Bonnie Sherr Klein has built a legacy of activism in Canada, after moving here in 1967 with her husband, physician Michael Klein, who was a Vietnam war resistor. From the late-'60s into the '80s, she ... Read More »
October 2, 2020
One of the more eye-catching titles of the season is Be Amazing: A History of Pride (published in July by Farrar, Straus and Giroux BYR). In the non-fiction picture book, 13-year-old New Yorker Desmond Napoles ... Read More »
October 1, 2020
Nahid Kazemi moved to Montreal from Iran almost six years ago. In her home country, she was already an accomplished children’s book author and illustrator, but in Canada she didn’t know anyone in the publishing ... Read More »
September 28, 2020
The Canadian Children’s Book Centre has announced the finalists for the $50,000 TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award (in English and French) and seven other prizes celebrating the best in Canadian kidlit. Books by Julie Flett, Tom ... Read More »
September 16, 2020
As kids head back to class this month, there is one room at school that remains off-limits to students. There are closed signs on the doors of school libraries across the country, due to public ... Read More »
September 10, 2020
One of Roland Gulliver’s goals in taking the helm of the Toronto International Festival of Authors was to develop a bigger children’s literature presence. He's off to an ambitious start. This year, TIFA is partnering ... Read More »
August 20, 2020
As part of their ReadBetter campaign to amplify diverse voices and stories, HarperCollins Canada has launched an Open Inbox initiative inviting unagented BIPOC creators to submit unpublished middle-grade manuscripts. HarperCollins Canada is looking for projects ... Read More »
August 17, 2020
A stretch of Toronto's Mount Pleasant Road, which already holds the beloved independent children's bookstore Mabel's Fables and Canadian-owned toys, games, and books retailer Mastermind Toys, will get a new neighbour next year: Inhabit Books, ... Read More »
July 30, 2020
This season’s kidlit offerings boast recognizable names, lessons in kindness, and some surprising takes on hockey. EDITOR'S PICKS The Little Ghost Who Was a Quilt Riel Nason and Byron Eggenschwiler, ill. Tundra Books, Sept. It’s ... Read More »
July 27, 2020
The nominees for the first annual Sheila Barry Best Canadian Picturebook of the Year Award have been announced. The $2,500 award is organized by the Vancouver Children's Literature Roundtable and is named after the late ... Read More »
July 8, 2020
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