MONSTER MANNERS

ages 4-8 (Scholastic 2011)

If you get invited
to a monster's house
for dinner, be sure
to mind your manners
or very strange
things might happen!


Illustrations by Sampar
also available in French

TOGETHER (Annick Press 2009)

ages 1 - 3

Buttons keep a shirt 
together, laces keep 
our feet in our shoes...
and hugs keep us 
together
when we are apart!

Illustrations

by Alice Priestley

MATTLAND ages 4-8

(Annick Press 2009)

A field of mud is 
the beginning of a world 
of imagination 
and friendship. 
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Marilyn Baillie Award 2009 

Co-authored with Gail Herbert. 
Illustrations by Dušan Petričić 

THE SIDEWALK RESCUE
ages 4-8   (Annick Pess 2004) 

It’s imagination to the 
rescue when Josie 
tumbles into her 
own chalk picture.

Illustrations by 
Ruth Ohi.

Blue Spruce Reading List 2005, 
Shining Willow Reading 2006

BENEATH THE BRIDGE
(Annick Press 2004) 

A lyrical tale of 
dritfting and dreams
that follows a
tiny boat on its
journey to the 
ocean.  


Illustrations by
Ruth Ohi

Blue Spruce Reading List 2006

A SECOND IS A HICCUP
A Child's Book of Time
(North Winds, Scholastic, 2004) 

As time plays out, 
happy rhyming thoughts 
link hands with
endearing illustrations 
to reflect
childhood days. 


Illustrations by 
Kady MacDonald Denton. 
 2005 Norma Fleck Honor Award  
available in French as Le Carrousel 

TWO SO SMALL
ages 4-8  (Annick Press 2000)

A boy shows that 
kindness wins the day 
when hestrays into 
the land of the giants.

Illustrations by 
Ruth Ohi


Mr. Christie's Silver Award

THE LIST

ages 4-8 (Annick Press 2007)

Princess Cassidy
 prints the letters of the 
alphabet backward and 
upside down.  But 
written on her list is
the best present
 of all!

Illustrations byMaria van Lieshout
Blue Spruce Reading List 2008

ONE DUCK
ages 4-8 (Annick Press 2007)

When a mother mallard 
nests in a farmer's 
field, she puts herself 
and all her egss 
 in danger.



Illustrations by Ruth Ohi.

TESS
ages 4-8 (Annick Press 2007)

Hard times and 
a brave rescue lead 
to an unexpected 
friendship.  Set on 
the prairies in 
the 1930's.


Illustrations by Ruth Ohi

Mr. Christie's Silver  Award
Governor General's Nominee
Storytelling World Honor Award

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Yancy and Bear   and  
It's Raining, Yancy and Bear
(Toronto:Annick 1996 and 1998)

A boy and his bear change places!
Illustrations by Ruth Ohi

And you Can Be the Cat     
(Toronto: Annick 1992)

Norman loves to play with his 
older sister and her
friend but he's fed up with 
always being the cat!
Illustrations by Ruth Ohi

I'd Know You Anywhere
(Toronto:Annick 2002)
A small boy's imagination 
and the father who will 
always find him.   
Illustrations by Ruth Ohi.
Also translated into Korean.

Yancy and Bear   
and  It's Raining, Yancy and Bear
(Toronto:Annick 1996 and 1998)

A boy and his bear change places!
Illustrations by Ruth Ohi

One Dark Night
(New York:Viking 2001)
A boy cares for a cat during a 
thunder storm 
with surprising results.
Illustrations by Kathleen Hartung

The Wide World of Suzie Mallard
(Memphis: Ducks Unlimited,200)

The first year in a young duck's life.

Katie's Babbling Brother
(Toronto: Annick 1991)
The trials anad tribulations of having a 
young brother.
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Norman's Snowball
(Toronto: Annick 1989)
Norman and Leanna roll a huge snowball 
with hilarious results.
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Ben's Snow Song
(Toronto: Annick 1987)
A gentle, lyrical story about a family's 
winter picnic in the mountains.
Illustrations by Lisa Smith.
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Believing Sophie 
(Morton Grove,Ill: Albert Whitman and Co. 1995)
A young girl is unjustly 
accused of shoplifting.  
Illustrations by Dorothy Donohue.

The Catfish Palace
(Toronto:Annick 1993)
A too big catfish in a 
too small tank sets Cindy thinking
and, when the time is right, 
sending a letter.
Illustrations by Ruth Ohi

Nicholas at the Library
(Toronto: Annick 1990)
Nicholas and an adventurous librarian 
rescue a lost story chimpanzee 
and discover the wonder of books.
Illustrations by Ruth Ohi
Chosen by The Canadian Book
Manufacturers' Assoc. (1999)
& by TD Bank Financial/Canadian 
Children's Book Centre (2000) 
for the Great Canadian Book 
Giveaway in support of literacy.

Leanna Builds a Genie Trap
(Toronto: Annick 1986)
Leanna works out a compromise 
with the magical being 
in her house.
Illustrations Catharine O'Neill 
Selected for the 
White Raven Collection of the 
International Youth Library 
in Munich