Earthrise: Apollo 8 and the Photo That Changed the World

By Christy Lundy (ill.); James Gladstone

“Wow, is that pretty!” seems like an underwhelming way to sum up one of history’s most iconic and mind-expanding moments. But that’s exactly how NASA astronaut Bill Anders characterized the view as planet Earth filled ... Read More »

September 5, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

The Brilliant Deep: Rebuilding the World’s Coral Reefs

By Kate Messner; Matthew Forsythe (ill.)

A trio of marine-themed children’s books takes a deep dive into oceanic settings – from a scientific expedition to a practical call to action to a harmonious tale of spiritual wonderment. The Brilliant Deep, by ... Read More »

August 30, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

Dive In!: Exploring Our Connection with the Ocean

By Ann Eriksson

August 30, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

5-Minute Stories for Fearless Girls

By Nick Craine (ill.); Sarah Howden

If the title of this book feels familiar, there is a good reason for that: the last few years have witnessed an explosion in non-fiction promoting strength, bravery, and resilience in girls. Examples include 2007’s ... Read More »

June 20, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

Everyone Can Be a Changemaker: The Ashoka Effect

By Christine Welldon

In Everyone Can Be a Changemaker, veteran author Christine Welldon has written 16 profiles of people from around the world (a number are Canadian) who took a spark of an idea intended to help others ... Read More »

June 13, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

House of Dreams: The Life of L.M. Montgomery

By Julie Morstad (ill.); Liz Rosenberg

People travel from all over the world to Prince Edward Island to visit the place where L.M. Montgomery grew up, to see where her most famous novel, Anne of Green Gables, takes place, and to ... Read More »

June 7, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

Rising Seas: Flooding, Climate Change and Our New World

By Belle Wuthrich (ill.); Kath Boake W. (ill.); Keltie Thomas

The term climate change often brings to mind unpredictable storms and unseasonable temperatures. But in Rising Seas: Flooding, Climate Change and Our New World, it’s clear that we’re in for more than stormy weather as ... Read More »

March 22, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Fania’s Heart

By Anne Renaud; Richard Rudnicki (ill.)

In two new picture books – both true tales featuring wartime prisoners at Auschwitz – small objects take on a significance that far outstrips their physical size. The Promise, co-written by cousins Pnina Bat Zvi ... Read More »

March 8, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

The Promise

By Isabelle Cardinal (ill.); Margie Wolfe; Pnina Bat Zvi

March 8, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Can Your Outfit Change the World?

By Erinne Paisley

Victoria-born activist Erinne Paisley made headlines in 2015 when she used her high school prom dress – handcrafted out of old math homework – to make some incisive statements about the lack of access to ... Read More »

January 26, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

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