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E-book Contemporary Canadian Picture Books : A Critical Review for Educators, Librarians, Families, Researchers & Writers
Our audience includes preservice and in-service teachers, teacher-educators, and librarians, but we encourage anyone who champions children’s literature to enjoy this resource! We hope that families find titles here to fuel shared read-ing experiences, and we anticipate that researchers will draw many of our sug-gested titles into school-based studies. We want readers to be aware of what a rich and diverse body of content we have in Canada; we want to see these books in classrooms, libraries, and homes; we want Canadian titles on recommended reading lists; and, above all, we want these books in the hands of young people.Our readers will find titles organised through particular themes that con-nect well to Canadian school curricula. Families will find fuel for conversations and inspiration for artistic play. Children will “meet” 12 authors and illustrators, relatively new to the field of picture books, whom we introduce in Chapter 13 and whose responses to our interview questions provide fascinating insights into picture book creation. Chapter 13 also connects nicely to classroom stud-ies of authors and illustrators related to English Language Arts outcomes, sup-porting teachers in unit development. Writers and artists can find support in this volume as well – the best advice we have for those who wish to create picture books is to read widely, explore contemporary offerings, and develop stories that mean the most to them.We have grouped many of our new titles – books with copyright dates between 2017 and 2019 – in thematic chapters to help readers navigate the range of content. While some books could logically fit under more than one theme, we have limited inclusion to single chapters, trusting our readers to make further connections among titles.
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