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TPL-approved books for preschoolers

The Toronto Public Library has released its second annual “first and best” list. Masterminded by Ken Setterington, the library’s child and youth advocate (who was named one of Q&Q‘s CanLit 30 earlier this year), the list highlights recommended Canadian titles for children. A brief Toronto Star item on this year’s list is here, and last year’s list is here.

The 2008 titles are listed below, with links to Q&Q reviews where available.

• Chicken, Pig, Cow by Ruth Ohi (Annick Press)
• It’s Moving Day by Pamela Hickman; Geraldo Valério, illus. (Kids Can Press)
• Little Panda by Renata Liwska (Houghton Mifflin/Thomas Allen & Son)
• One Watermelon Seed by Celia Barker Lottridge; Karen Patkau, illus. (Fitzhenry & Whiteside)
• A Pocket Can Have a Treasure in It by Kathy Stinson; Deirdre Betteridge, illus. (Annick Press)
• Ready for Winter (and Spring, Summer, Autumn – four-book series), by Marthe Jocelyn (Tundra Books)
• The Sweetest One of All by Jean Little; Marisol Sarrazin, illus. (Scholastic Canada)
• Thing-Thing by Cary Fagan; Nicolas Debon, illus. (Tundra Books)
• Time Is When by Beth Gleick; Marthe Jocelyn, illus. (Tundra Books)
• A Visitor for Bear by Bonny Becker; Kady MacDonald Denton, illus. (Candlewick Press/Penguin Canada)