Quill and Quire

Picture Books

Starring Shapes!

By Tania Howells

Tania Howells adds author to her illustrator cred with this bright, colourful introduction to triangles, rectangles, and their other-angled (and non-angled) brethren. Using a school play to frame her tale, Howells gives each shape a ... Read More »

November 11, 2015 | Filed under: Picture Books

Snap!

By

Is there anything better than a fresh box of crayons when you’re a kid? For little Evan, the first crayon to snap is heartbreaking, until he realizes that instead of one brown crayon, now he ... Read More »

October 14, 2015 | Filed under: Picture Books

Seven Dead Pirates

By Linda Bailey

Vancouver author Linda Bailey, a two-time winner of the Crime Writers of Canada’s Arthur Ellis Award for her funny, fast-paced Stevie Diamond mysteries, delivers a resonant, well-paced middle-grade adventure in Seven Dead Pirates. When Lewis ... Read More »

October 14, 2015 | Filed under: Picture Books

Mr. Postmouse’s Rounds

By Marianne Dubuc

Veteran Quebec author-illustrator Marianne Dubuc’s latest picture book channels Richard Scarry as the reader follows Mr. Postmouse on his journey through a grassy village. Stops at the homes of various animals are depicted with Dubuc’s ... Read More »

October 14, 2015 | Filed under: Picture Books