Children's Books by Authors and Illustrators from
 British Columbia: a Selective List


 
 

Compiled by Judith Saltman, University of British Columbia

Please note that books are listed by author, title, illustrator, and publisher.

Note: Unless otherwise noted, all books can be found in Education Library, University of British Columbia.


  1. Early Years
  2. 1970s-80s - Growth
  3. 1990s - An Explosion
  4. The Last Few Years

    Early Years

    Clark, Catherine Anthony, The golden pine cone, Clare Bice, Toronto: Macmillan, 1950

    PZ 7 C527 G6
    (Main Library)

    Clutesi, George, Son of Raven, son of Deer: fables of the Tse-Shaht People, Sidney, BC: Gray’s Publishing , 1967

    E 99 N85 C55 1967

    Haig-Brown, Roderick, The whale people, Mary Weiler, London: Collins, 1962

    PZ 7 H13 Wh

    Harris, Christie, Once more upon a totem, Douglas Tait, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1973

    E 98 F6 H292 1973

    Nichols, Ruth, A walk out of the World, Trina Schart Hyman, Don Mills, Ont: Longmans Canada, 1969

    PZ 7 N537 Wk 1969


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    1970’s and '80’s - Growth

    Picture Books

    Alderson, Sue Ann, Bonnie McSmithers, you’re driving me dithers, Fiona Garrick, Edmonton: Tree Frog Press, 1974

    PZ 4.9 A364 Bn 1974

    Alderson, Sue Ann, Ida and the wool smugglers, Ann Blades, Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 1987

    PZ 7 A362 Id 1987

    Blades, Ann, Mary of Mile 18, Montreal: Tundra Books, 1971.

    PZ 4.9 B533 Mr 1971

    Khalsa, Dayal Kaur, Tales of a gambling grandma, Montreal: Tundra Books, 1986

    PZ 7 D338 Ts 1986

    Lim, Sing, West Coast Chinese boy, Montreal: Tundra Books, 1979

    FC 3825.1 L54 A3 1979

    Lunn, Janet, Amos’s sweater, Kim LaFave, Toronto: Groundwood, 1988

    PZ 4.9 L975 Am 1988

    Takashima, Shizuye, A child in prison camp, Montreal: Tundra Books, 1971

    FC 106 J3 T34 1971

    Waterton, Betty, A salmon for Simon, Ann Blades, Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 1978.

    PZ 4.9 W384 Sm 1978


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    Realistic Fiction

    Ellis, Sarah, The Baby Project, Vancouver/Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 1986

    PZ 7 E476 Bb 1986

    Ellis, Sarah, Next door neighbours, A Groundwood Book, Vancouver/Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 1989.

    PZ 7 E476 Nx 1989

    Razzell, Mary, Snow apples, A Groundwood Book, Vancouver/Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 1984.

    PZ 7 R229 Sn 1984


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    Historical Fiction

    Kogawa, Joy, Naomi’s road, Matt Gould, Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1986

    PZ 7 K6723 Nm 1986

    Yee, Paul, Tales from Gold Mountain: stories of the Chinese in the New World, Simon Ng, A Groundwood Book, Vancouver/Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 1989.

    PZ 7 Y43 Tl 1989


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    Fantasy

    Pearson, Kit, A handful of time, Markham, Ont: Viking/Penguin Books Canada, 1987

    PZ 7 P4 Hn 1987


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    1990’s - An Explosion

    Picture Books

    Alderson, Sue Ann, Sure as strawberries, Karen Reczuch, Northern Lights Books for Children, Red Deer, Alta: Red Deer College Press, 1992

    PZ 4.9 A364 Sr 1992

    Camerson, Anne, How raven freed the moon, Tara Miller, Madeira Park, BC: Madiera Publishing, 1985

    E 78 N78 C3568 1985

    Craigan, Charlie, Mayuk the grizzly bear: a legend of the Sechelt people, Gibsons, BC: Nightwood Editions, 1993

    E 99 S21 M39 1993

    Czernecki, Stefan, The cricket's cage a Chinese folktale, Winnipeg: Hyperion Press, 1996

    PZ 4.9 C994 Cr 1996

    Gregory, Nan, How Smudge came, Ron Lightburn, Northern Lights Books for Children, Red Deer, Alta: Red Deer College Press, 1995

    PZ 4.9 G8358 Hw 1995

    Grimm Bros (retold by P. K. Page), The travelling musicians, Kady MacDondald Denton, Toronto: Kids Can Press, 1991.

    PZ 7.3 DD1 G75 Tr 1991

    Hundal, Nancy, I heard my mother call my name, Laura Fernandez, Toronto: Harper & Collins Publishers, 1990

    PZ 4.9 H852 Ih 1990

    Langston, Laura, The magic ear, Victor Bosson, Victoria, BC: Orca Book Publishers, 1995

    PZ 7.3 DS82 L279 Mg 1995

    Lawson, Julie, A morning to polish and keep, Sheena Lott, Red Deer, Alta: Red Deer College Press, 1992

    PZ 4.9 L397 Mr 1992

    Lawson, Julie, The dragon’s pearl, Paul Morin, Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1992

    PZ 7.3 DS81 L422 DR 1992

    Lucas, Berny, Brewster rooster, Russ Willms, Toronto: Kids Can Press, 1993

    PZ 4.9 L9216 Br 1993

    Manson, Ainslie, A dog came too, Ann Blades, A Groundwood Book, Vancouver/Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 1992

    PZ 4.9 M3584 Dg 1992

    McFarlane, Sheryl, Eagle dreams, Ron Lightburn, Victoria, BC: Orca Book Publishers, 1994

    PZ 4.9 M1527 E6 1994

    McFarlane, Sheryl, Waiting for the whales, Ron Lightburn, Victoria, BC: Orca Book Publishers, 1991

    PZ 4.9 M1527 Wt 1991

    McFarlane, Sheryl, Moonsnail song, Sheena Lott, Victoria, BC: Orca Book Publishers, 1994

    PZ 4.9 M1527 Mn 1994

    Reynolds, Marilynn, Belle’s journey, Stephen McCallum, Victoria, BC: Orca Book Publishers, 1993

    PZ 4.9 R3356 BL 1993

    Simmie, Lois, Mister got to go: the cat that wouldn’t leave, Cynthia Nugent, Northern Lights Books for Children, Red Deer, Alta: Red Deer College Press, 1995

    PZ 4.9 S5459 Ms 1995

    Valgardson, W. D., Sarah and the people of Sand River, Ian Wallace, Toronto: Groundwood Books/ Douglas & McIntyre, 1996

    PZ 4.9 V315 Sr 1996

    Van Camp, Richard, A man called Raven, George Littlechild, San Fransisco: Children’s Book Press, 1997.

    PS 8593 A5376 M36 1997

    Waldron, Kathleen Cook, A wilderness Passover, Leslie Gould, Northern Lights Books for Children Red Deer, Alta: Red Deer College Press, 1994

    PZ 4.9 W3447 WL 1994

    Yee, Paul, Roses sing on new snow: a delicious tale, Harvey Chan, A Groundwood Book, Vancouver/Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 1991

    PZ 4.9 Y4336 Rs 1991

    Yee, Paul, Ghost train, Harvey Chan, A Groundwood Book, Vancouver/Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 1996

    PZ 4.9 Y4336 Gs 1996

    Zagwyn, Deborah Turney, Long Nellie, Victoria, BC: Orca Book Publishers, 1993

    PZ 4.9 Z345 Ln 1993


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    Fiction

    Realism

    Bailey, Linda, How come the best clues are always in the garbage? A Stevie Diamond mystery, Toronto: Kids Can Press, 1992

    PZ 7 B162 Hw 1992

    Ellis Sarah, Pick-up sticks, A Groundwood Book, Vancouver/Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 1991

    PZ 7 E476 Pc 1991

    Ellis, Sarah, Out of the blue, A Groundwood Book, Vancouver/Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 1994

    PZ 7 E476 Ot 1994

    Heneghan, James, Torn away, Toronto: Viking/Penguin Books Canada, 1994

    PZ 7 H3934 Tn 1994

    Lupini, Valerie, There goes the neighbourhood, Northern Lights Books for Children, Red Deer, Alta: Red Deer College Press, 1995

    PZ 7 L979 Th 1995

    Roberts, Ken, Past tense, A Groundwood Book, Vancouver/Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 1994

    PZ 7 R5423 Ps 1994

    Sterling, Shirley, My name is Seepeetza,, A Groundwood Book, Vancouver/Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 1992

    PZ 7 S839 My 1992

    Waterton, Betty, Quincy Rumpel and the all-day breakfast, A Groundwood Book, Vancouver/Toronto:Douglas & McIntyre, 1996

    PZ 7 W383 Qm 1996


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    Historical Fiction

    Boraks-Nemetz, Lillian, The old brown suitcase: a teenager’s story of war and peace, Brentwood Bay, BC: Ben-Simon Publications, 1994

    PZ 7 B6472 Od 1994

    Pearson, Kit, The sky is falling, Toronto: Viking Kestrel, 1989

    PZ 7 P4 Sk 1989


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    Fantasy

    Bowering, George, Parents from space, Montreal: Roussan Publishers, 1994

    PZ 7 B6663 Pr 1994

    Ellis, Sarah, Back of beyond: stories, Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 1996

    P Z7 E476 Bc 1996

    Lawson, Julie, White jade tiger, Victoria, BC: Beach Holme Publishing, 1993

    PZ 7 L422 Wh 1993

    Pearson, Kit, Awake and dreaming, Toronto: Viking/Penguin Books Canada, 1996

    PZ 7 P4 Aw 1996

    Stewart, Sean, Nobody’s son, Don Mills, Ont: Maxwell Macmillan Canada, 1993

    PR 9323 T49 N626 1993


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    Poetry
    Heidbreder, Robert, Eenie, Meenie Manitoba: playful poems and rollicking rhymes, Scot Ritchie, Toronto: Kids Can Press, 1996 PZ 8.3 H453 En 1996

    Hume, Stephen, Midnight on the farm, Regolo Ricci, Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1992.

    PZ 4.9 H85 Md 1992


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    The Last Few Years

    Picture Books

    Bouchard, David, The dragon New Year: a Chinese legend, Zhong-Yang Huang, Vancouver: Raincoast Books, 1999

    PZ 4.9 B689 Dr 1999

    Hume, Stephen Eaton, Rainbow Bay, Pascal Milelli, Vancouver; Raincoast Books, 1997

    PZ 4.9 H85 Rn 1997

    Lawson, Julie, Midnight in the mountains, Sheena Lott, Victoria, BC: Orca Book Publishers, 1998

    PZ 4.9 L397 Md 1998

    Lawson, Julie, Emma and the silk train, Paul Mombourquette, Toronto: Kids Can Press, 1997

    PZ 4.9 L397 Em 1997

    Lightburn, Sandra, Driftwood Cove, Ron Lightburn, Toronto: Doubleday, 1998

    PZ 4.9 L5458 Dr 1998

    Manson, Ainslie, Baboo: the story of Sir John A. Macdonald's daughter, Bill Wand, A Groundwood Book, Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 1998

    FC 521 M32 M35 1998

    Musgrave, Susan, Dreams are more real than bathtubs, Marie-Louise Gay, Victoria, BC: Orca Book Publishers, 1998

    PZ 4.9 M94754 Dr 1998

    Schwartz, Ellen, Mr. Belinsky’s bagels, Stefan Czernecki, London; Vancouver: Tradewind Books, 1997

    PZ 4.9 S36594 Mr 1997

    Spalding, Andrea, Sarah May and the new red dress, Janet Wilson, Victoria, BC: Orca Book Publishers, 1998

    PZ 4.9 S653 Sr 1998

    Stuchner, Joan Betty, The Kugel Valley klezmer band, Richard Row, [Richmond Hill, Ont.]: North Winds Press, 1998

    PZ 4.9 S864 Kg 1998

    Van Camp, Richard, What’s the most beautiful thing you know about horses?, George Littlechild, San Fransisco: Children’s Book Press, 1998

    PZ 4.9 V34225 Wh 1998

    Yee, Paul, The boy in the attic, Gu Xiong,A Groundwood Book, Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 1998

    PZ 4.9 Y4336 Bc 1998


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    Fiction
    Realism

    Bayless, Maureen, No fixed address, Toronto: Scholastic Canada, 1997

    PZ 7 B3364 Nf 1997

    Craddock, Sonia, Rosemary for remembrance, Toronto: J. Lorimer, 1996

    PZ 7 C838 Rs 1996

    Friesen, Gayle, Janey’s girl, Toronto: Kids Can Press, 1998

    PS 8561 R4956 J3 1998

    Lawson, Julie, Turns on a dime, Toronto: Stoddart Kids, 1998

    PZ 7 L422 Tr 1998

    LeBox, Annette, Miracle at Willowcreek, Kasia Charko, Toronto: Second Story Press, 1998

    PZ 7 L4235 Mc 1998

    Richmond, Sandra, Shoot to score, Toronto: J. Lorimer, 1998

    PZ 7 R538 Sh 1998

    Schwartz, Ellen, Starshine on TV, Vancouver: Polestar Book Publishers, 1996

    PZ 7 S335 Ss 1996

    Spalding, Andrea, An island of my own, A Sandcastle Book, Vancouver: Beach Holme Pub., 1998

    PS 8587 P213 I84 1998


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    Historical Fiction

    Heneghan, James, Wish me luck, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1997

    PZ 7 H3934 Wi 1997

    Holt, Gerald, Tails of flame, Toronto: Stoddart, 1995

    PZ 7 H658 Ts 1995

    Horne, Constance, The accidental orphan, A Sandcastle Book, Vancouver: Beach Holme Pub, 1998

    PZ 7 H686 Ac 1998

    Lawrence, Iain, The wreckers, New York: Delacorte, 1998

    PZ 7 .L396 Wr 1998

    Walsh, Ann, The doctor’s apprentice, A Sandcastle Book, Vancouver: Beach Holme Pub, 1998

    PZ 7 W3491 Dc 19988

    Watts, Irene N., Good-bye Marianne, Plattsburgh, NY: Tundra Books, 1998

    PR 9336 A918 G65 1998


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    Fantasy

    Bowering, George, Diamondback dog, Montreal: Roussan, 1998

    PZ 7 B663 Dm 1998

    Wilson, John, Across frozen seas, A Sandcastle Book, Victoria: Beach Holme Pub, 1997

    PZ 7 W7264 A72 1997


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    Poetry

    Alderson, Sue Ann, Pond Seasons, Ann Blades, Toronto: Groundwood Books, 1997

    PZ 4.9 A364 Pn 1997

    Bouchard, David, Voices from the wild: an animal sensagoria, Ron Parker, Vancouver: Raincoast Books, 1996

    PZ 8.3 B653 Vc 1996


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