Ghost’s Journey: A Refugee Story

To say that introducing young children to complex social justice issues – such as those involving LGBTQ+ refugees – is a challenge would be an understatement. But Robin Stevenson’s new picture book manages to present ... Read More »

August 26, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

Why Don’t Cars Run on Apple Juice? Real Science Questions from Real Kids

By Kira Vermond and Suharu Ogawa (ill.)

Curious kids intuitively understand that science begins with questions. Two new non-fiction books both encourage and support insatiable inquisitiveness and the voracious need to know. Fifty questions posed by young visitors to the Ontario Science ... Read More »

July 29, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

Acting Wild: How We Behave Like Birds, Bugs, and Beasts

By Maria Birmingham and Dave Whamond (ill.)

July 29, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

Always Smile: Carley Allison’s Secrets for Laughing, Loving and Living

By Alice Kuipers

In her work of non-fiction, author Alice Kuipers shares the story of a determined and talented Toronto figure skater and singer-songwriter whose life was tragically cut short. When she was 17, Carley Allison was diagnosed ... Read More »

June 13, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

Keep This to Yourself

By Tom Ryan

The human drama inherent in the summer following high-school graduation – including, but not limited to, questions about the future, preparing to leave home, individual identity, and reckoning with the end of childhood – makes ... Read More »

April 25, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

★ This Place: 150 Years Retold

By HighWater Press staff (eds.)

While much of Canadian history is fascinating, most citizens have heard only a one-sided account. For many Canadians, there was (and sometimes still is) a disconnect between the “facts” we’re taught in school and the ... Read More »

April 18, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

How to Become an Accidental Genius

By Elizabeth MacLeod and Frieda Wishinsky; Jenn Playford (ill.)

From Kevlar and Corn Flakes to pacemakers and ice pops, How to Become an Accidental Genius presents a vibrant and brainy compendium of “accidental” innovations from the last 200 years. Award-winning authors Elizabeth MacLeod and ... Read More »

April 11, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

What Makes Girls Sick and Tired

By Lucile de Pesloüan and Geneviève Darling (ill.)

Riding the momentum of the Women’s March Global initiative and the #MeToo movement, three new non-fiction books about feminism and gender equality bring the conversation to a teen audience. What Makes Girls Sick and Tired, ... Read More »

March 7, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books