Kids’ Books

Rain Rising

Rain idolizes her 18-year-old brother, Xander (or as she likes to call him, X). Both intelligent and athletic, X has a scholarship to attend an elite high school where he plays on the football team ... Read More »

November 7, 2022 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

★ The Museum of Odd Body Leftovers: A Tour of Your Useless Parts, Flaws, and Other Weird Bits

By Rachel Poliquin and Clayton Hanmer (ill.)

Rachel Poliquin’s latest nonfiction title, The Museum of Odd Body Leftovers: A Tour of Your Useless Parts, Flaws, and Other Weird Bits, is both accessible and enjoyable, with a playful writing style that introduces the ... Read More »

November 2, 2022 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

★ Fox and Bear

By Miriam Körner

What happens when we overcomplicate things instead of simply living in the moment? Miriam Körner, who lives in a small cabin in Northern Saskatchewan surrounded by a vanishing old-growth forest, examines the idea of being ... Read More »

November 1, 2022 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ Love from Mecca to Medina

By S.K. Ali

It takes courage, patience, and hard work to sustain a romantic commitment – if you are brave enough to make one. There are no “happily ever afters,” except in fairy tales. Love from Mecca to ... Read More »

October 26, 2022 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Road of the Lost

By Nafiza Azad

Seventeen-year-old Croi – who appears as a small sprite known as a brownie – has lived her entire life in the Wilde Forest with the Hag, an emotionless guardian made of wood and stone. While ... Read More »

October 24, 2022 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

★ Revenge of the Raccoons

By Vivek Shraya and Juliana Neufeld (ill.)

Considering how frequently they’re given monikers like “furry masked bandits,” “trash pandas,” and “pests,” it seems no one has a kind word to spare for raccoons. Perhaps with good cause, as anyone who has tried ... Read More »

October 17, 2022 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

The Three Billy Goats Gruff

By Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen (ill.)

If every fairy tale must have a moral, then the one in the much-loved, oft-retold Three Billy Goats Gruff would be something about the perils of deferred gratification (and, possibly, the virtuousness of vegetarianism). Get ... Read More »

October 17, 2022 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Ancient Ghosts: A Collection of Strange and Scary Stories from Northern Norway

By Edel Marit Gaino and Toma Feizo Gas (ill.); Olivia Lasky and Lea Simma (trans.)

Some say that ghost stories are as old as storytelling itself – that people would gather in darkness to weave tales of warning. With shadows dancing menacingly on their faces by the dim light of ... Read More »

October 12, 2022 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

A Wee Boo

By Jessica Boyd and Brooke Kerrigan (ill.)

A Wee Boo is a story with big heart and a dash of spookiness, out in time for Halloween. Author Jessica Boyd and illustrator Brooke Kerrigan tell the story of Wee Boo, an adorable little ... Read More »

October 12, 2022 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ Together We Drum, Our Hearts Beat as One

By Willie Poll and Chief Lady Bird (ill.)

A young and carefree Anishnaabe girl sets off into the forest to seek adventure. As she peers into the river, she sees not only her reflection but also the reflection of her ancestors clothed in ... Read More »

October 11, 2022 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

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