David Bedford

The copy crocs:  This is a good book when the alligators copy the leader.

Mo's stinky sweater: Colors. A sense of humor. Mo monkey let's go ogf the sweater and all the mummy animals fall down. The sweater is stretched and has multiple uses such as the hammock. (Reminds me of a saree that was converted into the hammock.)

The way I love you: A good book about a dog.

Mud Pies/ Mrs. Potters Pig

Mrs. Potter's Pig by Phyllis Root is a good book for Mud Pies or summer program or piggie

Lauren Child

The collage illustrations are intriguing.

Hubert Horatio has the snakes and ladders games in the inside front cover and back cover.


"I will never not ever eat a tomato" is a award winner, Library Association's Kate Greenaway Medal winner. Clarence Bean names the veggies with cool  names.

Peas are green drops. Carrots are Orange twiglets.  Tomatoes are moonsquirters, mashed potatoes are cloud fluff, carrot sticks are ocean nibbles.  Good for a chfef or nutrition progam

Manisha

It's a George thing by David Bedford

Each one of has a soft soft or motivation buttons. For George it was music that brought him alive and he started to dance. The inside back cover has a rhyme and my children just were rolling with laughter.

Start with a scratch
Push your chest up high
Tickle your chin
Now reaach for teh sky
Take a silly walk
Do your own things!
Say 'bye-bye'
Now spread your wings!

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Charlie and Lola's Opposites by Lauren Child

The visuals explain the concepts.  There is a plate of peas showing the many concept and then there is a girl counting  a few peas. It appears taht the pictures were drawn by hand and coloured by markers and then cut and layed out on the page.  Has a warm child like appeal. Manisha

Stone by stone by Liz Bryan

The book has pictures of glyphstone.  The areial photographs of floured figure, Cabri Lake man, medicine wheels, ceremonial circles and all these depict the way in which the FN people live.
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Wisakyjak and the New World by Adam Ballantyne

Wisakyjak is one of the many characters within the spiritual world of the Woodland Cree Indians of Northern Caanda. Wisakyjak is thought of as the Clever One and is capable of doing both good and bad. A trickster as well as a friend, Wisakyjack is responsible for changing many of the animals so that they appear to us as they do today.
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Grizzly's home and other Northwest coast children's stories

Written and illustrated by
Robert James Challenger

Each story has a message. Owl's solution is 'Problems only go away when each of us becomes part of the solution.' Other stories are Grizzly's home, Kinfisher finds tha answer, Ant leads the way, Little Mink's big favour, Spider's trick, Raven's best friend, Little Bobcat's big adventure, Mother quils chicks, Weasel's trap, Butterfly's journey, Octopus learns o share, Skunk's smell, Steelhead's way, Duck's disovery, Heron's rule, Owl's solution, Mountain sheep's tunnel and Dogwood's day.

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Feathers by Louise Susy Framst

A book about the significance of feathers. The boy is allergic to feathers.The ending has a message "...And, so you see, my child, sometimes what we see as  a weakness might, in fact, be a strength." Manisha Khetarpal

Below by Nina Crews

The visuals are photo-collage style. Black and white illustrations capture a child's imagination. Jack and his action figure Guy have many adventures together, and the tall, narrow staircase in Jack's house provides the perfect setting. Jack and Guy climb mountains, visit cities, and explore forests. But one day Guy falls down a hole in the stairs, and it's up to Jack to rescue him. What is going on below the stairs? Only Guy knows.
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How the birch tree got its strips illustrated by George Littlechild

Wisahkecahk caught ducks and he put them in a pot.  He told the birch tree to hold hom while he would take a short nap. Birds and animals pecked at the ducks. What was Wisahkecahk doing? To find out more read this book, 'How the birch tree got its strips' illustrated by George Littlechild. 
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The gift of nothing Patrick McDonnell

I liked the part where a box was given as a gift and then the two friends jumped inside the box and they had everything.

Tim Hopgood

The first book I read about this author was 'WOW  Said the Owl.'   The second book I read was 'Here comes Frankie'. This book is all about music and color. These elements make life fun on Ellington Avenue.  The third book I read by this author is, ' A dog called ROD.'   The book has sparkles and it is about pets.

These books help in improving narrative skills.

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