Kids’ Books

Carmen and the House That Gaudí Built

By Susan Hughes and Marianne Ferrer (ill.)

Carmen and the House That Gaudí Built is inspired by author Susan Hughes’s visit to Casa Batlló, a residence architect Antoni Gaudí built in Barcelona, Spain, in the early 1900s. The gist of the story ... Read More »

January 21, 2021 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ Riley Can’t Stop Crying

By Stéphanie Boulay and Agathe Bray-Bourret (ill.); Charles Simard (trans.)

Last year, Stéphanie Boulay and Agathe Bray-Bourret won the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award for the French-language title Anatole qui ne séchait jamais, an incredibly moving picture book that introduces young readers to the complex ... Read More »

January 18, 2021 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Little Girl Gazelle

By Stéphane Martelly and Albin Christen (ill); Katia Grubisic (trans.)

This past year has seen an explosion of discussion enter the mainstream about racial injustice and police brutality. Globally, Black Lives Matter protests and other anti-colonial movements have brought to public consciousness the uncomfortable conversations ... Read More »

January 14, 2021 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

The Girl from the Attic

By Marie Prins and Edward Hagedorn (ill.)

The fantastical middle-grade novel The Girl from the Attic begins in 2001, as city girl Maddy is bent out of shape about having to move to the countryside with her family. Her remarried, pregnant mother ... Read More »

January 11, 2021 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ The Fabulous Zed Watson!

By Basil Sylvester and Kevin Sylvester

There are few books that offer unadulterated joy from beginning to end. But The Fabulous Zed Watson! is a middle-grade wonder: a literary mystery and Onward-esque road-trip story that celebrates self-described nerds and weirdos, and ... Read More »

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

Outside Art

By Madeline Kloepper

In Anonymouse, the latest picture book by Toronto author Vikki VanSickle, a mysterious rodent creates Banksy-esque street art to lift the spirits of his fellow city critters. The assuredly understated narration takes an off-the-beaten-path tour ... Read More »

January 4, 2021 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ Anonymouse

By Vikki VanSickle and Anna Pirolli (ill.)

January 4, 2021 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

A Home Away from Home: True Stories of Wild Animal Sanctuaries

By Nicholas Read

The non-fiction book A Home Away from Home explores the ways in which wild animals are taken from their natural habitat and spotlights the people who are trying to help them regain some semblance of ... Read More »

December 3, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

Annaka

By Andre Fenton

Sixteen-year-old Annaka has spent the last 10 years going by Anna, but when she and her mother move from Halifax back to her hometown of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, to take care of her Nan, her ... Read More »

November 30, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

The Book of Sam

By Rob Shapiro

Sixteen-year-old Sam – the protagonist of Toronto writer Rob Shapiro’s new YA novel – is a bit of an outcast. Bullied by his peers and largely overlooked by his parents (when they aren’t disparaging him), ... Read More »

November 26, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

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