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Tag: Canadian picture books

August 3, 2021 by Betsy Bird

Fuse 8 n’ Kate: The Hockey Sweater by Roch Carrier, ill. Sheldon Cohen, translated by Sheila Fischman

We dive deep into Canada's most beloved picture book. In other words, an extended allegory of the relationship and tensions that exist between francophones and anglophones. Fun!

October 3, 2018 by Betsy Bird

Review of the Day: The Funeral by Matt James

The Funeral By Matt James Groundwood Books (an imprint of House of Anansi Press) ISBN: 978-1-55498-908-9 $18.95 Ages 4-7 On shelves now They say you don’t truly fear death until you have children. I’ll tweak that slightly. I say, you don’t truly fear talking about death until you have children. At least if you’re an […]

August 25, 2016 by Betsy Bird

Review of the Day: Who Broke the Teapot?! by Bill Slavin

Who Broke the Teapot?! By Bill Slavin Tundra Books $16.99 ISBN: 978-1-77049-833-4 Ages 3-5 On shelves now In the average life of a child, whodunits are the stuff of life itself. Who took the last cookie? Who used up all the milk and then didn’t put it on the shopping list? Who removed ALL the […]

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Review of the Day: Elliot by Julie Pearson

February 15, 2016 by Betsy Bird

Elliot By Julie Pearson Translated by Erin Woods Illustrated by Manon Gauthier Pajama Press $16.95 ISBN: 978-1-927485-85-9 Ages 4-7 On shelves April 4th The librarian and the bookseller face shelving challenges the like of which you wouldn’t believe. You think all picture books should simply be shelved in the picture book section by the author’s […]

Review of the Day: Sidewalk Flowers by JonArno Lawson

March 12, 2015 by Betsy Bird

Sidewalk Flowers By JonArno Lawson Illustrated by Sydney Smith $16.95 ISBN: 978-1-55498-431-2 Ages 3-6 On shelves March 17th When you live in a city, nature’s successes can feel like impositions. We have too many pigeons. Too many squirrels. Too many sparrows, and roaches, and ants. Too many . . . flowers? Flowers we don’t seem […]

Review of the Day: The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires

April 25, 2014 by Betsy Bird

The Most Magnificent Thing By Ashley Spires Kids Can Press $16.95 ISBN: 978-1-55453-704-4 Ages 3-7 On shelves now I was at a conference of math enthusiasts the other day to discuss kids and the state of math related children’s books. Not my usual scene but I was open to it. Despite what some might fear, […]

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Review of the Day: Anna Carries Water by Olive Senior

February 24, 2014 by Betsy Bird

Anna Carries Water By Olive Senior Illustrated by Laura James Tradewind Books $18.95 ISBN: 978-1-896580-60-9 Ages 3-7 On shelves now. I was recently engaged in a high-energy search at my library to locate as swiftly and surely as possible a listing of any and all children’s books set in the Caribbean. We were eventually able […]

Fusenews: Answer – The Horse

May 2, 2012 by Betsy Bird

The laptop of my infinite sadness continues to remain broken which wrecks a certain special kind of havoc with my gray cells.  To distract myself, I plunge headlong into the silliest news of the week.  Let’s see if there’s anything here to console a battered Bird brain (something tells me that didn’t come out sounding […]

Canadian Children’s Literature for the Theatrical

August 24, 2011 by Betsy Bird

Didja miss me? Didja even realize I was gone? Well our annual trip to Stratford, Ontario has come and gone.*  Time to reenter the real world once more (sort of . . . I’m still on maternity leave, after all).  It’s funny but the minute I got back, New York experienced a small earthquake.  I’d […]

Review of the Day: My Name Is Elizabeth by Annika Dunklee

July 5, 2011 by Betsy Bird

My Name Is Elizabeth By Annika Dunklee Illustrated by Matthew Forsythe Kids Can Press $14.95 ISBN: 978-1-55453-560-6 Ages 4-8 On shelves September 1, 2011 The human capacity to garble a first name, even a simple or common one, is without limit. I should know. My name is Elizabeth. My preferred nickname is “Betsy”, which is […]

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