12 contemporary Canadian picture books every home should have

May 7 to 14, 2016 marks TD Canadian Children's Book Week! Authors, illustrators and storytellers are travelling across Canada to spread the love of reading from coast to coast. To celebrate, here are a dozen of our most favourite recent Canadian picture books. Find out more about TD Canadian Children's Book Week events here.

• Sidewalk Flowers by JonArno Lawson, illustrated by Sydney Smith
• When I Was Eight by Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton, illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard

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• The Princess and the Pony by Kate Beaton
• Maggie's Chopsticks by Alan Woo, illustrated by Isabelle Malenfant

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• Norman, Speak! by Caroline Adderson, illustrated by Qin Leng
• The Man with the Violin by Kathy Stinson, illustrated by Dušan Petričić

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• Fox and Squirrel by Ruth Ohi
• Big Red Lollipop by Rukhsana Khan, illustrated by Sophie Blackall

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• Virginia Wolf by Kyo Maclear, illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault
• Sam and Dave Dig a Hole by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Jon Klassen

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• Any Questions? by Marie-Louise Gay
• Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress by Christine Baldacchino, illustrated by Isabelle Malenfant

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