Sadie

On the first page of Sadie, the reader is told exactly what to expect: “It’s a story about family, about sisters, and the untold lives lived in small-town America. It’s about the lengths we go ... Read More »

June 21, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

5-Minute Stories for Fearless Girls

By Nick Craine (ill.); Sarah Howden

If the title of this book feels familiar, there is a good reason for that: the last few years have witnessed an explosion in non-fiction promoting strength, bravery, and resilience in girls. Examples include 2007’s ... Read More »

June 20, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

Missing Mike

By Shari Green

In Missing Mike, Vancouver Island–based writer Shari Green, known for her award-winning middle-grade verse novels Root Beer Candy and Other Miracles and Macy McMillan and the Rainbow Goddess, mines the dynamics of loss, change, and ... Read More »

June 18, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Nothing Happens in This Book

By Judy Ann Sadler; Vigg (ill.)

“This book looks boring, doesn’t it?” This question arrives at the beginning of Nothing Happens in This Book, amid an expanse of darkness. Yet neither this recurring note of skepticism, nor the proleptic title, are ... Read More »

June 18, 2018 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

How to Spot a Sasquatch

By Aurélie Grand (ill.); J. Torres

How to Spot a Sasquatch follows fictional middle-grade hero Jay the Junior Ranger. While on a camping trip with his fellow scouts, Jay is determined to spot a sasquatch. When he lets one of the ... Read More »

June 14, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

Everyone Can Be a Changemaker: The Ashoka Effect

By Christine Welldon

In Everyone Can Be a Changemaker, veteran author Christine Welldon has written 16 profiles of people from around the world (a number are Canadian) who took a spark of an idea intended to help others ... Read More »

June 13, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

This Book Betrays My Brother

By Kagiso Lesego Molope

Naledi, the narrator of Kagiso Lesego Molope’s young adult novel, could be mistaken for a stereotypical North American teenage girl, obsessed with boys, clothes, and music. But Naledi comes from a township in South Africa ... Read More »

June 11, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

House of Dreams: The Life of L.M. Montgomery

By Julie Morstad (ill.); Liz Rosenberg

People travel from all over the world to Prince Edward Island to visit the place where L.M. Montgomery grew up, to see where her most famous novel, Anne of Green Gables, takes place, and to ... Read More »

June 7, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

Hedgehog

By Ashlyn Anstee

While the Fan Brothers, Debbie Ridpath Ohi, and Ashlyn Anstee employ acutely different tones, styles, and media in their latest picture books, all unearth joy in some of life’s most unpleasant feelings: grief, sadness, and ... Read More »

June 4, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Ocean Meets Sky

By Eric Fan; Terry Fan

June 4, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

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