Yay! We are pleased to announce that we have quite a few books that have been chosen by Best Books for Kids and Teens, 2012. When I Was Small by Sara O'Leary and illustrated by Julie Morstad

Singing Away the Dark by Caroline Woodward and illustrated by Julie Morstad

Pussycat, Pussycat, Where Have You Been? by Dan Bar-el and illustrated by Rae Mate

Owls See Clearly at Night by Julie Flett

Congratulations to all our authors and illustrators!

Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Nominee!

Yipee! Pussycat, Pussycat, Where Have You Been? by Dan Bar-el and illustrated by Rae Mate, has just been nominated for the 2012 Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award. Congrats to our author and illustrator, and to all the others who were nominated. May the best book win! Find out more about the Canadian Children's Book Centre!

inspiration from CS Lewis

Thanks to Freepeople Blog for the link.

alice

One of the first books we published at Simply Read Books was Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, illustrated by Iassen Ghiuselev. We have since reprinted it numerous times as well as even done a new edition. We are always on the look out of other beautiful illustrated versions of Alice, and this one certainly caught our eye: from Penguin UK and Yayoi Kusama, Japan’s most celebrated contemporary artist, comes a striking version with colorful dots and twisted typography.

some scary French children's books

How interesting! Check out some of these French children's picture books--so much darker than what you can find in North America.

A character who cut off his own head? Or did he PEEL off his own head?

Did that woman just turn Angela into a wooden puppet for stealing one of her cherries? Yes. Yes she did.

The rabbit's revenge--these rabbits are mad! More here! Thanks to Jenny Colgan for the info.