Kids’ Books

No Place Like Home

Lost in her favourite books, 11-year-old Lan can almost forget about how much she misses her mother and younger brother, both still in Việt Nam. Though books can’t quite make the basement apartment she shares ... Read More »

March 15, 2023 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

★ No Horses in the House!: The Audacious Life of Artist Rosa Bonheur

By Mireille Messier and Anna Bron (ill.)

Throughout history, female artists have frequently been overlooked and undervalued. A pair of new biographical picture books paint vivid portraits of two women who defied societal expectations and overcame many challenges to pursue their art. ... Read More »

March 8, 2023 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ A Tulip in Winter: A Story About Folk Artist Maud Lewis

By Kathy Stinson and Lauren Soloy (ill.)

March 8, 2023 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ Delicious Monsters

By Liselle Sambury

Seventeen-year-old Daisy Odlin can see ghosts. Like moths to a flame, spirits of the dead gravitate toward misery – something Daisy has in constant supply. Dealing with the burden of her psychic abilities, a simultaneously ... Read More »

March 1, 2023 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Akim Aliu: Dreamer

By Akim Aliu and Greg Anderson Elysée; Karen De la Vega and Marcus Williams (ill.)

Akim Aliu: Dreamer is a moving graphic novel memoir by former pro hockey player Akim Aliu, written with Greg Anderson Elysée. After falling in love with skating, Aliu teaches himself how to skate and dreams ... Read More »

February 22, 2023 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

★ What’s in Flora’s Shoebox?

By Sarah Jane Conklin and Venus Angelica (ill.)

The rise of sea levels and global temperatures along with shrinking glaciers and extreme weather events has made it impossible to deny climate change. As attempts to reduce our carbon footprint gain traction, the idea ... Read More »

February 20, 2023 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ Like a Hurricane

By Jonathan Bécotte and Jonathan Kaplansky (trans.)

Like a Hurricane by award-winning Montreal author and elementary school teacher Jonathan Bécotte, and translated by Jonathan Kaplansky, is a novel in verse about a young teen struggling to reveal his true self to friends ... Read More »

February 15, 2023 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

★ Heroines, Rescuers, Rabbis, Spies: Unsung Women of the Holocaust

By Sarah Silberstein Swartz

Can ordinary people make a difference in a world gone mad? Absolutely, as Heroines, Rescuers, Rabbis, Spies demonstrates through the gripping stories of nine daring young women whose resistance to Nazi brutality saved hundreds of ... Read More »

February 15, 2023 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

Maakusie Loves Music

By Chelsey June and Jaaji; Tamara Campeau (ill.)

Maakusie Loves Music is a brightly illustrated picture book that introduces readers to the history of music in the Arctic. It’s the first children’s book by husband and wife duo Jaaji (Inuk and Mohawk) and ... Read More »

February 8, 2023 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ While You Sleep

By Jennifer Maruno and Miki Sato (ill.)

For any parent desperate to get a bright-eyed, curious child to close their eyes for the day, While You Sleep provides a solution. Written by Jennifer Maruno with collage illustrations by Miki Sato, this enchanting ... Read More »

January 25, 2023 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

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