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