Take a look at our Southwood School Staff Favourite Children’s Book List! Check back often for new titles as more favourites are added!
Rod Kehler
Oh the Places You’ll Go
–Dr. Seuss
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
Nicole Billiald
The True Story of the Three LIttle Pigs
–Jon Scieszka
Cheri Boschman
Fox in a Box
–Eva Klassen
Manual Brotzmaan
Round Trip
–Ann Jonas
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
Christie Durston
Round Trip
–Ann Jonas
Kendra Friesen
The Giving Tree
–Shel Silverstein
Susan Gudmundson
Thomas’ Snowsuit
–Robert Munsch
Cassie Healey
The Book With No Pictures
–B.J. Novak
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
Holly Janke
Wonder
–R.J. Palacio
Sandi Kauenhofen
The Day the Crayons Quit
–Drew Daywalt
Jaycia Koop
The Day the Crayons Quit
–Drew Daywalt
Audrey Loewen
The One and Only Ivan
–Katherine Applegate
Catrina McKay
The Secret Pizza Party
–Adam Rubin
Marianne Neufeld
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
–Roald Dahl
Donna Neufeldt
Makeup Mess
–Robert Munsch
Shania Neyron
The Good Egg
–Jory John & Pete Oswald
Kristjana Peterson
Jillian Jiggs
–Phoebe Gilman
Stephanie Raine
What do you do with an Idea?
–Kobi Yamada
Megan Smyth
If You’re Not From
the Prairie
–David Bouchard
Mrs. Vogt
The Mitten
–Jan Brett
Sherri James
Charlotte’s Web
–E.B. White
Shae Olfert
Love You Forever
–Robert Munsch
Sarah Locke
Anne of Green Gables
–Lucy Maude Montgomery
Kathy Bergen
Guess How Much I Love You
–Sam McBratney
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
Kerstin Klassen
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
–Robert Southey
Kristy Klassen
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
–Judi Barrett
Charlene Kratavicius
Moose
–Robert Munsch
Aline Nault
Love You Forever
–Robert Munsch
Erica Nickel
50 Below Zero
–Robert Munsch
Sharon Osiowy
The Sun and the Wind – Aesop Fable
–retold by Cornelia Lehn
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
Kylee Unrau
Alexander and the Terrible No Good Very Bad Day
–Judith Viorst
Russ Sobering
The Three Little Pigs
–James Marshall