The Mermaid Handbook: A Guide to the Mermaid Way of Life, Including Recipes, Folklore, and More

By Taylor Widrig and Briana Corr Scott (ill.)

Nova Scotia sea-vegetable advocate Taylor Widrig is hoping to lure a new generation into the depths with her debut book. Widrig opens with a series of eight brief mermaid folktales from around the world, including ... Read More »

July 6, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Under the Radar

By Judith Clark

Gunnar Tryggvason is entering Grade 12 at his rural Alberta high school. He’s a laid-back wrestler who loves his farm and family. He knows he’s gay but is determined to keep it a secret because ... Read More »

June 29, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Crossing the Farak River

By Michelle Aung Thin

In her first children’s novel, Michelle Aung Thin – who was born in Myanmar (then called Burma), raised in Canada, and now lives in Australia – paints a vivid picture of the modern Myanmar and ... Read More »

June 25, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

The Stone of Sorrow

By Brooke Carter

Despite its continued appeal and popularity, traditional fantasy has begun to feel somewhat exhausted, its material and approaches worn beyond overfamiliarity. So many quests, so many swords, so many destinies. Thankfully, a number of writers ... Read More »

June 22, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

★ Hunted by the Sky

By Tanaz Bhathena

June 22, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

You Don’t Have to Die in the End

By Anita Daher

Anita Daher’s new novel starts off slow and choppy but by the end has you invested and enthralled. Eugenia Grimm’s father died by suicide and her mother left her soon after. One older brother is a ... Read More »

June 1, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

The Girl of Hawthorn and Glass

By Adan Jerreat-Poole

If the last few seasons of publishing are any indication, we’re in the midst of a 21st-century witch craze. Witchery is hot, and it’s popping up across all publishing and entertainment categories: middle-grade graphic novels, ... Read More »

May 14, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

The Automatic Age

By GMB Chomichuk

The Automatic Age is the first in a series of illustrated novellas by Winnipeg graphic novelist GMB Chomichuk. The story is set in a post-apocalyptic world where robots rule, humans are nearly extinct, and automated ... Read More »

April 30, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Tales from Beyond the Brain

By Jeff Szpirglas and Steven P. Hughes (ill.)

For a certain subset of readers who came through their middle-grade years in the 1980s, there are few books as iconic as the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark trilogy, in which author Alvin ... Read More »

April 23, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books