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First and Best 2008

Our top picks of the best Canadian children's books for building reading readiness in kids under five. Because the first books you share with your child should also be the best!

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  • Find out what happens when Cow is left at home alone and Dog stops by for a nap.
    Picture Book, 2008Toronto : Annick Press, c2008. — PIC OHI
  • Follow along as a number of animals make a snug little burrow their home.
    Book, 2008Toronto : Kids Can Press, c2008. — 591.5648 HIC
  • Little Panda is content to be on his own while Mother Bear is searching for food, until something disturbs his snooze.
    Picture Book, 2008Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2008. — PIC LIW
  • Count the seeds and anything else you can find in the garden.
    Picture Book, 2008Markham, Ont. : Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2008. — PIC LOT
  • A place for everything and everything in its place. Familiar sights and sounds greet a little girl as she roams through the farm.
    Picture Book, 2008Toronto : Annick Press, c2008. — PIC STI
  • What do you wear in the winter?
    Picture Book, 2008Toronto : Tundra Books, c2008. — PIC JOC
  • Of course, each mother believes that hers is the sweetest one of all. A gentle, soothing listing of animal mothers and their young.
    Picture Book, 2008Toronto : North Winds Press, 2008. — PIC LIT
  • While we aren't so sure what Thing-Thing is, we are definitely certain of what he wants. He wants a child to love him just the way he is.
    Picture Book, 2008Toronto : Tundra Books, 2008. — PIC FAG
  • A simple explanation of the concept of time.
    Book, 2008Toronto : Tundra Books, c2008. — 529.7 GLE
  • Bear doesn't like visitors. However, after some persistence from a friendly mouse, he relents and the result is a new friendship.
    Picture Book, 2008Cambridge, MA : Candlewick Press, 2008. — PIC BEC