Children and YA Non-fiction

#BlackInSchool

#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

Shelter: Homelessness in Our Community

By Lois Peterson; Taryn Gee (ill.)

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

Caring for Critters: One Year at  a Wildlife Rescue Centre

By Nicholas Read

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

Growing Up Trans: In Our Own Words

By Dr. Lindsay Herriot; Kate Fry; (eds.)

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

Chasing Bats and Tracking Rats: Urban Ecology, Community Science, and How We Share Our Cities

By Cylita Guy; Cornelia Li (ill.)

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

Meet David Suzuki

By Elizabeth MacLeod; Mike Deas (ill.)

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

★ A Kid Is a Kid Is a Kid

By Sara O’Leary‚ Qin Leng (ill.)

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

The cover of Hetxwms Gyetxw (Brett D. Huson) and illustrator Natasha Donovan's Wolf Mother with a photo of the author

The Wolf Mother

By Hetxw’ms Gyetxw (Brett D. Huson); Natasha Donovan (ill.)

The Wolf Mother, the fifth book in the Mothers of Xsan series, follows a grey wolf from newborn pup to pack leader to Nox Gibuu (Wolf Mother). The wolf’s journey begins in the spring when ... Read More »

August 25, 2021 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ It Takes Guts: How Your Body Turns Food into Fuel (and Poop)

By Jennifer Gardy; Belle Wuthrich (ill.)

Right now, with NASA flying helicopters on Mars and SpaceX planning new spaceports, off-world exploration is the thing. But for many kids, the airless void beyond Earth’s atmosphere can never quite match the fascination they ... Read More »

August 23, 2021 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

Fired Up about Consent

By Sarah Ratchford

Sarah Ratchford, a feminist, journalist, and author from New Brunswick, hopes their new survivor-informed nonfiction book, Fired Up about Consent, will help young people “learn to have healthy, mutually satisfying sex lives.” Divided into four ... Read More »

July 15, 2021 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

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