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Canadian publishers are renowned worldwide for excellence in books for children.
The following Canadian titles are recommended by the Canadian Children’s Book Centre and Frontier College. This list was compiled with the staff of the Canadian Children’s Book Centre in consultation with children’s librarians.
Books for Children Ages 3 to 5
- ABC of Canada by Kim Bellefontaine, illustrated by Per-Henrik Gürth
- Where’s Pup? by Dayle Ann Dodds, illustrated by Pierre Pratt
- Ben Over Night by Sarah Ellis, illustrated by Kim LaFave
- Busy Little Mouse by Eugenie Fernandes, illustrated by Kim Fernandes
- This is Me and Where I Am by Joanne Fitzgerald
- Night Cars by Teddy Jam, illustrated by Eric Beddoes
- Over Under by Marthe Jocelyn, illustrated by Tom Slaughter
- I Heard a Little Baa by Elizabeth MacLeod, illustrated by Louise Phillips
- The Mole Sisters by Roslyn Schwartz
- Red is Best by Kathy Stinson, illustrated by Robin Baird Lewis
- The Wildlife ABC & 123 by Jan Thornhill
- A Salmon for Simon by Betty Waterton, illustrated by Ann Blades
Books for Children Ages 4 to 6
- Stanley’s Party by Linda Bailey, illustrated by Bill Slavin
- A Prairie Alphabet by Jo Bannatyne-Cugnet, illustrated by Yvette Moore
- Franklin in the Dark by Paulette Bourgeois, illustrated by Brenda Clark
- Alphabeasts by Wallace Edwards
- Stella, Star of the Sea by Marie-Louise Gay
- Something from Nothing by Phoebe Gilman
- Omar on Ice by Maryann Kovalski
- Alligator Pie by Dennis Lee, illustrated by Nora Hilb
- Amos’s Sweater by Janet Lunn, illustrated by Kim LaFave
- Eh? to Zed: A Canadian Abecedarium by Kevin Major, illustrated by Alan Daniel
- Have You Seen Bugs? by Joanne Oppenheim, illustrated by Ron Broda
- The Party by Barbara Reid
Books for Children Ages 5 to 8
- The Hockey Sweater by Roch Carrier, illustrated by Sheldon Cohen
- Bone Button Borscht by Aubrey Davis, illustrated by Dusan Petricic
- Amber Waiting by Nan Gregory, illustrated by Kady MacDonald Denton
- Earth to Audrey by Susan Hughes, illustrated by Stéphane Poulin
- Caribou Song by Tomson Highway, illustrated by Brian Dienes
- Nothing Beats a Pizza by Loris Lesynski
- The Name of the Tree by Celia Barker Lottridge, illustrated by Ian Wallace
- Sleep Tight, Mrs. Ming by Sharon Jennings, illustrated by Mireille Levert
- Waiting for the Whales by Sheryl McFarlane, illustrated by Ron Lightburn
- The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Michael Martchenko
- Suki’s Kimono by Chieri Uegaki, illustrated by Stephane Jorisch
- Scaredy Squirrel by Mélanie Watt
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