Meet Tom Longboat

Scholastic Canada’s biography series – picture books that profile trailblazing Canadians, including Viola Desmond and Chris Hadfield – stands out in the field of non-fiction kidlit biographies thanks to its appealing, comic-strip style. The latest ... Read More »

December 13, 2018 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ The Lady from Kent

By Barbara Nichol; Bill Pechet (ill.)

The spirits of Lear and Belloc are channelled in Barbara Nichol’s arousingly illogical book of light verse, The Lady from Kent, about, well, a lady who says she’s from Kent. But as we quickly learn ... Read More »

December 10, 2018 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ Grandmother’s Visit

By Betty Quan; Carmen Mok (ill.)

Grandmothers in every culture hold a special place in the lives of their grandchildren. In a busy world, they are often a source of comfort, companionship, and acceptance. Grandmothers can also be a vital link ... Read More »

December 6, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

Bitter and Sweet

By Kyrsten Brooker (ill.); Sandra V. Feder

December 6, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

Putuguq & Kublu and the Qalupalik!

By Astrid Arijanto (ill.); Danny Christopher; Roselynn Akulukjuk

Something lurks beneath the sea ice of Arviq Bay. That is, if siblings Putuguq and Kublu believe their grandfather’s tale of creatures, called qalupaliit, who snatch unsuspecting children playing too close to the water. Published ... Read More »

December 3, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

Seasons Before the War

By Bernice Morgan; Brita Granström (ill.)

“Once upon a time, long, long ago, in a world where the First World War was history and the Second World War was unimaginable …” That’s how Bernice Morgan sets the scene for her new ... Read More »

November 26, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

The Birdman

By François Thisdale (ill.); Troon Harrison

Famous Canadian activist Alexander Milton Ross, known as “Birdman,” was an ornithologist and medical doctor who claimed to have assisted enslaved people escaping from the American South. Award-winning author Troon Harrison and veteran Montreal illustrator ... Read More »

November 22, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

Lost Boy

By Shelley Hrdlitschka

Seventeen-year-old Jon Nielsson has spent his entire life in Unity, a faith-based polygamous sect. He has already started to question the religion he has been brought up in since childhood when he is discovered kissing ... Read More »

November 19, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Ghost Road

By Charis Cotter

Ruth, the tween protagonist of Charis Cotter’s new novel, doesn’t know much about her family history. Her mother died suddenly when Ruth was only two years old, and her father doesn’t have a lot of ... Read More »

November 15, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Log Driver’s Waltz

By Jennifer Phelan (ill.); Wade Hemsworth

Almost 40 years after the The Log Driver’s Waltz appeared as a National Film Board animated vignette, Toronto illustrator Jennifer Phelan brings a thoughtful, female-driven interpretation of the classic folk song to a new generation ... Read More »

November 12, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

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