June 27, 2016 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction
There comes a point in every kid’s life when the freedom of wearing clothes that express how they feel in the moment – whether it be sparkly butterfly wings, a cowboy hat, or mismatched socks ... Read More »
Toronto author Helaine Becker serves up a treat with her latest offering, Worms for Breakfast. The book covers the gamut of what and how zoo animals eat, from the insects favoured by nocturnal pangolins to ... Read More »
May 17, 2016 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction
One of the challenges confronting Canadian youth is the legacy of their country’s horrific treatment of its First Nations. The deliberate, determined attempts to annihilate aboriginal ways of life culminated in the creation of the ... Read More »
March 29, 2016 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction
In her latest book for middle-graders, prolific non-fiction author Elizabeth MacLeod presents six stories about mysterious disappearances in chronological order, starting with the 17th-century North Carolina settlement of Roanoke Island, and ending with a 1990 ... Read More »
February 25, 2016 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction
In her first work of non-fiction, YA novelist Robin Stevenson uses the gay pride parade as a focus to present middle-grade readers with some background to the huge shift in Canadian social dynamics over the ... Read More »
February 22, 2016 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction
Stay Strong: A Musician’s Journey from Congo is the true story of Gentil Misigaro, a young Congolese man who fled the constant violence and warfare of his country to settle as a refugee in Winnipeg. ... Read More »
December 16, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction
“So, just how connected are you to your Indigenous roots if you live downtown?” This is the key question posed by editors Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale in Urban Tribes. Charleyboy and Leatherdale are ... Read More »
December 16, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction
It’s not uncommon for even the most politically active adults to feel powerless about global events. Given this, how can we expect youth to deal with this same emotion when faced with difficult circumstances in ... Read More »
November 11, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction
It’s not uncommon for even the most politically active adults to feel powerless about global events. Given this, how can we expect youth to deal with this same emotion when faced with difficult circumstances in ... Read More »
November 11, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction
In this humorous but informative non-fiction title for middle graders, Maria Birmingham takes a look at the various ways in which humans have tried to escape death – permanently – throughout the ages. Incorporating science, ... Read More »
October 14, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction