Kids’ Books

Acting Wild: How We Behave Like Birds, Bugs, and Beasts

By Maria Birmingham and Dave Whamond (ill.)

Curious kids intuitively understand that science begins with questions. Two new non-fiction books both encourage and support insatiable inquisitiveness and the voracious need to know. Fifty questions posed by young visitors to the Ontario Science ... Read More »

July 29, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

The Little Book of Big What-Ifs

By Renata Liwska

When it comes to reading a picture book with a very young child, adults often take the role of expert, having a well-developed familiarity with numbers, letters, and colours. But two new concept picture books ... Read More »

July 25, 2019 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ Ping

By Ani Castillo

July 25, 2019 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Clear Skies

By Jessica Scott Kerrin

Like any child with a passion, 11-year-old Arno Creelman is eager to share everything he knows about outer space with anyone who will listen. And Arno knows an awful lot. The setting of Jessica Scott ... Read More »

July 22, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Phantom of Fire: A Dylan Maples Adventure

By Shane Peacock

“Canada is weird. Trust me. It pretends it isn’t, but underneath, this country is bat-crap crazy.” Fifteen-year-old Dylan Maples has encountered his fair share of mysteries across the country – and his fair share of ... Read More »

July 18, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Elements of Genius: Nikki Tesla and the Ferret-Proof Death Ray

By Jess Keating and Lissy Marlin (ill.)

In the opening scene of Jess Keating’s new middle-grade series, Elements of Genius, Nikki Tesla’s pet ferret sets off Nikki’s fully functional death ray. The child prodigy and her ferret survive, but Nikki’s bedroom doesn’t, ... Read More »

July 11, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Paint the Town Pink

By Lori Doody

Author-illustrator Lori Doody’s new book, Paint the Town Pink, hews to the same lines as her 2017 title, The Puffin Problem, a comical portrayal of the fallout from the sudden inundation of puffins in a ... Read More »

July 8, 2019 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ Like a Love Story

By Abdi Nazemian

This new novel from Lambda Literary Award winner Abdi Nazemian (The Walk-In Closet) is a fresh and important addition to the queer YA canon. Set in New York City in 1989, at the peak of ... Read More »

July 4, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Before the Broken Star

By Emily R. King

Emily R. King, the bestselling author of the Hundreth Queen books, returns with a new series featuring another strong and unusual heroine. Everley Donovan’s best friends are sex workers, her one desire is for vengeance, ... Read More »

June 27, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Little Juniper Makes It Big

By Aidan Cassie

So much of growing up is yearning for something that seems permanently out of reach. This batch of picture books attempts to show kids how to cope with the seemingly unsolvable predicament of wanting what ... Read More »

June 24, 2019 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

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