Our World: Canada -- Melanie Florence, Board Book

"This series offers solid glimpses of faraway places, more poetry than a tour guide . . . evocative and inviting" - School Library Journal

Good morning! Bonjour! Tānisi! Spend a day in Canada. Eat soft crepes with sticky maple syrup, play with atimwak in the snow and cache-cache in the park, and zip and zoom around the ice rink. Even learn words in French and Cree with pronunciation guides throughout the story.

• Part of the Barefoot Books Our World series with over 200k copies sold
• Written by Canadian author Melanie Florence and illustrated by Canadian illustrator Carey Sookocheff
• Endnotes provide more insights into life in Canada

Author: Melanie Florence
Publisher: Barefoot Books
Published: 10/07/2025
Pages: 20
Binding Type: Board Book
Weight: 0.98lbs
Size: 6.50h x 6.70w x 0.67d
ISBN: 9798888596685
Audience: Baby-Preschool

About the Author
Melanie Florence has been writing full-time since 2010 and has written a bunch of books, but she's probably best known for her picture books, Missing Nimama and Stolen Words, which won the 2016 TD Canadian Children's Literature Award and the 2018 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award respectively. In her spare time, Melanie plays guitar, reads manga, collects vinyl, listens to really loud rock music and slightly quieter K-pop, gets tattoos, and drinks too much coffee. She lives in Toronto with her family.

Carey Sookocheff is a Toronto-based illustrator with a love for children's books. From an early age, Carey was often found drawing, sometimes on scraps of paper from her dad's office or even on the underside of the kitchen table. She pursued her love of both storytelling and illustration, earning degrees in English Literature and Illustration. Since 2015, she has illustrated more than a dozen picture books, including five self-authored titles. In addition to her illustration work, Carey teaches part-time in the Bachelor of Illustration program at Sheridan College.