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Picture Book Recommendations

This picture book celebrates the great things about being Canadian. Each page is illustrated by a different Canadian illustrator which makes the book even more special.

This picture book celebrates the great things about being Canadian. Each page is illustrated by a different Canadian illustrator which makes the book even more special.

Sometimes we just need to have a good laugh and this picture book is the perfect book to do so.

Sometimes we just need to have a good laugh and this picture book is the perfect book to do so.

Just like when we feel stormy, storms can come and stomp and be loud, but eventually go away. Beautiful illustrations accompany this story.

Just like when we feel stormy, storms can come and stomp and be loud, but eventually go away. Beautiful illustrations accompany this story.

A beautiful ode to black children, and black boys in particular.

A beautiful ode to black children, and black boys in particular.

I love Reynold's picture books and this one is particularly amazing. Simple but a very powerful message that all it takes is is one step to start to make a difference. A great picture book for all ages.

I love Reynold's picture books and this one is particularly amazing. Simple but a very powerful message that all it takes is is one step to start to make a difference. A great picture book for all ages.

A young girl asks her abuela for tickets to an amusement part and instead abuela gives her a chicken. This is so not what she wanted, or is it? I love the joy and cleverness of this delightful picture book, with its pictures full of bright colours.

A young girl asks her abuela for tickets to an amusement part and instead abuela gives her a chicken. This is so not what she wanted, or is it? I love the joy and cleverness of this delightful picture book, with its pictures full of bright colours.

The story of a young boy who knows that he is a girl and the process the family goes through to understand who Jazz really is.

The story of a young boy who knows that he is a girl and the process the family goes through to understand who Jazz really is.

Such a beautiful story on the history of stories, from where we started to where we are now. Over the centuries the way we share stories has changed, however, our need for stories hasn't.

Such a beautiful story on the history of stories, from where we started to where we are now. Over the centuries the way we share stories has changed, however, our need for stories hasn't.

A simply written story, yet such an important story to have in classrooms and libraries. A young girl is constantly frustrated when she is made to wear dresses and pretty clothes that she doesn't like, because she feels she is a boy. Finally her mom buys her a bathing suit that makes her happy wear (shorts and shirt). At the pool she meets new kids and they play joyfully until her mom calls her by name which stops them in their play because the other kids assumed she was a boy. She shares with these kids that she feels like she is a boy and they tell her they have other friends who are transgender like her and accept her entirely and completely as she is. This acceptance and learning gives her the confidence to finally tell mom and dad and she finally gets the haircut she wants, and the acceptance she always hoped for.

A simply written story, yet such an important story to have in classrooms and libraries. A young girl is constantly frustrated when she is made to wear dresses and pretty clothes that she doesn't like, because she feels she is a boy. Finally her mom buys her a bathing suit that makes her happy wear (shorts and shirt). At the pool she meets new kids and they play joyfully until her mom calls her by name which stops them in their play because the other kids assumed she was a boy. She shares with these kids that she feels like she is a boy and they tell her they have other friends who are transgender like her and accept her entirely and completely as she is. This acceptance and learning gives her the confidence to finally tell mom and dad and she finally gets the haircut she wants, and the acceptance she always hoped for.

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