Take a look at our 2020-2021 Southwood School Staff Favourite Children’s Book List!

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

Waltraud Bergman
Paperbag Princess
–Robert Munsch

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

Lisa Coulter
Night Animals
–Gianna Marino

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

Christie Durston
Round Trip
–Ann Jonas

Corliss Friesen
Pippi Longstocking
–Astrid Lingren

Jessica Gowen
Love You Forever
–Robert Munsch

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

Catrina McKay
The Secret Pizza Party
–Adam Rubin

Belle Monchamp
The Giving Tree
–Shel Silverstein

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

Megan Smyth
If You’re Not From
the Prairies
–David Bouchard

Sherilyn Sawatzky
There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly
–Lucille Colandro

Mrs. Vogt
The Mitten
–Jan Brett

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

Amber Van Ma’iingan
James and the Giant Peach
–Roald Dahl

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

Lea Friesen
Winnie the Pooh
–A.A. Milne

Hilda Hildebrand
The Wonky Donkey
–Craig Smith

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

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

Jessica Nye
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
–Bill Martin Jr & John Archambault

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

Navjot Sandhu
The Old Man and the Sea
–Ernest Hemmingway

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