Kids’ Books

Heart Berry Bling

By Jenny Kay Dupuis and Eva Campbell (ill.)

Heart Berry Bling, by Anishinaabe/Ojibway author Jenny Kay Dupuis, is a picture book that teaches readers about both beadwork and the Indian Act. After being dropped off at her grandmother’s place in the city, narrator ... Read More »

June 14, 2023 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Next of Twin

By Jass Aujla

At the request of her dying mother, Riah Arora has pressed pause on her life of crime to search for her long-lost twin. However, instead of the heartwarming reunion and instant bond we may expect ... Read More »

June 12, 2023 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Grounded

By Aisha Saeed; Huda Al-Marashi; Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow; S.K. Ali

Grounded takes off from the (fictional) American Zora Neale Hurston airport, where 11-year-old Hanna Chen, an outspoken animal rights activist – and member of the Animal Allies online forum – is determinedly wandering through the ... Read More »

June 7, 2023 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

City of Neighbors

By Andrea Curtis and Katy Dockrill (ill.)

City of Neighbors, the latest title in the ThinkCities series, celebrates city living, with a focus on urban neighbourhoods and neighbourly connections. This illustrated nonfiction book envelops readers in the sights, tastes, smells, and sounds ... Read More »

June 5, 2023 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

The Best Way to Get Your Way

By Tanya Lloyd Kyi and Chanelle Nibbelink (ill.)

The Best Way to Get Your Way by Vancouver author Tanya Lloyd Kyi is a rousing introduction to the art of debate and offers a crash course in critical thinking. Pairs of fictional tween speakers ... Read More »

May 31, 2023 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

The Most Beautiful Thing I Have Ever Seen

By Nadia Devi Umadat and Christine Wei (ill.)

A little girl moves from her war-torn home country, location unnamed, to live in a place she’s never been before. After arriving, the girl, her mother, and her sister all adjust to life in a ... Read More »

May 29, 2023 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

The Secret Pocket

By Peggy Janicki and Carrielynn Victor (ill.)

With her ‘Utsoo (grandmother), ‘Utsiyan (grandfather), and other family members, Mary reminisces about the wonderful times in her early childhood of feeling loved and cherished. This was before she, along with her sister and her ... Read More »

May 24, 2023 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

The Care and Keeping of Grandmas

By Jennifer Mook-Sang and Yong Ling Kang (ill.)

After decades of decline, multi-generational households are on the rise in North America. In part the result of the crazily high cost of living, this trend, in Canada at least, is also due to an ... Read More »

May 17, 2023 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

The Melancholy of Summer

By Louisa Onomé

With her latest YA contemporary novel, The Melancholy of Summer, Louisa Onomé continues her streak of books that should be made immediately into teen movies. The parents of Nigerian Canadian Summer Uzoma, 17, have disappeared, ... Read More »

May 15, 2023 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

★ Sandy Toes: A Summer Adventure

By Shauntay Grant and Candice Bradley (ill.)

In this well-crafted picture book, a little Black boy and his sister enjoy a perfect day at the beach with their parents. They splash in the surf, play in the sand, chase after a kite, ... Read More »

May 10, 2023 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

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