Kids’ Books

Papergirl

By Melinda McCracken with Penelope Jackson

On May 15, 1919, some 30,000 workers in Winnipeg walked off the job to protest poor living wages and demand collective bargaining. Two new middle-grade novels bring the general strike, a watershed event, to light ... Read More »

May 15, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

City on Strike

By Harriet Zaidman

May 15, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

The Mostly True Story of Pudding Tat, Adventuring Cat

By Caroline Adderson; Stacy Innerst (ill.)

In her latest middle-grade novel, Caroline Adderson blends the right mix of history and fiction while crafting a story of cooperation, resilience, and bravery. Pudding Tat, named for the special dessert Farmer Willoughby brought to ... Read More »

May 7, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

We Contain Multitudes

By Sarah Henstra

Jonathan Hopkirk and Adam Kurlansky couldn’t be more different. Jonathan likes Walt Whitman and Prince; Adam likes football. Jonathan likes vintage clothes; Adam, apparently, likes fist fights. Paired up for a letter-writing assignment in English, ... Read More »

May 7, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Boonoonoonous Hair!

By Olive Senior and Laura James (ill.)

The bestselling duo of writer Olive Senior and artist Laura James (Anna Carries Water) team up again for Boonoonoonous Hair!, which follows a young girl as she learns to love her “snappy, nappy, wavy, crazy” ... Read More »

May 6, 2019 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ The Worst Book Ever

By Elise Gravel

Elise Gravel’s wildly creative new picture book purports to have no imagination at all. Called The Worst Book Ever, it’s a fairy-tale story of a prince and princess who lead exceptionally boring lives until one ... Read More »

May 2, 2019 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

The Magpie’s Library

By Kate Blair

Silva’s is a world of uncertainty. Following news of her grandfather’s worsening Alzheimer’s, the 13-year-old and her family move in with their sick relative in order to tend to his increasing needs. “One for sorrow,” ... Read More »

April 29, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Keep This to Yourself

By Tom Ryan

The human drama inherent in the summer following high-school graduation – including, but not limited to, questions about the future, preparing to leave home, individual identity, and reckoning with the end of childhood – makes ... Read More »

April 25, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

The Not-So Great Outdoors

By Madeline Kloepper

Kids seem to have it made in the summer, but they are rarely in charge of their vacation plans. Three new picture books show the disappointment of being stuck somewhere seemingly unpleasant when school is ... Read More »

April 22, 2019 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books