Favourite children's books of 2008

OK, someone asked. I deliver. Here they are, in no particular order:

• Darkwing by Kenneth Oppel


• Blue Goose by Nancy Tafuri


• The Crow by Alison Paul


• The Boy Sherlock Holmes series by Shane Peacock


• First the Egg by Laura Vaccaro Seeger


• How Underwear Got Under There by Kathy Shaskan


• Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears by Emily Gravett


• Three Little Ghosties by Pippa Goodhart


• The Feathered Cloak by Sean Dixon


• Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz


• The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd


• Before Green Gables by Budge Wilson (I went in steeling myself but it turned out OK...)


• Gilda Joyce, Psychic Investigator by Jennifer Allison


• Lemons Are Not Red by Laura Vaccaro Seeger


• Where Is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox


• Who's Hiding? by Satoru Onishi


• All 3 volumes (thus far) in the Enola Holmes Mystery series by Nancy Springer


• Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney


• The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall


• Medusa Jones by Ross Collins (I love that it works with both boys and girls once you show the illustrations, esp. the one where Medusa gets a haircut. That'll get their attention!)


• One Hen - How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference by Katie Smith Milway (*insert teaching opportunity here!!!*)


• To Go Singing Through the World: The Childhood of Pablo Neruda by Deborah Kogan Ray


• Uncle Andys by James Warhola


• The Diamond Of Drury Lane by Julia Golding


• The Unwritten Girl by James Bow


• Ducks Don't Wear Socks by John Nedwidek


• Fartiste by Kathleen Krull


• Madam President by Lane Smith


• Mazes Around the World by Mary D. Lankford


• Poor Puppy by Nick Bruel


• Violet the Pilot by Steve Breen


• Wild Ride: A Graphic Guide Adventure by Liam O'Donnell


• Bookweird by Paul Glennon


• The Girl in the Castle Inside the Museum by Kate Bernheimer (trippy)


• Just Grace by Charise Mericle Harper


• One Watermelon Seed by Celia Barker Lottridge


• Sugar Cane: A Caribbean Rapunzel by Patricia Storace


• The Witch's Children by Ursula Jones

Disclaimer: this list is more comprehensive than this list, but without summaries. Deal.

Also, I have not hyperlinked anywhere (Amazon.ca or others) because (yes, it's true) I'm lazy. Count your lucky stars you got a bullet-point list. Also, unless Amazon adds me to the payroll, I'm disinclined to be so helpful...