Kids’ Books

★ We Dream Medicine Dreams

We Dream Medicine Dreams, by author, artist, and bioethicist Lisa Boivin, a member of the Deninu K’ue First Nation in the Northwest Territories, is a moving and insightful picture book honouring the enduring relationship between ... Read More »

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

★ Treaty Words: For As Long As the  Rivers Flow

By Aimée Craft and Luke Swinson (ill.)

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

Hare B&B

By Bill Richardson and Bill Pechet (ill.)

Harry and her hare siblings are out for a walk when their unsuspecting parents are duped and devoured by a coyote. Destitute and with a newly empty bedroom in the house, the kids convert the ... Read More »

March 25, 2021 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

My Body in Pieces

By Marie-Noëlle Hébert and Shelley Tanaka (trans.)

Last year, Marie-Noëlle Hébert won the Prix des libraires du Québec for the French-language title La grosse laide, a deeply emotional graphic memoir chronicling her years-long battle with an eating disorder. The English translation, My ... Read More »

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

Zara Hossain Is Here

By Sabina Khan

Basking in the glow of a Biden-Harris White House, America may appear to have a newly progressive sheen, but it’s not bright enough to blind observers to the country’s ugly prejudices. Sabina Khan, author of ... Read More »

March 18, 2021 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

The Life and Deaths of Frankie D.

By Colleen Nelson

Frankie Doe, the 17-year-old protagonist of Colleen Nelson’s impressive new novel, is a consummate outsider. Found in an alley as a young girl with no memory of her past, she has endured a series of ... Read More »

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

The Good Fight

By Ted Staunton and Josh Rosen (ill.)

“None is too many.” That was the response of a Canadian official when asked in 1945 how many Jews would be allowed into the country after the Second World War. Anti-Semitism has long been present ... Read More »

March 11, 2021 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Birdspell

By Valerie Sherrard

Valerie Sherrard is a respected children’s writer, based in New Brunswick, whose considerable body of work demonstrates a deep understanding of children and teens in difficult situations. In her latest book, Sherrard takes her readers ... Read More »

March 8, 2021 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

★ Tell No Tales:  Pirates of the Southern Seas

By Sam Maggs and Kendra Wells (ill.)

Pirate legends get a fabulously fresh and feminist reboot in Tell No Tales, the first original graphic novel by prolific author and pop-culture commentator Sam Maggs. Inspired by the lives of early 18th-century female pirates, ... Read More »

March 4, 2021 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Oh My Gods!

By Stephanie Cooke and Insha Fitzpatrick; Juliana Moon (ill.)

The debut middle-grade graphic novel Oh My Gods!, co-written by Toronto comic book scribe Stephanie Cooke and New Jersey–based Insha Fitzpatrick, delivers light-hearted lessons in friendship and ancient mythology. In this promising series opener, 13-year-old ... Read More »

March 4, 2021 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

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