Isabelle Arsenault
1) Just because
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a child is too full of questions about the world to go to sleep, her patient father offers up increasingly creative responses to his child's nighttime wonderings.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Born a baby late at night there's no parade just crashing rain She listens listens writes and draws stitches pages sews a book She finds another way to tell a tale This unique picture book biography provides a mesmerizing look at the life of children's writer Ruth Krauss, best known for books like The Carrot Seed, A Hole is to Dig, and A Very Special House. With an imaginative, spontaneous text from Carter Higgins that pays homage to Krauss's distinct...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010) was a world-renowned modern artist noted for her sculptures made of wood, steel, stone, and cast rubber. Her most famous spider sculpture, Maman, stands more than 30 feet high. Just as spiders spin and repair their webs, Louise's own mother was a weaver of tapestries. Louise spent her childhood in France as an apprentice to her mother before she became a tapestry artist herself. She worked with fabric throughout her career,...
7) Spork
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A humorous "multi-cutlery" tale about how Spork — half spoon, half fork — finally finds his place at the table. A charming story for anyone who has ever wondered about their place in the world.
8) Alpha
Author
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
"The NATO phonetic alphabet, or more accurately, the International Radiotelephany Spelling Alphabet is used by various emergency services ...as a way to communicate clearly and precisely in urgent situations."
9) The honeybee
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Illustrations and rhyming text follow endangered honeybees through the year as they forage for pollen and nectar, communicate with others at their hive, and make honey.--Provided by Publisher.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Vincent, a mouse who roams the world carrying his house on his back and stopping where he knows he should, offers food and shelter to animals in need. After setting up his house, he invites a weary bullfrog and a hungry cat inside. Each initially declines the offer, saying his house is too small. But after entering, they find that it is bigger than it looks. Others soon join them: deer, hedgehogs, badgers, rabbits, and a fox. Just as they are sitting...
11) You belong here
Author
Publisher
Compendium
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The stars belong in the deep night sky, and the moon belongs there too, and the winds belong in each place they blow by, and I belong here with you. So begins this classic bedtime book, richly illustrated by award-winning artist Isabelle Arsenault. The pages journey around the world, observing plants and animals, everywhere, and reminding children that they are right where they belong. A beautiful title for new babies, adoptive families, and children...
12) Migrant
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Anna, the daughter of migrant farm workers, feels like different animals as she follows her family as they travel looking for work.
13) Virginia Wolf
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Vanessa's sister, Virginia, is in a "wolfish" mood -- growling, howling and acting very strange. Vanessa tries everything she can think of to cheer her up, but nothing seems to work. Loosely based on the relationship between author Virginia Woolf and her sister, painter Vanessa Bell.
15) Captain Rosalie
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
While her father is at war, five-year-old Rosalie places herself in charge of a secret mission to uncover the truth behind her father's letters from the front lines.
Author
Series
Publisher
KCP Poetry
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
The latest installment in the Visions in Poetry series features the classic poems of Emily Dickinson interpreted--and beautifully rendered by--an outstanding contemporary artist who won the Governor General's Award for Illustration.
17) Porque si
Author
Series
Publisher
Oceano Travesia
Pub. Date
2019
Language
Español
Description
"¿Por que es azul el oceano?"--
"Before going to sleep, a curious girl asks her dad why the sea is blue, why the trees lose their leaves in the autumn, why, why ... Her dad, undaunted, will give her the most charming answers and fantastic, populated by space dinosaurs, singing fish and messenger birds ... Finally it is time to sleep and dream of all the fantastic beings of your sweet conversation. This clever album book plays with a child's curiosity...
Author
Publisher
Tundra Books
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Mr. Gauguin[alpha]s Heart is a charming and heartwarming story of how, as a boy, Paul Gauguin learned to channel his grief from the death of his father and pour it into his first painting ₂ one that would pave the way to many masterpieces.
20) Louis undercover
Author
Publisher
Groundwood
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Meet Louis, a young boy who shuttles between his alcoholic dad and his worried mom, and who, with the help of his best friend, tries to summon up the courage to speak to his true love, Billie"--Provided by publisher.
