Readers’ Advisory

My Favourite Books

Eleven Favourite Picture Books

• Frederick by Leo Lionni
• Owl Moon by Jane Yolen, illustrated by John Schoenherr
• Days with Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel
• Max’s Chocolate Chicken by Rosemary Wells
• The Very Hungry Caterpiller by Eric Carle
• Sometimes I Feel Like a Fox by Danielle Daniel
• Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst, illustrated by Ray Cruz
• The Hockey Sweater by Roch Carrier, illustrated by Sheldon Cohen
• A Screaming Kind of Day by Rachna Gilmore, illustrated by Gordon Sauve
• The Incredible Freedom Machines by Kirli Saunders, illustrated by Matt Ottley
• Missing Nimâmâ by Melanie Florence, illustrated by François Thisdale

Eleven Favourite Books for Ages 8 – 11

• The Tiger Rising by Kate di Camillo
• The Crazy Man by Pamela Porter
• A Boy Named Queen by Sara Cassidy
• Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
• Girl of the Southern Sea by Michelle Kadarusman
• Fatty Legs by by Christy Jordan-Fenton & Margaret Pokiak-Fenton, illustrated by Liz Amini-Holmes
• Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
• Julie by Cora Taylor
• The Storm in the Barn (a graphic novel) by Matt Phelan
• Love that Dog (a verse novel) by Sharon Creech
• Stand on the Sky by Erin Bow

Eleven Favourite Books for Ages 12 – 14

• Beatrice and Croc Harry by Lawrence Hill
• The Pigman by Paul Zindel
• A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
• Silverwing by Kenneth Oppel
• From the Top of a Grain Elevator by Barbara Nickel
• The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Patterson
• Libertad (a verse novel) by Alma Fullerton
• The Barren Grounds by David A. Robertson
• Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
• The Gospel Truth by Caroline Pignat

Eleven Favourite Books for Ages 15 – 17

• Homes by Abu Bakr Al Rabeeah and Winnie Yeung
• the curious incident of the dog in the night time by Mark Haddon
• Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese
• Dreamhunter by Elizabeth Knox
• Megiddo’s Shadow by Arthur Slade
• In the Key of Nira Ghani by Natasha Deen
• Butterfly Yellow by Thanhhà Lại
• Search of the Moon King’s Daughter by Linda Holeman
• A Thousand Nights by E. K. Johnston
• The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline
• Between Sisters by Adwoa Badoe

Eleven Favourite Books for Adults

• in this house are many women by Sheree Fitch
• New Albion by Dwayne Brenna
• The Piano Teacher: A Healing Key by Dorothy Dittrich
• Angels and Insects by A.S. Byatt
• A Store of Candles by Frank Ormsby
• Don’t Take Any Wooden Nickels: Prairie Memories from 1916 – 1946 by Myra Stilborn, age 95 (available from www.lulu.com)
• As for Me and My House by Sinclair Ross
• The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa
• The Body Surfers by Robert Drewe
• Reader’s Block: A History of Reading Differences by Matthew Rubery
• True Biz by Sara Noviç

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