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Literary Digest: The Incredible Book Eating Boy
Author: Oliver Jeffers (on JOMB) Illustrator: Oliver Jeffers Published: 2006 Harper Collins (on JOMB) ISBN: 0007182317 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Brilliantly built upon book covers and maps, this...
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Hypnotising Beauty: Lugalbanda – The Boy Who Got Caught Up in a War
Told By: Kathy Henderson Illustrator: Jane Ray (on JOMB) Published: 2006 Candlewick Press (on JOMB) ISBN: 0763627828 Chapters.ca Amazon.com This warmly worded and intricately illustrated epic enchants...
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The Planned Prodigy: Baby Brains (The smartest baby in the whole world)
Author: Simon James Illustrator: Simon James Published: 2004 Candlewick Press (on JOMB) ISBN: 0763636827 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Hilariously understated body language and text tell a tale of in utero...
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Thinking Rules: Library Lion
Author: Michelle Knudsen Illustrator: Kevin Hawkes (on JOMB) Published: 2006 Candlewick Press (on JOMB) ISBN: 0763622621 Chapters.ca Amazon.com We want them to follow the rules. We want them to think...
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Diverting Disobedience: The Hound from the Pound
Author: Jessica Swaim (on JOMB) Illustrator: Jill McElmurry (on JOMB) Published: 2007 Candlewick Press (on JOMB) ISBN: 076362330X Chapters.ca Amazon.com Fast-paced, must-memorize rhyme, a pack of...
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Stranger than Fiction: A Horse in the House
Author: Gail Ablow Illustrator: Kathy Osborn Published: 2007 Candlewick Press (on JOMB) ISBN: 0763628387 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Densely colourful, offbeat illustrations and an unusual hybrid of...
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Silken Strength and Resilience: Red Butterfly (How a Princess Smuggled the...
Author: Deborah Noyes Illustrator: Sophie Blackall Published: 2007 Candlewick Press (on JOMB) ISBN: 0763624004 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Delicately depicted in mint, peach and red, this beautifully worded...
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Passion, Pooches & Piercings: “Let’s Get a Pup!” said Kate
Author: Bob Graham (on JOMB) Illustrator: Bob Graham Published: 2001 Candlewick Press (on JOMB) ISBN: 0763621935 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Cluttered with the happy chaos of a connected family and told...
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Of Siblings and Solitude: Cuddly Dudley
Author: Jez Alborough Illustrator: Jez Alborough Published: 1995 Candlewick Press (on JOMB) ISBN: 1564025055 Chapters.ca Amazon.com A determined crowd of affectionate penguins, acres of cartoon ice...
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The Bee’s Knees: Jazz ABZ (An A to Z Collection of Jazz Portraits)
Author: Wynton Marsalis and Phil Schaap Illustrator: Paul Rogers (on JOMB) Published: 2007 Candlewick Press (on JOMB) ISBN: 0763621358 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Vintage poster-style illustrations and...
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Sixths Sense: Full House (An Invitation to Fractions)
Author: Dayle Ann Dodds (on JOMB) Illustrator: Abby Carter (on JOMB) Published: 2007 Candlewick Press (on JOMB) ISBN: 0763624683 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Cheerfully wobbly illustrations combine with...
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Pet Peeve: Not Norman (A Goldfish Story)
Author: Kelly Bennett Illustrator: Noah Z. Jones Published: 2008 Candlewick Press (on JOMB) ISBN: 0763627631 Sunny stylized digital images and giggle-inducing grins, grimaces and gestures make a...
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Emulating Spaces: McFig & McFly (A Tale of Jealousy, Revenge, and Death —...
Author: Henrik Drescher Illustrator: Henrik Drescher Published: 2008 Candlewick Press (on JOMB) ISBN: 0763633860 A veneer of feigned pleasantries can’t conceal the ceaseless, senseless competition that...
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Orchestrating Inspiration: Lady Liberty – A Biography
Author: Doreen Rappaport Illustrator: Matt Tavares Published: 2008 Candlewick Press (on JOMB) ISBN: 0763625302 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Stunningly warm, intimate illustrations and eleven candid first...
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Loss, Laughs and Loony-Proof Love: My Dad’s A Birdman
Author: David Almond (on JOMB) Illustrator: Polly Dunbar (on JOMB) Published: 2007 Candlewick Press (on JOMB) ISBN: 0763636673 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Airy illustrations, playful, British dialogue and...
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Prehistoric Rock: Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp
Author: Carol Diggory Shields Illustrator: Scott Nash Published: 1997 Candlewick Press (on JOMB) ISBN: 0763638870 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Thirty one pages of rowdy, rhyming rumpus slide sneakily to a...
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Of Horror and Heroism: The Donkey of Gallipoli (A True Story of Courage in...
Author: Mark Greenwood (on JOMB) Illustrator: Frané Lessac (on JOMB) Published: 2008 Candlewick Press (on JOMB) ISBN: 0763639133 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Deceptively simple looking folk art...
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Of Flash and Forgiveness: The Worst Best Friend
Author: Alexis O’Neill (on JOMB) Illustrator: Laura Huliska-Beith (on JOMB) Published: 2008 Scholastic (on JOMB) ISBN: 0545010233 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Sunny school-yard action, frisky text and heaps...
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A Roving Rover: Owney the Mail-Pouch Pooch
Author: Mona Kerby (on JOMB) Illustrator: Lynne Barasch (on JOMB) Published: 2008 Farrar, Straus and Giroux (on JOMB) ISBN: 0374356858 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Neither wind nor rain nor the dog-catchers...
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Of Curiosity and Creationism: One Beetle Too Many (The Extraordinary...
Author: Kathryn Lasky (on JOMB) Illustrator: Matthew Trueman (on JOMB) Published: 2008 Candlewick Press (on JOMB) ISBN: 076361436X Chapters.ca Amazon.com Wonderfully wonky, earth-toned images and...
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