Kids’ Books

★ True Colors: Growing Up Weird in the 90s

By Elise Gravel and Montana Kane (trans.)

In this artfully crafted and ultra-relatable fictionalized graphic memoir, Governor General’s Award–winning author-illustrator Elise Gravel takes readers back to her formative tween years filled with colourful hobbies, true-blue friends, and undiagnosed ADHD. On the pages ... Read More »

August 27, 2025 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

★ This Place Kills Me

By Mariko Tamaki and Nicole Goux (ill.)

Being the new kid at school is hard, especially at all-girls boarding school Wilberton, where Abby Kita has been sent in the wake of a personal indiscretion. And though the rumours about her past have ... Read More »

August 20, 2025 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

★ Aggie and the Ghost

By Matthew Forsythe

This might be a perfect picture book. I love everything about Matthew Forsythe’s Aggie and the Ghost. I love Aggie. I love the ghost. I love the writing, the themes, the illustrations, and the close ... Read More »

August 13, 2025 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Never Silent: A Hiroshima Survivor’s Story

By Setsuko Thurlow and Kathy Lowinger; Michelle Theodore (ill.)

When Japan entered the Second World War on Dec. 8, 1941, Setsuko Thurlow’s childhood abruptly ended. By eighth grade, she was selected – along with some of her schoolmates – to help her country decode ... Read More »

August 6, 2025 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

★ My Friend May

By Julie Flett

My Friend May by Cree-Métis author and illustrator Julie Flett is the based-on-a-true-story tale of May, Margaux, and Margaux’s aunt. May is Margaux’s cat and best friend, but one day she goes missing, leaving Margaux ... Read More »

July 23, 2025 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

A Stronger Home

By Katrina Chen and Elaine Su; Delphie Côté-Lacroix (ill.)

A Stronger Home is both a heart-wrenching and a hopeful picture book that addresses domestic abuse and leaving home to find safe shelter. A boy and his mother hide from the storm in their house ... Read More »

July 9, 2025 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

A Drop in the Ocean

By Léa Taranto

A Drop in the Ocean is the debut YA novel from Léa Taranto, a Paris-born, Burnaby, B.C.-raised writer, whose Chinese and Jewish heritage infuses this coming-of-age story about mental health with humour and tenderness. Drawn ... Read More »

June 25, 2025 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Sea in my Cells

By Laura Alary and Andrea Blinick (ill.)

Laura Alary’s Sea in my Cells is a playful exploration of a precious resource we often take for granted – water. Alary’s storytelling is engaging and wonder-filled, anticipating the most pressing questions children might ask: ... Read More »

June 11, 2025 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Jane and the Blue Willow Princess

By Catherine Little and Sae Kimura (ill.)

Written in commemoration of Jane Austen’s 250th birthday, Catherine Little and Sae Kimura’s picture book Jane and the Blue Willow Princess introduces readers to young storyteller Jane, her supportive sister Cassie, and her large, boisterous ... Read More »

June 4, 2025 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ The Haunted Blizzard

By Aviaq Johnston and Athena Gubbe (ill.)

The Haunted Blizzard, the powerful new graphic novel by prize-winning Inuk author Aviaq Johnston and illustrated by Ontario artist Athena Gubbe, begins with school being cancelled. A blizzard has descended on Iqaluit and the younger ... Read More »

May 28, 2025 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

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