8 best Canadian books for babies and toddlers

Kathy Stinson, Robin Baird Lewis, Annick Press

Much to her mother’s dismay, a stubborn little girl insists on wearing red all the time. Red stockings make her jump higher, and red mittens shape snowballs better!

Raffi, Ashley Wolff, Crown Publishers

The lyrics of Raffi’s 1980 hit song supply the text for this illustrated book, perfect for his littlest listeners. 

Teddy Jam, Eric Beddows, Groundwood Books

Wide-awake Baby and sleepy Daddy look out the window at the nighttime city life below, sweetly described in rhyming couplets.

Jean Little, Marisol Sarrazin, Scholastic Canada

All the animals on the farm are having babies, and now there are sweet fuzzy ducklings and dear little kittens. 

Eugenie Fernandes, Kids Can Press

In the first book of the Kitten series, Kitten ventures out into the farmyard to meet all the animals and their new babes. 

Kim Bellefontaine, Per-Henrik Gürth, Kids Can Press

C is for Calgary Stampede and S is for salmon swimming upstream. Bright and colourful illustrations greet tiny readers as they flip through a very Canadian alphabet. 

Geneviève Côté, Kids Can Press

Two friends bicker and come up with a list of things they can do without each other, only to realize that things are much better when done together. 

Richard Van Camp, Julie Flett, Orca Book Publishers

Lively drawings of parents and their child accompany sweet text about the joy a new baby brings. 

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