in everything.

Two Drops of Brown in a Cloud of White

Rosie’s Glasses

We Belong to the Drum / Mistikwaskihk kitipêyimikonaw

Thao by Thao Lam

Thao

Melvis and Elvis

Still This Love Goes On

Please, Louise!

Amy Wu and the perfect bao

Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao

A Day for Sandcastles

Sally's Big Day

Over There

Off We Go!

Off We Go

Ready for Winter

Where Do You Look?

Sharon, Lois and Bram’s Skinnamarink

I am Canada by Heather Patterson and various illustrators

I Am Canada: A Celebration

My Lala

The Sweetest One of All

It's My Body!

Hair Twins by Raakhee Mirchandani and Holly Hatam

Hair Twins

When I Found Grandma 

Same Same

The Stone Hatchlings

I Don't Want to be a Frog

Time is a Flower

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