Lindy’s Magpie Reads | Which is the best Canadian picture book? I rank a selection of recent award finalists. #kidlit @lindysmagpiereads | Uploaded November 2023 | Updated October 2024, 5 hours ago.
Books discussed (in alphabetical order by title):

111 Trees: How One Village Celebrates the Birth of Every Girl by Rina Singh and Marianne Ferrer

Boobies by Nancy Vo

Fox and Bear by Miriam Körner

I’m Not Sydney by Marie Louise Gay

Lizzy and the Cloud by Eric Fan and Terry Fan

When You Can Swim by Jack Wong
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Other Mentions:

More about ecofeminism in the village of Piplantri: youtu.be/RZwjrrViBsQ?si=c-67_ie2wUKmptxI

Once, a Bird by Rina Singh and Nathalie Dion - I talked about it in this video: Friday Reads October 27: Indigenous authors; broken teapot; cake; CanLit awards; wordless books
youtu.be/jk5S6H5Q8YA

The Night Gardener by the Fan brothers

The Barnabus Project by the Fan brothers

Canadian Children’s Book Centre awards: bookcentre.ca/news/2023-shortlists-for-the-ccbc-book-awards

Mina by Matthew Forsythe- I talked about it in this video: Friday Reads Oct 28: #IndigenousBooks #Queer #Translations #Audiobooks #KidLit #CanLit #Booktube
youtu.be/UiqRiDxdV3Q

The Words We Share by Jack Wong

Governor General’s Literary Awards: ggbooks.ca/#finalists