Kids’ Books

The Shaman’s Apprentice

By Zacharias Kunuk;  Megan Kyak-Monteith (ill.)

The Shaman’s Apprentice – a picture book based on award-winning Inuit director Zacharias Kunuk’s short film Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman’s Apprentice, in turn adapted from a traditional Inuit story – follows Supijaq, a young Inuk who ... Read More »

July 6, 2021 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ Her Epic Adventure:  25 Daring Women Who Inspire a Life Less Ordinary

By Julia De Laurentiis Johnston; Salini Perera (ill.)

Toronto journalist Julia De Laurentiis Johnston’s biographies of intrepid women celebrates a refreshingly diverse group of accomplished trailblazers from around the world and throughout history. The succinct and spirited entries are organized into five sections: ... Read More »

June 29, 2021 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Long Distance

By Whitney Gardner

Over a year into a global pandemic that continues to shape our daily lives, this new middle-grade graphic novel from Whitney Gardner takes a timely look at what it means to be kept apart from ... Read More »

June 24, 2021 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

The Last Time I Saw Her

By Alexandra Harrington

The summer after high school is innately a period of transition, but most graduates teetering on the precipice of adulthood face far less harrowing circumstances than Charlotte Romer. The Last Time I Saw Her, a ... Read More »

June 22, 2021 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade  Stand Summer

By Leslie Gentile

The only kid at Eagle Shores Trailer Park in 1978, 11-year-old Truly is persuaded into opening a lemonade stand by her neighbour and grandmother figure, Andy El, so she has something to keep her occupied. ... Read More »

June 17, 2021 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Race with Me!

By Andre De Grasse; Robert Budd;  Joseph Osei Bonsu (ill.)

There has been a welcome boom in children’s nonfiction and biographical picture books over recent years. It is terrific to not only see more sports biographies being published but also iconic athletes and trailblazers of ... Read More »

June 15, 2021 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Sonata for Fish and Boy

By Milan Pavlović

Sonata for Fish and Boy, the first solo picture book by Toronto-based illustrator Milan Pavlović, is a well-orchestrated, wordless appreciation of music and friendship. In a riverside park, a mop-haired child plays a violin with ... Read More »

June 10, 2021 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Over the Shop

By JonArno Lawson and Qin Leng (ill.)

June 10, 2021 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Poem in My Pocket

By Chris Tougas and Josée Bisaillon (ill.)

Research shows that verse and simple rhymes aid in early childhood development. Babies and toddlers respond to “Itsy Bitsy Spider” because their little brains and bodies are working to make sense of their worlds, to ... Read More »

June 7, 2021 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Blood Like Magic

By Liselle Sambury

We’re taught to fear blood, maybe because it’s so often tied to death and gore. In Toronto author Liselle Sambury’s Blood Like Magic, blood signifies other things, too – notably our link to our ancestry ... Read More »

June 3, 2021 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

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