Take a look at our 2021-2022 Southwood School Staff Favourite Children’s Book List! Have you read any of these favourites?

Marge Thiessen
City Dog, Country Frog
–Mo Willems

Chantal Johnson
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
–J.K. Rowling

Tara Bairos
Where the Wild Things Are
–Maurice Sendak

Courtney Baudry
The Kissing Hand
–Audrey Penn
 
 

Vally Bergman
The Paperbag Princess
–Robert Munsch

Karla Brown
Mortimer
–Robert Munsch

Tabitha Cavanagh
Purple, Green and Yellow
–Robert Munsch

Cheryl Chernos
Thomas’ Snowsuit
–Robert Munsch
 
 

Laurie Cox
The Gingerbread Man Loose in the School
–Laura Murray

Michaela Dueck
Ladybug’s Birthday
–Steve Metzger

Kaitlyn Flinta
I Believe I Can
–Grace Byers

Rya Fontes
Be You
–Peter H. Reynolds
 
 

Kendra Friesen
The Giving Tree
–Shel Silverstein

Megan Goncalves
If You’re Not From the Prairie
–David Bouchard

Christie Gudmundson
Round Trip
–Ann Jonas

Susan Gudmundson
Thomas’ Snowsuit
–Robert Munsch
 
 

Holly Gushuluk
Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus
–Mo Willems

Derris Hayden
Love You Forever
–Robert Munsch

Melissa Heinrichs
The Very Cranky Bear
–Nick Bland

Julia Hiebert
A Child of Books
–Oliver Jeffers & Sam Winston
 
 

Jordan Hurton
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
–Rudyard Kipling

Sandi Kauenhofen
The Day the Crayons Quit
–Drew Daywalt

Mandy Murphy
Love You Forever
–Robert Munsch

Marianne Neufeld
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
–Roald Dahl
 
 

Donna Neufeldt
Makeup Mess
–Robert Munsch

Shania Neyron
The Good Egg
–Jory John & Pete Oswald

Brad Peters
I Want My Hat Back
–Jon Klassen

Kristjana Peterson
Jillian Jiggs
–Phoebe Gilman
 
 

Fawn Purnell
The Velveteen Rabbit
–Marjery Williams

Stacey Steinhilber
Carson Crosses Canada
–Linda Bailey

Mrs. Vogt
The Mitten
–Jan Brett

Sherri James
Charlotte’s Web
–E.B. White
 
 

Stefanie Brown
50 Below Zero
–Robert Munsch

Sarah Locke
Anne of Green Gables
–Lucy Maude Montgomery

Martine Aronson
Children Make Terrible Pets
–Peter Brown

Kathy Bergen
Guess How Much I Love You
–Sam McBratney
 
 

Chris Bolisay
Mixed: A Colorful Story
–A. Chung

Sarah Borkowsky
Love You Forever
–Robert Munsch

Lori Chipilski
Green Eggs and Ham
–Dr. Seuss

Amber Friesen
Love You Forever
–Robert Munsch
 
 

Hilda Hildebrand
The Wonky Donkey
–Craig Smith

Karen Hoffman
The Monster At the End Of This Book
–Jon Stone

Elizabeth Ikhine
Purple, Green and Yellow
–Robert Munsch

Kristy Klassen
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
–Judi Barrett
 
 

Charlene Kratavicius
Moose
–Robert Munsch

Erica Nickel
50 Below Zero
–Robert Munsch

Sharon Osiowy
The Sun and the Wind – Aesop Fable
–retold by Cornelia Lehn

Kristina Schelenberg
Stephanie’s Ponytail
–Robert Munsch
 
 
 

Brittany Schinke
The Lorax
–Dr. Seuss

Jennifer Schroeder
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
–J.K. Rowling

Sandra Stampe-Sobering
The Little House
–Virginia Lee Burton

Russ Sobering
The Three Little Pigs
–James Marshall