August 8, 2022 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books
Altuna “Tuna” Kashmir Rashad is a budding screenwriter and children’s swimming instructor living in Ontario, California, who’s on a quest to turn her life into a screenplay – complete with meet-cutes, fun and games, and ... Read More »
Majagalee: The Language of Seasons is a picture book that explores from a Gitksan perspective the four seasons on the northwest coast of what is currently British Columbia. Along with the contributions by Wet’suwet’en and ... Read More »
August 2, 2022 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books
What the Dog Knows is a middle-grade novel about a girl and her dog. The twist is that they are dead. That is, they were dead. Within the first few pages, Naomi, an ordinary 13-year-old, ... Read More »
July 26, 2022 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books
My Uncle Is Coming Tomorrow/Mañana viene mi tío is an incisive English–Spanish dual-language picture book for older readers, dedicated to “those who, because of forced disappearances, were never able to come.” Waiting by a closed ... Read More »
July 19, 2022 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books
Late in 2020, prolific Winnipeg-based writer David A. Robertson revisited the world of his stunning young adult Reckoner trilogy – with a twist. The Reckoner Rises series, published as graphic novels, picks up with the ... Read More »
July 12, 2022 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books
Bree is a clever middle-schooler who loves math and puzzles. After moving with her dad to Florida, she enrolls in a new school where much is made of the swim team and its rivalry with ... Read More »
July 5, 2022 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books
I’s the B’y is an exuberant celebration of Newfoundland culture lovingly presented in picture-book form. It’s based on the well-worn folk song that has long been identified with the island’s traditional music and fishing heritage. ... Read More »
June 29, 2022 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books
kā-āciwīkicik/The Move is a moving story inspired by the forced relocation of the Chemawawin Cree Nation to Easterville, Manitoba, told in both Cree and English by Cree educators Doris George and Don K. Philpot. Displaced ... Read More »
June 27, 2022 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books
TJ Powar is an incredibly brave young woman, and just as stubborn. Not many high schoolers, especially popular girls like TJ, would dare to challenge social norms by embracing their hairiness simply to make a ... Read More »
June 22, 2022 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books
A Day for Sandcastles continues the happy collaboration between JonArno Lawson and illustrator Qin Leng that began with last year’s Over the Shop. Like its predecessor, A Day for Sandcastles is a wordless picture book, ... Read More »
June 20, 2022 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books