Kids’ Books

Different Good

When two hairy cave people find themselves with a new baby unlike them in every way – it’s not hairy, it doesn’t grunt, it won’t eat meat, and it prefers sticks to rocks – they’re ... Read More »

November 4, 2026 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Carrots Make Me Suspicious

By Robin Mitchell Cranfield

Blessed is the parent whose child is a curious omnivore, ready to sample any dish placed before them. Those children exist, but they are rare. More common are children who, like the young bunny at ... Read More »

October 28, 2026 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Isle of Teeth

By Tessa Barbosa

Matiu, the main (human) protagonist of Vancouver-based Filipina Canadian writer Tessa Barbosa’s second YA fantasy, Isle of Teeth, is caught between two worlds. His father, Jaothan Frankel, was a scientist and a former Archduke of ... Read More »

October 21, 2026 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

The Third Period Comeback

By E.K. Johnston

Hayley Rilko’s great-grandfather, “Greatest” William, was the kind of hockey player songs were written about: he led the Toronto Maple Leafs to four Stanley Cup wins in five years. But the Leafs have not won ... Read More »

October 14, 2026 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Like Glass

By Jen Ferguson

Tatum Nova Lambert, also known as “Tate,” is spending her vacation in the town of Chamonix in the French Alps, which is where her sister, Brownyn, died a year earlier. Her father, a Michelin-starred chef, ... Read More »

October 7, 2026 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Too Hot to Tango

By E. E. Salo and Megan Kearney (ill.)

Sparks fly at summer camp when a soccer player volunteers to help a dancer nail an important end-of-summer audition in the sweet and spicy young adult romance graphic novel Too Hot to Tango. Stanford-bound Honey ... Read More »

September 30, 2026 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

★ A Thousand Nights

By Nafiza Azad and Intisar Khanani (eds.)

A Thousand Nights is an anthology of YA stories written by 16 Muslim women who reclaim narratives inspired by The Thousand and One Nights. Within its pages, one refugee meets another and another, and with ... Read More »

September 23, 2026 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

★ Rebecca

By Kate Beaton and Sydney Smith (ill.)

There are picture books meant for children, and others that are meant for all ages. Rebecca, written by Kate Beaton (Ducks, King Baby) and illustrated by Sydney Smith (Sidewalk Flowers, I Talk Like a River), ... Read More »

September 16, 2026 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ The Continuation of Summer Dillon

By Sarah Everett

What is a human being? The Enlightenment Age, also known as the Age of Reason, foregrounded humanity’s natural autonomy, in stark contrast to earlier periods where human beings were seen as entirely beholden to religious ... Read More »

September 2, 2026 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

★ My Neighborhood

By Delano Brown and Briana Mukodiri Uchendu (ill.)

There is a unique language to every neighbourhood and My Neighborhood, written by Delano Brown and illustrated by Briana Mukodiri Uchendu, perfectly captures the nature of one community. An unnamed boy is picked up from ... Read More »

August 19, 2026 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

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