Children and YA Non-fiction

Built Like a Bug: How Insects Inspire Everyday Inventions

They skitter and scare, bite and sting, but insects also inspire scientists to develop awesome technologies that can help save people and the planet. The nonfiction book Built Like a Bug: How Insects Inspire Everyday ... Read More »

February 25, 2026 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

Last Known Address: The Stumbling Stones of Europe

By Kathy Kacer

In Last Known Address: The Stumbling Stones of Europe, Kathy Kacer recounts the stories of numerous individuals who died in the Holocaust, earnestly and hauntingly humanizing the lives and experiences of the many who might ... Read More »

February 18, 2026 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

The Unbeatable Sonya Ballantyne

By Sonya Ballantyne; Rhael McGregor; Azby Whitecalf; and Kielamel Sibal (ill.)

The Unbeatable Sonya Ballantyne is an autobiographical graphic novel by Swampy Cree author Sonya Ballantyne in which she presents a “Superman version” of her life – one where, despite the obstacles she faces and with ... Read More »

February 11, 2026 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

Burst Your Bubble!: Outsmart the Algorithms and See What You’re Missing

By Joyce Grant and Jan Dolby (ill.)

Burst Your Bubble!: Outsmart the Algorithms and See What You’re Missing unscrambles a technical topic – online algorithms – and makes it easy for young readers to grasp. Our internet habits can put us in ... Read More »

November 26, 2025 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

★ True Colors: Growing Up Weird in the 90s

By Elise Gravel and Montana Kane (trans.)

In this artfully crafted and ultra-relatable fictionalized graphic memoir, Governor General’s Award–winning author-illustrator Elise Gravel takes readers back to her formative tween years filled with colourful hobbies, true-blue friends, and undiagnosed ADHD. On the pages ... Read More »

August 27, 2025 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

Never Silent: A Hiroshima Survivor’s Story

By Setsuko Thurlow and Kathy Lowinger; Michelle Theodore (ill.)

When Japan entered the Second World War on Dec. 8, 1941, Setsuko Thurlow’s childhood abruptly ended. By eighth grade, she was selected – along with some of her schoolmates – to help her country decode ... Read More »

August 6, 2025 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

First Times: Short Stories about Sex

By Karine Glorieux (ed.) and Shelley Tanaka (trans.)

First Times: Short Stories about Sex is an anthology that details first sexual experiences and awakenings. Ranging from first solo sexual explorations to first times with a partner, this collection aims to combat the often ... Read More »

April 30, 2025 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

The Language of the Stars: The Scientific Story of a Few Billion Years in a Few Hundred Pages

By Nathan Hellner-Mestelman

In his 2024 nonfiction debut, Cosmic Wonder, uber-precocious B.C. high-schooler Nathan Hellner-Mestelman attempted to explain, as the subtitle put it, “our place in the epic story of the universe.” Released barely a year later, Hellner-Mestelman’s ... Read More »

April 23, 2025 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

Genocide

By Jane Springer and Santiago Solís (ill.)

The newly revised and expanded Genocide, a nonfiction book for young adults, was first published in 2006. The book traces the history of genocides around the world (seven of which are ongoing), documenting the specific ... Read More »

November 27, 2024 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

Cave-In

By Pam Withers

In Pam Withers’s eco-adventure novel Cave-In, 16-year-old Hudson Greer dreams of becoming world-famous for discovering a passageway between two cave systems, nicknamed the Castle and the Dungeon. He also plans to beat his ex-caving partner ... Read More »

November 20, 2024 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

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