Kids’ Books

As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

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

Welcome, Dark

By Charis St. Pierre and Rachel Wada (ill.)

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

By Sandra Bradley and Gabrielle Grimard (ill.)

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

★ Night of the Raven, Dawn of the Dove

By Rati Mehrotra

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

The Late, Great Endlings: Stories of the Last Survivors

By Deborah Kerbel and Aimée van Drimmelen (ill.)

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

By Tasha Spillett-Sumner and Salini Perera (ill.)

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

★ More Than Money: How Economic Inequality Affects Everything

By Hadley Dyer and Mitchell Bernard; Paul Gill (ill.)

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

I’m the Girl

By Courtney Summers

Since the death of their mother to cancer, 16-year-old Georgia Avis has been living with her older brother for more than a year and doing whatever it takes to make ends meet. She dreams of ... Read More »

November 15, 2022 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

In the Key of Dale

By Benjamin Lefebvre

Sixteen-year-old Dale Cardigan is a musical prodigy, plain and simple. He aced his latest Royal Conservatory exam. He plays the organ at the local church for pocket money. He plays piano at his lesbian friends’ ... Read More »

November 14, 2022 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

★ Water Love

By Natalie Hodgson and Rajean Willis; Sahle Robinson (ill.)

The “giver of life” characteristic of water is proverbial. Yet for many people of African descent, particularly those in the diaspora, the water we swim in carries a darker history of enslavement and death. It ... Read More »

November 9, 2022 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

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