The residents of an isolated village in a dreamlike world scavenge for supplies in the surrounding forest, collecting scattered items left over from a long time past. No one strays far from this community, fearing what may lie beyond it...
Literary Image Description Collection: Comics and Children's Books
The books in this collection were produced as part of the ‘Literary Image Description Best Practices Guide’, a collaborative project funded by the Department of Canadian Heritage and led by eBOUND Canada. They include described Comics and Children's Picture Books.
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Author:Kim, Chris W.Summary: - Author:Senior, OliveSummary:
In this picture book, a young black girl learns to love her difficult-to-manage hair.
- Author:Robertson, DavidSummary:
Acclaimed writer, David A. Robertson, delivers suspense, adventure, and humour in this stunningly illustrated graphic novel continuation of The Reckoner trilogy. Cole and Eva arrive in Winnipeg, the headquarters of Mihko Laboratories,...
- Author:Revulva, RasiqraSummary:
Cephalopography 2.0 is as much a passionate celebration of cephalopods in all their plurality and finery as it is a collection of poems exploring human identity and experience through the lens of these marine animals. Through...
- Author:Ruurs, MargrietSummary:
Join two young children as they begin an adventure through a world of books in this story-within-a-bedtime-story. This metered read-aloud pays homage to classic children's literature: readers of all ages will love searching for...
- Author:Shraya, VivekSummary:
In the fall of 2017, the acclaimed writer and musician Vivek Shraya began receiving vivid and disturbing transphobic hate mail from a stranger. Celebrated artist Ness Lee brings these letters and Shraya's responses to them to startling...
- Author:Innes, DanielSummary:
A moving story told in visual art and fiction about gentrification, aging in place, grief, and vulnerable Chinese Canadian elders. Bringing together ink artwork and fiction, Denison Avenue by Daniel Innes (illustrations) and Christina...
- Author:Beaton, KateSummary:
Before there was Kate Beaton, New York Times bestselling cartoonist of Hark! A Vagrant, there was Katie Beaton of the Cape Breton Beaton, specifically Mabou, a tight-knit seaside community where the lobster is as abundant as beaches,...
- Author:Ollmann, JoeSummary:
Caleb is a middle-aged painter with a non-starter career. He also happens to be the only child of one of the world's most famous cartoonists, Jimmi Wyatt. Known for the internationally beloved father and son comic Sonny Side Up, Jimmi...
- Author:Boucher, LilianeSummary:
Moi, c'est Arnaud, 7 ans et demi. Me poser des questions, c'est mon métier. Si tu savais comme j'ai du boulot. Il faut que je me lève tôt. Très tôt. Mes parents aimeraient bien, parfois, faire la grasse matinée. Mais impossible de...
- Author:Goldstyn, JacquesSummary:
Jules et Jim sont inséparables. Depuis leur enfance, ils forment un duo complice. Quand la Grande Guerre éclate, Jules et Jim s'engagent dans l'armée. Devenus frères d'armes, ils combattent avec courage et puisent leurs forces dans...
- Author:Cassidy, SaraSummary:
In this amusing wordless picture book, a young toddler uses her stuffed bunny to perform a number of daring acts.
- Author:Larochelle, SamuelSummary:
Florent, un garçon de dix ans, surprend une conversation entre ses mamans : devant l'état de la planète, elles se demandent si elles veulent avoir un deuxième enfant. À travers une série de mots impossibles à comprendre, il retient l’...
- Author:Peter, LorenzSummary:
Living in Toronto has its challenges, especially when duct tape-wielding landlords and ever-encroaching developers are involved. For Lenny, the antidote to the chaos at home is the realization of a dream: opening a used record store...
- Author:Wolfe, FrédérickSummary:
Ça ne va pas du tout. Ça fait trois semaines et dix jours que Fred tente de dessiner un billibouton. Désespéré, il se tourne vers l'illustratrice Orbie pour qu'elle lui vienne en aide. Mais qu'est-ce qu'un billibouton? Un mouton...
- Author:Bergeron, Alain M.Summary:
Ce titre s'insère dans une série d'albums qui permettront d'initier les plus petits à l'univers de Billy Stuart, ce désormais célèbre raton laveur vêtu d'un kilt écossais, que l'on retrouve à un âge plus jeune et candide que...
- Author:Pasternak, RobertSummary:
Robert Pasternak (NAK) is a virtuoso of the sequential art form. An adept panelologist and painstaking craftsman. Despite a loyal and attentive following, awareness of his work is limited. In many ways, what may appear to be a...
- Author:Tjia, SherwinSummary:
When Amelia "Mel" Eichenwald wakes up one morning, she finds herself in endless freefall towards an Earth that is no longer there, surrounded by the junk of human existence. From high heels to houses, billions of random items drop...
- Author:James, MattSummary:
Norma and her parents are going to her great-uncle Frank's funeral, and Norma is more excited than sad. She is looking forward to playing with her favorite cousin, Ray, but when she arrives at the church, she is confronted with rituals...
- Author:Maeve, ZoeSummary:
The Shining meets Sophia Coppola's Marie Antoinette in this gripping debut from an award-winning talent The Gift is a fantastical / horror retelling of the story of Anastasia Nikolaevna and the Romanov family, the last rulers of...
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