Kids’ Books

The Blue Vase

By Katarina Jovanovic; Josée Bisaillon (illus.)

Countless books have tackled the subject of bullying, in all its forms. Whether verbal, physical, emotional, or social, when one child is forced to endure abuse by another (or many others), the effects can be ... Read More »

October 14, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Exposed (The Retribution Trilogy)

By Judith Graves

Young Raven had to learn survival skills quickly when her meth-addled parents abandoned her as a child. In Exposed, we meet Raven a few weeks before her 16th birthday, when she’s working as a skilled ... Read More »

October 14, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

250 Hours

By Colleen Nelson

Colleen Nelson’s 250 Hours is the story of two people whose lives intersect at a crucial juncture. Sara Jean has just finished high school and spends her days caring for her bedridden grandmother. Jess is ... Read More »

October 14, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Hidden Gold: A True Story of the Holocaust

By Ella Burakowski

Hidden Gold by Ella Burakowski tells the story of the author’s mother, Shoshana Gold, Shoshana’s siblings, Esther and David, and their parents, Hanna and Leib. The Golds were a wealthy Jewish family who ran a ... Read More »

October 14, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bear

By Lindsay Mattick; Sophie Blackall (illus.)

The only thing better than a bedtime story is a bedtime story that is true. And if you’re the great-great-grandson of the man who helped inspire one of the most beloved characters in all of ... Read More »

October 14, 2015 | Filed under: Picture Books

Timo’s Garden

By Victoria Allenby; Dean Griffiths (illus.)

Encouraged to sign up for Toadstool Corners’ Great, Green Garden Tour, rabbit Timo begins feverishly planning and improving his garden. With rhythmic pairings of activity (“He trimmed and he tidied. He hurried and he scurried. ... Read More »

October 14, 2015 | Filed under: Picture Books

Mr. Postmouse’s Rounds

By Marianne Dubuc

Veteran Quebec author-illustrator Marianne Dubuc’s latest picture book channels Richard Scarry as the reader follows Mr. Postmouse on his journey through a grassy village. Stops at the homes of various animals are depicted with Dubuc’s ... Read More »

October 14, 2015 | Filed under: Picture Books

Loyalist to a Fault (The Dead Kid Detective Agency #3)

By Evan Munday

Witty cartoonist extraordinaire Evan Munday returns with a third darkly hilarious instalment in his Dead Kids Detective Agency series. This time, (living) heroine October Schwartz enlists her (non-living) pals in solving how fellow dead kid ... Read More »

October 14, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

★ West Coast Wild: A Nature Alphabet

By Deborah Hodge; Karen Reczuch (illus.)

Two gorgeous new picture books celebrate the beauty of Canadian landscapes and the fascinating creatures and people who inhabit them. In West Coast Wild, Deborah Hodge focuses on the birds, fish, and other animals that ... Read More »

October 14, 2015 | Filed under: Picture Books