December 19, 2022 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books
Phoenix finds himself the target of bullies because he prefers dolls and dancing to trucks and hockey. Although he is afraid, Phoenix is tired of hiding his true self and tells his mother and brother ... Read More »
Heartbreak Homes, the stunning new YA mystery novel by Lunenberg, N.S., writer and bookseller Jo Treggiari, begins with a house party. It’s a scene that will be familiar to most readers – there’s a lot ... Read More »
December 14, 2022 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books
The Line in the Sand by Toronto author-illustrator Thao Lam is a wordless picture book that speaks volumes about how conflict can arise from misconstrued communication and mistaken perspectives. A seven-eyed, squid-like being blithely wanders ... Read More »
December 12, 2022 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books
Zoulfa Katouh’s As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow begins in a supermarket in the Syrian city of Homs. Salama Kassab, the protagonist, buys everything the supermarket has to offer – three shrivelled lemons and ... Read More »
December 7, 2022 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books
Calling to mind the quiet, restrained loveliness of picture books such as The Night Is Deep and Wide and Before Morning, Charis St. Pierre and Rachel Wada bring readers Welcome, Dark. In the genre of ... Read More »
December 5, 2022 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books
Cocoa Magic is a gentle, nostalgic story that uses chocolate as a metaphor for caring and generosity. Daniel, the nephew of the Cocoa King of 1920s Charlottetown, begins each day by helping his uncle in ... Read More »
November 30, 2022 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books
Young bodyguard Katyani bears the responsibility of protecting the kingdom of Chandela’s royal line – a weighty enough task to shoulder even without monsters lurking at every turn and an inescapable life-debt she doesn’t truly ... Read More »
November 28, 2022 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books
An endling is the last known surviving individual animal of a species. Sadly, as the Earth enters its sixth mass extinction, there are now more than enough endlings to inspire an entire book. The Late, ... Read More »
November 23, 2022 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books
Beautiful You, Beautiful Me is a vibrantly illustrated picture book written by award-winning Inninewak (Cree) and Trinidadian author Tasha Spillett-Sumner. The book follows Izzy, a young Black girl who worries about the differences between her ... Read More »
November 21, 2022 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books
Take a quick scroll through almost any Facebook comments section and one thing quickly becomes clear: the general population lacks a solid understanding of social and political structures, not to mention economics and personal finances. ... Read More »
November 16, 2022 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books