Love, Panda

Written by Elaine Su

Illustrated by Charlene Chua

Orchard Books (An imprint of Scholastic)

978-1-5461-7958-0

32 pp.

Ages 4–8

July 2026 

 

Who wouldn't love to cuddle a super-squishy stuffie of a panda? Apparently Baby Lou does, but Panda, who has always been Benny's, is having none of it.

 

After Panda gets left in the baby's room, Baby Lou is smitten. But Panda, distressed by the unfamiliar, from diapers aplenty and the baby sucking on its ear, begins a letter campaign to get his original boy, Benny, to retrieve him. 

Illustration by Charlene Chua from Love, Panda, written by Elaine Su

In letter after letter, delivered by Dump Truck, Panda describes what he has had to endure—the elephant mobile, a lift-the-flap book, annoying parents who are thrilled with the baby's simplest efforts—and begs Benny to come and get him. But, with each new letter, Panda begins to appreciate Baby Lou and even recognize things familiar to his time with Benny. By learning Baby Lou's routines and finding the familiar, Panda finds it's not so bad after all.

Illustration by Charlene Chua from Love, Panda, written by Elaine Su

Elaine Su's bio speaks of her own favourite stuffie which has since been passed down to her own children. There's always one toy, especially a stuffed one, that is fondly remembered as bringing comfort. (Mine was a pink and green stuffed snake named Horace.) But, what happens when a child outgrows it, and another child covets it? In Love, Panda, the stuffie has something to say about that. Without realizing it, Panda's perspective changes. He learns to recognize that different isn't bad and that perseverance can help one transition from the scary and unknown to something unexpected good.

Illustration by Charlene Chua from Love, Panda, written by Elaine Su

Without Charlene Chua's digital art, Panda would never be so adorable and heartwarming. She gives him the textures and expressions of the sweetest of stuffies. His shape and cushiony appearance will remind young readers of Squishmallows toys, but his facial expressions, from his eyes and brows to his mouth, give us the full range of feelings. He's distressed, he's surprised, he's resigned, and he's joyous.

 

I know Panda is a stuffie and his dilemma—being unceremoniously adopted by a new child—will not be a familiar one to most children, but Love, Panda is a lesson in persevering through that which might seem unimaginably challenging. Perhaps, for children, it will attending a new school, accepting a new baby, or welcoming a new teacher when one goes on maternity. For children, different can be overwhelming. But with time and with the clarity that can come with getting thoughts down on paper, they can triumph. Panda did, and he's not even mobile.

The Witching Hour

Written by Jennifer Harris

Illustrated by Adelina Lirius

Tundra Books

978-1-77488-440-9

32 pp.

Ages 3-7

June, 2025 

 

For those who read fantasy or believe in the supernatural, the witching hour is that time, late at night, when entities like witches make their appearance. But for this family of witches, the witching hour is a little different: that unique hour that slips in between dinner and sleep when their littlest one is set to be put to bed. For them, this time of fussiness is as chaotic and rowdy as any time when other worldly creatures come out to play or cause mayhem. 

From The Witching Hour, written by Jennifer Harris, illustrated by Adelina Lirius

A lovely family of two witches, a small boy and a baby have just finished their meal when the chaos begins. After its bottle spills, the baby begins to cry which turns to caterwauls and then to crescendos. The little boy covers his ears, the black cat is alarmed, and the two witches start to implement an assortment of tricks to calm the baby.

From The Witching Hour, written by Jennifer Harris, illustrated by Adelina Lirius

They take turns, one rocking the child as they perch on a broom before the other takes it for a ride, bouncing on the broom like a pogo stick. The little boy takes the child in hand and does flying loop-de-loops to soothe the baby. When a wand is finally brought out, an owl from a magical parade of toys is just the thing to quieten the baby. For now, at least.

From The Witching Hour, written by Jennifer Harris, illustrated by Adelina Lirius

There are still routines to follow in that witching hour like baths and diaper changes and again the baby is having none of it. So new tricks come out. Snacks, songs, dancing, and even a bat are brought out to the crying child. The baby might not be amused but her big brother is enjoying everything from the music to the pink poodles and tries to help distract and entertain her.

From The Witching Hour, written by Jennifer Harris, illustrated by Adelina Lirius

As every parent and caregiver will know, the baby will eventually tire itself out–hopefully!–and finally, finally succumb to the exhaustion that caused such mayhem and misery.

 

Bedtime must be a special time for Jennifer Harris as her earlier book, The Keeper of Stars, highlights another getting-a-child-to-bed ritual, though with a far gentler story. But, The Witching Hour, as disquieting as it might seem, is actually a very sweet story about family coming together to help the youngest settle down. And though the strategies this family uses may be a little bit different than those your family might use–after all, very few of us have flying broomsticks and magic wands and bring bats to distract a baby–they are creative and diverse, and this family is willing to try anything. Surprisingly, Jennifer Harris never makes the story ridiculous or uproariously funny. She keeps it charming and familial and affectionate. Any parent or older sibling will understand and feel for this family at this witching hour.

 

Illustrations for The Witching Hour were created by Sweden's Adelina Lirius who used gouache, coloured pencils and digital application to  design a magical home of a wonderful witch family. From the spider web play pen to their hanging herbs and lush yard of fairies, frogs and flowers, Adelina Lirius has given Jennifer Harris's words a playground of colour and fascination.

From The Witching Hour, written by Jennifer Harris, illustrated by Adelina Lirius

 

Anything could happen 

in the witching hour.

 

Jennifer Harris is correct that anything can happen in the witching hour whether in a witches' home or that of a human family. But the aim of calming a baby and bridging the time between eating and sleeping is universal, though the approaches taken can be unique. Still a little magic can always help.

All Our Love

Written by Kari-Lynn Winters

Illustrated by Scot Ritchie

North Winds Press (Scholastic Canada) 

978-1-4431-9880-6 

32 pp.

Ages 3-8

January 2024 

 

We know that families come in so many configurations but do all children know that? All Our Love shows one wonderful family that may be just right as it is but will become even more right with a new baby.

From All Our Love, written by Kari-Lynn Winters, illustrated by Scot Ritchie

Sofia and her two dads are anticipating the arrival of a new baby. As Dad builds a crib, Sofia works on a welcome letter for the baby. But she has so many questions! When will the baby arrive? Will it want her as a big sister? Will it change their family from being "just right" which her dads said their family became when Sofia came along.

But Sofia is also incredibly excited. When her dad finally arrives at school to tell her that it was time to go to the hospital, she thinks about all she's written "To the new baby." She mentions what Dad likes and does, while Daddy does other stuff. And she speaks about having a Dad and a Daddy because "We're just lucky, I guess!" Finally, after masking up and joining Daddy at the hospital, the family of four heads home, with the letter, now addressed to Oliver, being read, and signed off with "All our love."

From All Our Love, written by Kari-Lynn Winters, illustrated by Scot Ritchie

There is so much love in this household. Sofia knows she is loved, and she wants the baby to know they are loved too. So, all the things that her dads show her that prove their love for her, Sofia shares with the baby. She talks of Dad picking her up from school, and making pancakes for dinner on Tuesdays, and Daddy telling jokes and kissing boo-boos from falls. This child knows love. 

 

Kari-Lynn Winters can give us funny (e.g., What If I'm Not a Cat? and Bad Pirate) but there is always a degree of tenderness in her stories. Her books like French Toast and Gift Days remind us that there are things which children may think about that may be surprising or different but they are legitimate questions and challenges that children may be experiencing. In All Our Love, while Sofia wonders what the new baby will mean to their family, her welcome letter suggests that she knows that they might wonder about a family with two daddies. This question may have been posed to Sofia herself and her answer acknowledges that she and the baby may have a different family than others but that's what makes it more special. Though Kari-Lynn Winters's dedication suggests that the story is inspired by one particular family or two, All Our Love really speaks to every family, whether with two dads, two moms, only a mom or a dad, or both a mom and a dad, or no moms and dads. If there is love, it is a family.

From All Our Love, written by Kari-Lynn Winters, illustrated by Scot Ritchie

Scot Ritchie, illustrator of countless books of his own (e.g., Federica) as well as those of others (e.g., Zander Stays), has an art style that is soft in line and colour and tender in its spirit. As All Our Love comes from the perspective of Sofia writing a letter to her new sibling, Scot Ritchie has given the illustrations a sweet, anticipatory feel. From Sofia thinking and writing about what this new change will mean, to the family that feels the stars of a birth's magnificence, Scot Ritchie's art takes us on their journey from waiting and hoping to welcoming and celebrating.

 

I hope that young readers will see this as a story of two dads and their children but will also recognize that it goes beyond that because of the love that comes with family. With all that love, this family will be just right, no matter its composition.

While You Were Sleeping

Written and illustrated by Briana Corr Scott

Nimbus Publishing

978-1-77471-205-4

32 pp.

Ages 3-7

September 2023

There are so many versions of families but, when a little one is born, their lives are transformed. Nova Scotian author and artist Briana Corr Scott speaks to all those families as they live, work, play and dream while those little ones, even as they age, sleep.

From While You Were Sleeping, written and illustrated by Briana Corr Scott

In rhyming verse, Briana Corr Scott shows a mother and father with baby strapped in a front-facing carrier preparing a baby's room for wallpaper and paint. As the baby continues to rest in a rocker, the parents finish the room with crib, sheets, and more. But this is but one family. Another is one visited by a trio of aunties, themselves of different skin shades, who coo and admire the child as they sleep. A street scene shows babies and young children in strollers, in front wraps, backpacks and wagons, all sleeping as their caregivers stroll. On a beach, two fathers and their sheepdog wander with their child, while two moms catch their own forty winks in between folding laundry. 

From While You Were Sleeping, written and illustrated by Briana Corr Scott

While their babies sleep, caregivers of all kinds-mothers, fathers, grandparents, and more–go to their jobs and school, do housework, and rest.

But while they sleep, those little ones are growing and they are growing up, until they make their own homes. Still the memories that were made remain.

From While You Were Sleeping, written and illustrated by Briana Corr Scott

While You Were Sleeping may be a lovely bedtime story to send your child off to slumber but I read it more as a tribute to the parents and caregivers who live, work, learn, and love behind the scenes. They are the parents who nurture and provide, who cherish and struggle, but who always keep on. Briana Corr Scott, herself a mother of three, undoubtedly knows the wonders and the challenges of bringing up a child and managing a household, a job, and more while caring for that child. And even though it is work, often requiring multitasking and asking for help, the rewards are more than sufficient.

If you know a family with a newborn, I recommend sharing While You Were Sleeping with them. Briana Corr Scott's touching words will surely resonate with them.

We went to our jobs

We woke with the dawn

We longed to be home

And we loathed being gone...

 

          While you were sleeping.

And her paintings, resplendent with colours and patterns, visit the homes of all types of families, from those with single parents to multigenerational ones, and include multiracial and same-sex parents. Everyone is making a family, while their children sleep, and Briana Corr Scott shows them to us. Your children may fall asleep as you read this, but I know a tear or two will venture out onto your cheeks as you do so.

Because I Already Loved You

Written by Andrée-Anne Cyr

Illustrated by Bérengère Delaporte

Groundwood Books

978-1-77306-973-9

32 pp.

Ages 3-6

August 2023

Reviewed from uncorrected proofs

 

There is often so much anticipation for the birth of a new baby. There are the parents, of course, whose lives will be significantly altered in love and lifestyle, but also for other family members, including young children. But what happens when things do not go to plan and there is no baby to join the family?

From Because I Already Loved You, written by Andrée-Anne Cyr, illus. by Bérengère Delaporte

The young child in Because I Already Loved You knows that a baby is coming, and he is excited. He can touch his mother's belly and feel the baby move. And everyone is preparing for the baby's arrival, from his dad who is painting the room next to his, and his grandmother retrieving stored baby toys and his uncle teaching the child to do magic tricks for his new sibling. The child gets in on all the preparations, drawing his own pictures, and choosing a toy to give to the baby, and practising entertaining tricks.

From Because I Already Loved You, written by Andrée-Anne Cyr, illus. by Bérengère Delaporte

Then Mommy and Daddy announce that the baby is on the way. But when they return, the child doesn't understand why the baby isn't with them. When he is told the baby died, he doesn't understand that the baby will not be coming back. He watches as his family deals in the aftermath of the stillbirth and tries to find a way to remember and cope with his own sadness "because I already loved you!"

From Because I Already Loved You, written by Andrée-Anne Cyr, illus. by Bérengère Delaporte

There are many stories about children anticipating the birth of a new sibling and there are quite a few about death and grief, primarily related to grandparents and pets. But never have I read a story that addresses a family's heartache upon a stillbirth, particularly from the perspective of a young child. Quebec author Andrée-Anne Cyr gives us the full range of emotions for this family, first so filled with longing and hope for a new child, and then the overwhelming sorrow and disorientation when that joyous event turns to one of loss. The child gets caught up in all of it, from the excitement of preparations and expectancy for a sibling to love and teach and play with, to the sadness of missing someone they'd already fallen in love with and of witnessing the pain of his parents and other family members. And though there is healing with time, that absentee baby will never be forgotten because, as the little boy tells it, "I've saved you a place in my heart." While Andrée-Anne Cyr keeps the text simple, conveying ideas and feelings spoken from a young child's point of view, it is also profound in depth of feeling. There is an intensity and authenticity in the child's words and thoughts, from the pleasure of anticipating a sibling to the grief because of their loss, and I'm saddened for anyone who has experienced such a bereavement. 

 

French artist Bérengère Delaporte conveys that full range of emotion in her illustrations, whether it's the joy and wonder of children or the gravitas of weighty circumstances as grief. With sensitivity and  acumen, Bérengère Delaporte ensures that the family remains the same at their core but changes the atmosphere around them. Their sorrow is seen as a pall, a dark cloud that hangs over the family, something that can, with time, dissipate.

From Because I Already Loved You, written by Andrée-Anne Cyr, illus. by Bérengère Delaporte

I've learned that stillbirths are not as uncommon as I'd thought, occurring about once in every two hundred births, depending on location and other circumstances. As such, a lovely picture book like Because I Already Loved You will be a valuable bibliotherapeutic resource for helping young children comprehend never meeting a sibling whose arrival they'd been expecting. And they can be assured that the love for that baby will not disappear, just be held forever in memory and in heart.

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The original story is a French-language edition titled Je t'aimais déjà (Les 400 coups, 2021).

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What Were You Expecting?: First Words for New Parents

Written by Cameron Spires 

Illustrated by Grace Cho

Kids Can Press

978-1-5253-0579-5

44 pp.

Adult (sort of)

May 2023

 

It's a board book, so technically What Were You Expecting? is probably for the very youngest of children.  In fact, it isn't and it kind of is. It's a book to be read by parents to babies who have no idea what is being read to them, but the adults will be chuckling to themselves with the tongue-in-cheek humour that recognizes the wonders and many challenges of having a new baby. After all, what were you expecting?

 

There are actually two stories in What Were You Expecting?  One is written in bold, simple sentences like "This is a book" or "This is a house."  The illustration reflects that simple concept, and a young child would easily pick up on the nouns like house, cat, alien, bottle, rooster, whale, sleep or skunk. But it's what's written after that basic sentence that is loaded with humour, nuance, and significance for the adults reading the book.

From What Were You Expecting?, written by Cameron Spires, illus. by Grace Cho

What is a house? It's "like the one we had to remortgage to pay for your daycare. Just kidding. We can't find daycare."  How about the baby bottle? "You would think your parents would drink fewer bottles than you. You would think that." It's real but very funny. And still the book ends recognizing that ultimately it's the family they created that has made this all worthwhile.

From What Were You Expecting?, written by Cameron Spires, illus. by Grace Cho

Having a baby is an overwhelming commitment of time, finances, energy, and emotion. The rewards of growing a family as an expression of love may be substantial but there are costs, even if some are only temporary. As a parent, BC's Cameron Spires is there to remind others what to expect and how to deal, and he does it with such playfulness that, as they struggle with sleepless nights, debilitating expenses, and physical peculiarities involved with spit-up, poop, and more, they'll smile and remember why it's all worth it.

From What Were You Expecting?, written by Cameron Spires, illus. by Grace Cho

Artist Grace Cho, also of BC, stays with the concept book feel of What Were You Expecting? by keeping her digitally-rendered illustrations bright and bold, perfect for children. The art is whimsical and very sweet, whether it's a coffee-drinking owl, a skunk with a nose clip, or a pair of penguins with their baby. The lines are soft, the backgrounds lively, and the shapes distinct which will be perfect when your baby starts to understand the connection between "their" text and the art.

If you know someone expecting a baby, this is the gift that will give them a much-needed laugh while serving double-duty later on when they'll be reading, at least parts of it, to the source of both their love and their frustrations, hopefully just temporary ones. As a gift for new parents, it may not be what they're expecting from a board book but, like their new bundle of joy, it'll be worth it.

When Sally Met Harry

Written by Paulette Bourgeois

Illustrated by Brooke Kerrigan

North Winds Press (Scholastic Canada)

978-1-4431-7508-1

32 pp.

Ages 2-8

January 2023

Whether you're an adult, a child or a dog, change can be difficult. Even when the status quo is challenging, it's familiar. But when the norm is wonderful, filled with love and attention, adoration and praise, change can be especially effortful, as Sally a goldendoodle learns.

I was a bundle of absolute puppy adorableness.

Sally can do no wrong. She sleeps on their bed, chases squirrels, plays and is cuddled. Even when she does do something inappropriate, like getting into their underwear, chewing it and getting sick, she is consoled with, "Poor baby." And then Sally learns that her people are having a baby. 

From When Sally Met Harry by Paulette Bourgeois, illus. by Brooke Kerrigan

Immediately after Harry arrives, Sally knows things are going to change. She lets herself out when her people are too engrossed with the noisy baby.  Sure, she gets a blanket and a new squeaky squirrel, but Harry gets a giant red bunny! And when Sally tries to show affection for Harry as she would her own pup, they yell at her to get away and she is told, "No." Now Sally has a dog walker, and she sleeps in a basket because Harry sleeps with them. 

From When Sally Met Harry by Paulette Bourgeois, illus. by Brooke Kerrigan

Though Sally tries to think of a way to make her people love her again, she really doesn't have to do anything special. Sally's specialness comes through with the simplest of acts and makes Harry realize that Sally is part of his loving family.

I look deep into Harry's eyes.

I let him know that I love him.

From When Sally Met Harry by Paulette Bourgeois, illus. by Brooke Kerrigan

Many will recognize the name of Paulette Bourgeois as the author of the Franklin the Turtle series but it's obvious she knows more than turtles. She knows babies and children and dogs. She knows the confusion of a new baby in a home with a pet who has been the only "child" and used to getting all the attention and love. But, Paulette Bourgeois, a grandmother herself, also probably knows about finding a way to make all feel appreciated and loved–which will be all the more important when Baby #2 comes along–while bringing seemingly unconnected family members to becoming part of the whole. Telling the story from Sally's perspective, feeling what she does, hearing from others, and seeing for herself, Paulette Bourgeois makes Sally the star of When Sally Met Harry and restores her place of importance when we all know that a helpless baby must become the center of his parents' attention, at least for a time. And then when that baby is a toddler and can be a little brother to big sister Sally, the family circle is complete again.

That sweetness of story and familial bonding comes through in Brooke Kerrigan's illustrations. Rendered in watercolour, pencil crayon and gouache on paper before digitally enhanced, the artwork screams cuteness. From the playful and loving Sally to the cherubic Harry–look at that round head!–and all the little details of toys, squirrels, cats, and other dogs, When Sally Met Harry depicts many a household in which a baby is introduced to a family pet. Still, with Paulette Bourgeois's words and Brooke Kerrigan's illustrations, When Sally Met Harry tells the story of a one-of-a-kind relationship that could earn a cinematic rendering of its own.

Give Me a Snickle!

Written by Alisha Sevigny

Orca Book Publishers

978-1-4598-2870-4

20 pp.

Ages 0-4

April 2022

 

What's a snickle? It's a snuggle and a tickle at the same time. And I bet a lot of caregivers, whether parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents or others, have given many a snickle when it comes to babies and toddlers. With the joy of family and togetherness, Alisha Sevigny lets us share a snickle and a few other endearing touches with the children in this new board book for our very youngest.

From Give Me a Snickle! by Alisha Sevigny

There's a snickle and a tuggle, a higgle and a sniggle, and Alisha Sevigny has given these shared moments new terms. I think she's invented a whole series of new concepts that will have the Canadian Oxford Dictionary looking at inclusion.

From Give Me a Snickle! by Alisha Sevigny

By including everyone in these heartwarming actions, Give Me a Snickle! demonstrates that all young children deserve to be loved and cherished and that those who love them are as diverse as they are. It may not be a long book, though it's perfect for a concept board book, but Give Me a Snickle! shares plentiful affection and gives many an "Aww" moment to cherish. (And, I suspect, many a child will be asking for a snickle or a higgle for years to come.)

From Give Me a Snickle! by Alisha Sevigny

I Can See You

Written by Rosemarie Avrana Meyok

Illustrated by Michelle Simpson

Inhabit Media

978-1-77227-420-2

28 pp.

Ages 0-4

February 2022

 

Concepts books, i.e., those that teach concepts such as the alphabet, colours and numbers, are always valuable resources for parents and teachers. These books introduce young children to early learning but, if handled well, will entertain while that learning is happening. With bright illustrations, a simple rhythm of repetition and a unique cultural foundation for that learning, I Can See You will teach, delight and enlighten.

From I Can See You by Rosemarie Avrana Meyok, illus. by Michelle Simpson

In I Can See You, mothers and grandmothers endearingly play with babies, based on the senses of seeing, hearing, smelling, feeling and even tasting. Embraced with obvious adoration, a baby, always called "my little sweetheart" is experienced fully by the parent or caregiver.

 

From I Can See You by Rosemarie Avrana Meyok, illus. by Michelle Simpson

From playing peek-a-boo to giggles, hugs and kisses and cuddles, each baby is well-loved and the basis for readers, and undoubtedly young listeners, to understand how the five senses can be the vectors for that love.

From I Can See You by Rosemarie Avrana Meyok, illus. by Michelle Simpson

 

 

Born in NWT and residing in Nunavut, author Rosemarie Avrana Meyok speaks from experience both of people and place. As a great-grandmother, she has undoubtedly done her fair share of baby cuddling and nurturing. Her words are simple, as appropriate for a concept book, but never shallow. Rosemarie Avrana Meyok gives depth of feeling to those words but also experience with their message. From the baby in an amautik (parka with a hood for a baby) receiving kunik (nose kisses) from her mother to an Arctic landscape of cottongrass and saxifrage or northern lights–depending on the season– I Can See You takes young readers to the far north. In her joyful artwork, Niagara Falls illustrator Michelle Simpson brings that landscape to life, in its people and its place. The vegetation is distinctly that of the tundra, the stilted houses are raised above the permafrost, the stuffies include walrus, narwhal and snowy owls, and there are earrings that are beaded or resemble the ulu. Everything speaks to an Arctic community and an Inuit culture at its heart. And more at its heart is the love of mother or grandmother, perhaps aunt or sister, for babies who are seen, heard, touched, tasted and smelled with tenderness, knowing all the love that every child deserves.

30+ Must Reads for Babies and New Parents

Recently, I heard about the good news of friends expecting their first grandchild and realized that, with this pandemic, there are many new little ones entering the world to the delight of their family and friends. While there are many concept books out there that will be useful for teaching letters and colours and such, those are best for slightly older children, and are not included here.  Here I include picture or board books that celebrate new babies and those first years of parenting that new bundle of joy.

 

Baby Cakes

Written by Theo Heras
Illustrated by Renné Benoit
Pajama Press
24 pp.
Ages 1-4
2017

Reviewed here

Baby's First Treasury

(4 stories: Welcome, Baby; Read Me a Book; Sing a Song of Mother Goose; and Zoe’s Year)

Written and illustrated by Barbara Reid

Scholastic Canada

136 pp.

2016

 

Beach Baby

Written by Laurie Elmquist

Illustrated by Elly MacKay

Orca Book Publishers

24 pp.

Ages 2-4

2016

 

 

Before You Were Born

Written by Deborah Kerbel
Illustrated by Suzanne Del Rizzo
Pajama Press
32 pp.
Ages 4-7

2019

Reviewed here

A Bedtime Yarn

Written by Nicola Winstanley
Illustrated by Olivia Chin Mueller
Tundra Books
32 pp.
Ages 3-7
2017

 

The Best Gifts

Written by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
Illustrated by Elly MacKay
Fitzhenry & Whiteside
32 pp.
Ages 4-8

2013 

Reviewed here 

Buddy and Earl and the Great Big Baby

Written by Maureen Fergus
Illustrated by Carey Sookocheff
Groundwood Books
32 pp.
Ages 4-7

2016

Reviewed here

Checkers and Dot

Written by J. Torres

Illustrated by J. Lum

Tundra Books

16 pp.

Ages 0-3

2012

 

Checkers and Dot at the Beach

Written by J. Torres
Illustrated by J. Lum
Tundra Books
16 pp.
Ages 0-3
2013

 

Checkers and Dot at the Zoo

Written by J. Torres

Illustrated by J. Lum

Tundra Books

16 pp.

Ages 0-3

2012

 

Checkers and Dot on the Farm

Written by J. Torres
Illustrated by J. Lum
Tundra Books
16 pp.
Ages 0-3
2013

Cinnamon Baby

Written by Nicola Winstanley

Illustrated by Janice Nadeau

Kids Can Press

32 pp.

Ages 3-7

2011

Forest Baby

Written by Laurie Elmquist

Illustrated by Shantala Robinson

Orca Book Publishers

24 pp.

Ages 0-4

2018

Goodnight, Sleepy Animals (A Nightlight Book)
Illustrated by Christine Battuz
CrackBoom
14 pp.
Ages 0-3
2016

 

Hat On, Hat Off

Written by Theo Heras
Illustrated by Renné Benoit
Pajama Press
24 pp.
Ages 1-3

2016 

Reviewed here

Here Babies, There Babies

Written  by Nancy Cohen
Illustrated by Carmen Mok

Nimbus Publishing
14 pp.
Ages 0-2

2015 

Reviewed here

 

I Sang You Down from the Stars 

Written by Tasha Spillett-Sumner

Illustrated by Michaela Goade

Owlkids Books

32 pp.

Ages 2-5

2021

King Baby

Written and illustrated by Kate Beaton
Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic
40 pp.
Ages 4-8

2016

Reviewed here

Kiss Tickle Cuddle Hug

Written by Susan Musgrave

Orca Book Publishers

24 pp.

Ages 0-2

2012

 

Little You 

Written by Richard Camp

Illustrated by Julie Flett

Orca Book Publishers

24 pp.

Ages 0-4

2013

 

Lots of Kisses

Written by Lorna Crozier

Orca Book Publishers

24 pp.

Ages 0-2

2014

 

Love You Forever

Written by Robert Munsch

Illustrated by Sheila McGraw

Firefly Books

32 pp.

Ages 0-4

1995

Love You Head to Toe

Written and illustrated by Ashley Barron

Owlkids Books

28 pp.

Ages 0-5

2020

Please Don't Change My Diaper!

Written by Sarabeth Holden
Illustrated by Emma Pedersen
Inhabit Media
28 pp.
Ages 0-4

2020 

Reviewed here 

So Many Babies!

Written by Lorna Crozier

Illustrated by Laura Watson

Orca Book Publishers

24 pp.

Ages 0-2

2015

Sweetest Kulu
Written  by Celina Kalluk
Illustrated by Alexandria Neonakis
Inhabit Media
32 pp.
Ages 0-6
2014 

Reviewed here

Time for Bed: Baby’s Bedtime Routine (Baby Steps)
Written by Carol McDougall & Shanda LaRamee-Jones
Nimbus
18 pp.
Ages 0-2
2018

 

Toesy Toes

Written by Sarah Tsiang

Orca Book Publishers

26 pp.

Ages 0-2

2018

 

Up! How Families Around the World Carry Their Little Ones

Written by Susan Hughes
Illustrated by Ashley Barron
Owlkids Books
24 pp.
Ages 2-5

2017 

Reviewed here

 

The Ways I Will Love You

Written by Rachel Boehm

Illustrated by Mary Jane Gerber

Orca Book Publishers

24 pp.

Ages 0-6

2010

Welcome Song for Baby: A Lullaby for Newborns

Written by Richard Van Camp

Orca Book Publishers

24 pp.

Ages 0-4

2007 

We Sang You Home

Written by Richard Van Camp

Illustrated by Julie Flett

Orca Book Publishers

24 pp.

Ages 0-4

2016

Where's Bunny?
Written by Theo Heras
Illustrated by Renné Benoit
Pajama Press
24 pp.
Ages 1-3
2018 

Reviewed here