Kids’ Books

The Promise

By Isabelle Cardinal (ill.); Margie Wolfe; Pnina Bat Zvi

In two new picture books – both true tales featuring wartime prisoners at Auschwitz – small objects take on a significance that far outstrips their physical size. The Promise, co-written by cousins Pnina Bat Zvi ... Read More »

March 8, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

A Possibility of Whales

By Karen Rivers

In her latest middle-grade novel, Victoria, B.C.–author Karen Rivers (The Encyclopedia of Me; Waiting to Dive) delivers a contemporary coming-of-age story fused with otherworldly marine elements. The protagonists in A Possibility of Whales are 12-year-old ... Read More »

March 5, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

★ They Say Blue

By Jillian Tamaki

With her first picture book, Jillian Tamaki displays a mastery of the form along with a sensitive understanding of the imaginative life of a small child. Tamaki is best known as the illustrator of the ... Read More »

March 1, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Seb and the Sun

By Jami Gigot

Back in 2011, disgraced former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly made a baffling on-air argument for the existence of God: “Tide goes in, tide goes out,” he said to his guest, an outspoken atheist. “You ... Read More »

February 26, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Boy and the Blue Moon

By Ashley Crowley (ill.); Sara O’Leary

February 26, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

A Girl Like That

By Tanaz Bhathena

Tanaz Bhathena’s debut novel begins with a car crash. Teenagers Zarin and Porus are killed on a highway in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Their ghosts linger above the wreckage, where they watch family members react to ... Read More »

February 22, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

★ The Journey of Little Charlie

By Christopher Paul Curtis

Christopher Paul Curtis’s latest book is a companion to both his Newbery Honor–winner Elijah of Buxton and its follow-up, The Madman of Piney Woods. Both of these earlier books take place in Buxton, the real-life ... Read More »

February 15, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Can Your Outfit Change the World?

By Erinne Paisley

Victoria-born activist Erinne Paisley made headlines in 2015 when she used her high school prom dress – handcrafted out of old math homework – to make some incisive statements about the lack of access to ... Read More »

January 26, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

★ The Triumphant Tale of the House Sparrow

By Jan Thornhill

Award-winning author and illustrator Jan Thornhill has a passion for nature that runs deep. From her first picture book, The Wildlife ABC (1988), to this most recent title, The Triumphant Tale of the House Sparrow, ... Read More »

January 26, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

Mr. Mergler, Beethoven, and Me

By David Gutnick; Mathilde Cinq-Mars (ill.)

Different generations and cultures are drawn together by the love of music in this gentle picture book by CBC Radio documentary writer David Gutnick. The book is based on a true story taken from the ... Read More »

January 24, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

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