Publications
PICTURE BOOKS
A Tulip in Winter: A Story About Folk Artist Maud Lewis (ill Lauren Soloy) Greystone Kids 2023
The Girl Who Loved Giraffes and Became the World's First Giraffologist (ill Francois Thisdale)
Fitzhenry & Whiteside 2021
The Bare Naked Book (ill Melissa Cho)
Annick Press 2021
The Lady with the Books: A Story Inspired by the Remarkable Work of Jella Lepman (ill Marie Lafrance)
Kids Can Press 2020
The Dog Who Wanted To Fly (ill Brandon James Scott)
Annick Press 2019
The Dance of the Violin (ill Dusan Petricic)
Annick Press 2017
Harry and Walter (ill Qin Leng)
Annick Press 2016
The Man with the Violin (ill Dusan Petricic)
Annick Press 2013
Highway of Heroes
Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2010
A Pocket Can Have A Treasure In It (ill Deirdre Betteridge)
Annick Press, 2008
Big or Little? (25th anniversary ed) (ill Toni Goffe)
Annick Press, 2009
Mom And Dad Don't Live Together Any More (ill Vian Oelefson)
Annick Press, 2007
The Bare Naked Book (20th anniversary ed) (ill Heather Collins)
Annick Press, 2006
Red Is Best (25th anniversary ed) (ill Robin Baird Lewis)
Annick Press, 2006
I Feel Different: A Book About Being Adopted (ill Robin Baird Lewis)
WPS, 1998
Those Green Things (ill Deirdre Betteridge)
Annick Press, 1995
Who Is Sleeping In Aunty's Bed? (ill Robin Baird Lewis)
Oxford University Press, 1991
The Dressed Up Book (ill Heather Collins)
Annick Press, 1990
Teddy Rabbit (ill Stephane Poulin)
Annick Press, 1988
NON-FICTION
A Tulip in Winter: A Story About Folk Artist Maud Lewis (ill Lauren Soloy) Greystone Kids 2023
The Girl Who Loved Giraffes and Became the World's First Giraffologist (ill Francois Thisdale)
Fitzhenry & Whiteside 2021
Writing Picture Books: What Works and What Doesn't
Self-published e-book, 2013
Pembroke Publishers, 1991
Highway of Heroes
Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2010
Love Every Leaf: The Life of Landscape Architect Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Tundra Books, 2008
Writing Your Best Picture Book Ever (ill Alan Daniel)
Pembroke Publishers, 1994
The Fabulous Ball Book (ill Heather Collins)
Oxford University Press, 1993
FICTION
What Happened to Ivy
Second Story Press, 2012
Marie-Claire
Penguin Canada, 2010
101 Ways to Dance
Second Story Press, 2007
One More Clue
James Lorimer & Company, 2006
The Great Bike Race
James Lorimer & Company, 2006
Seven Clues
James Lorimer & Company, 2006
Marie-Claire 4: Angels in Winter
Penguin Canada, 2004
Marie-Claire 3: Visitors
Penguin Canada, 2003
Becoming Ruby
Penguin Canada, 2003
Marie-Claire 2: A Season of Sorrow
Penguin Canada, 2002
Marie-Claire 1: Dark Spring
Penguin Canada, 2001
King of the Castle
Second Story Press, 2000
One Year Commencing
Thistledown Press, 1997
Fish House Secrets
Thistledown Press, 1992
See website for stories in anthologies.