Kids’ Books

★ Journey Around the Sun: The Story of Halley’s Comet

By James Gladstone and Yaara Eshet (ill.)

For the scientist, the artist, and the stargazer alike, the cosmos abounds with endless wonders. Chief among them is the once-in-a-lifetime event of seeing Halley’s comet. In the STEM picture book Journey Around the Sun: ... Read More »

May 13, 2021 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ Dear Black Girls

By Shanice Nicole and Kezna Dalz (ill.)

Dear Black Girls, by Black feminist educator Shanice Nicole and Black artist Kezna Dalz, grabs readers from the first page. Writing in the second person, a mode rarely used in picture books, Nicole addresses her ... Read More »

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

★ Mii maanda ezhi-gkendmaanh / This Is How I Know

By Brittany Luby and Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley (ill.); Alvin Ted Corbiere and Alan Corbiere (trans.)

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

Mad for Ads: How Advertising Gets (and Stays) in Our Heads

By Erica Fyvie and Ian Turner (ill.)

Three thousand. Studies report that’s how many advertising messages we see in a single day. From bus shelters to television commercials to sports uniforms, they’re everywhere – and designed to affect how we think and ... Read More »

May 3, 2021 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books, Reviews

How to Change Everything: The Young Human’s Guide to Protecting the Planet and Each Other

By Naomi Klein and Rebecca Stefoff

Critically acclaimed author and activist Naomi Klein joins forces with Rebecca Stefoff, a prolific writer for children and teens, to inspire teen activism with the exhilarating new non-fiction book, How to Change Everything. A call ... Read More »

April 29, 2021 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

Thao

By Thao Lam

Author-illustrator Thao Lam, the creator behind the critically acclaimed picture books My Cat Looks Like My Dad, Wallpaper, and The Paper Boat: A Refugee Story, returns with Thao. Based on Thao Lam’s own childhood experiences ... Read More »

April 26, 2021 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

The Power of Style: How Fashion and Beauty Are Used to Reclaim Cultures

By Christian Allaire

The mainstream fashion industry often excludes those who do not conform to its norms, which can leave people on the outside feeling less than beautiful. In The Power of Style, Christian Allaire, fashion and style ... Read More »

April 22, 2021 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

★ If I Tell You the Truth

By Jasmin Kaur

A companion to her 2019 debut, Jasmin Kaur’s sophomore YA novel, If I Tell You the Truth, blends poetry, prose, and illustration to tell the intergenerational story of Kiran, a Punjabi woman who flees her ... Read More »

April 19, 2021 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Athabasca

By Harry Kleinhuis

Parry Sound, Ontario, author Harry Kleinhuis delivers a well-realized, if uneven, adventure novel set on Alberta’s Athabasca River in the late 1930s. Fifteen-year-old Jack can’t take his distant, moody, and sometimes violent father, Malcolm, any ... Read More »

April 15, 2021 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Like a Duck

By Deborah Kerbel

Waterfowl, day-camp antics, and family secrets collide during a summer of self-discovery in Like a Duck from prolific Ontario-based children’s author Deborah Kerbel. Sarah lives in a little seaside town with her mom and best ... Read More »

April 12, 2021 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

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