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