November 16, 2022 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books
Take a quick scroll through almost any Facebook comments section and one thing quickly becomes clear: the general population lacks a solid understanding of social and political structures, not to mention economics and personal finances. ... Read More »
The Global Ocean is the latest title in the Citizen Kid series, a companion to One Well: The Story of Water on Earth. In 32 pages, award-winning children’s book author Rochelle Strauss skilfully employs effective ... Read More »
June 14, 2022 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books
Naked: Not Your Average Sex Encyclopedia is an inclusive, essential nonfiction resource for teens – and adults – that covers all the bases. Naked explores 155 topics related to sexuality, organized alphabetically from ally, anxiety, ... Read More »
May 23, 2022 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books
#BlackInSchool, the debut book by author and women’s health advocate Habiba Cooper Diallo, is a damning nonfiction account of the systemic anti-Black racism she observed and experienced during her last three years at a high ... Read More »
January 10, 2022 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books
This Orca Think nonfiction book aimed at middle-grade readers is an important and well-intentioned guide to homelessness that provides facts and statistics from across the United States and Canada. Peterson explains the root causes of ... Read More »
January 5, 2022 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books
We are at a precarious crossroads in our relationships with the animals that surround us. Every week it seems there are news reports or viral videos catching “vicious” coyotes or bears hanging out in suburban ... Read More »
November 17, 2021 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books
An anthology written by and for trans youth, Growing Up Trans: In Our Own Words, is full of passionate, heartfelt works on themes from childhood to bodies to mental health. The collection – comprised of ... Read More »
November 2, 2021 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books
In her debut nonfiction children’s book, Chasing Bats and Tracking Rats: Urban Ecology, Community Science, and How We Share Our Cities, Toronto ecologist Cylita Guy encourages city kids to get outside, appreciate urban wildlife, and ... Read More »
October 26, 2021 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books
The newest picture book in the Scholastic Canada Biography series written by Elizabeth MacLeod and illustrated by Mike Deas offers an engaging look at environmentalist David Suzuki’s life thus far. The narrative, which begins and ... Read More »
September 1, 2021 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books
The dynamic duo behind the bestselling picture book A Family Is a Family Is a Family – Sara O’Leary and Qin Leng – returns with the utterly delightful companion, A Kid Is a Kid Is ... Read More »
September 1, 2021 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books