Claire

Hi, I’m Claire. I love reading all sorts of books. I love the wonder in picture books, the bravery and heart in middle grade, and the adventures in young adult books. Books are all kinds of magic.

Claire's Top 5 of 2022

Gus and the Starlight

Victoria Carless

How to Repaint a Life

Steven Herrick

Tiger Daughter

Rebecca Lim

SUMMER BLUE

Trudie Trewin

The Way of Dog

Zana Fraillon
Claire's Top 5 Books of 2021

MAYBE

Kobi Yamada

Dragon Skin

Karen Foxlee

Pony

R. J. Palacio

The Song of Lewis Carmichael

Sofie Laguna, Marc McBride (Illustrator)

The Elephant in the Room

Holly Goldberg Sloan
Claire's Top 5 Picture Books

These are picture books that I love.

Alex and Alex

Ziggy Hanaor; Daniel Gray-Barnett (Illustrator), Ben Javens (Illustrator)

The Paper Bag Princess

Robert Munsch; Michael Martchenko (Illustrator), Michael Martchenko (Illustrator)

There's No Such Thing

Heidi McKinnon

What Is Love?

Mac Barnett; Carson Ellis (Illustrator), Carson Ellis (Illustrator)

The Boy and the Elephant

Freya Blackwood

Claire

Gus and the Starlight

How to Repaint a Life

Tiger Daughter

SUMMER BLUE

The Way of Dog

MAYBE

Dragon Skin

Pony

The Song of Lewis Carmichael

The Elephant in the Room

Alex and Alex

The Paper Bag Princess

There's No Such Thing

What Is Love?

The Boy and the Elephant