December 3, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books
The non-fiction book A Home Away from Home explores the ways in which wild animals are taken from their natural habitat and spotlights the people who are trying to help them regain some semblance of ... Read More »
In the crowded field of dinosaur non-fiction books, Mega Rex stands out. This guide is expertly written by Scott Persons, the paleontologist who led the first research study of the largest and oldest Tyrannosaurus rex ... Read More »
October 29, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books
Maurice and His Dictionary is a distinguished non-fiction graphic novel from Toronto author Cary Fagan, based on his father’s experience during the Holocaust. In 1940 Brussels, following the Nazi invasion, 14-year-old Maurice and his family ... Read More »
September 28, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books
How do you explain feminism to a child? As an academic trained in critical theory, this is the question that I assumed would be at the core of Mirion Malle’s The League of Super Feminists, ... Read More »
September 14, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books
Simultaneously published in English and Inuktitut, the graphic novel How I Survived is a true story of Arctic survival written by Serapio Ittusardjuat, an Inuk stone carver and former mechanic. As the narrator-protagonist, Ittusardjuat methodically ... Read More »
August 27, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books
Just before the pandemic hit, Netflix released Night on Earth, a six-part, David Attenborough–style nature documentary with a simple yet engaging twist: all of its action happens after the sun goes down. It’s a clever ... Read More »
July 27, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books
Welcoming a pet into your family is a serious commitment and The Dog Patrol offers a comprehensive training manual, specifically designed for kids, on responsible guardianship. Rob Laidlaw, a Silver Birch Award–winning author, biologist, and ... Read More »
April 16, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books
Liliane Leila Juma was given the name Lela by her father but wrote Maison Rouge – her harrowing story of escaping war in the Democratic Republic of Congo – under her middle name Liliane, which had officially become ... Read More »
March 16, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books
Hula Hoops, Cabbage Patch Kids, and pet rocks are often dismissed as nothing more than silly, fleeting frivolities. But in the new non-fiction book Trending: How and Why Stuff Gets Popular, Norma Fleck Award–winning author ... Read More »
March 5, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books
This unique picture book for older readers is a gentle story of bereavement told through digital paintings and a simple narrative. Author and artist Lisa Boivin is a member of the Deninu Kue First Nation, ... Read More »
January 16, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books, Picture Books