Kids’ Books

★ The Journey of Little Charlie

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

Ophelia

By Charlotte Gingras; Daniel Sylvestre (ill.); Christelle Morelli (trans.); Susan Ouriou (trans.)

No one texts in the YA novel Ophelia, or Snapchats, plays video games, or watches YouTube. The characters still do teenager-y things – graffiti alleyways, have sex, gossip, bully, and body shame each other – ... Read More »

January 24, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

A Day with Yayah

By Julie Flett (ill.); Nicola I. Campbell

“Yayah, what are they called in our language?” asks the children on the first page of A Day with Yayah, pointing to trees and plants while on a family gathering excursion. This radiant picture book, ... Read More »

January 24, 2018 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

The Ice Chips and the Magical Rink

By Kerry MacGregor; Kim Smith (ill.); Roy MacGregor

Best friends Lucas, Edge, Swift, and Crunch are huge hockey fans whose beloved local skating rink might shut down because of equipment problems. They take what they think will be their last skate at the ... Read More »

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

★ Sparks!

By Ian Boothby; Nina Matsumoto (ill.)

August and Charlie are two cats who meet as fellow prisoners in a secret animal testing laboratory, and later live together in a house with a sentient robot that also serves as a kitty litter ... Read More »

January 22, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

Strangers: The Reckoner, Book 1

By David A. Robertson

Cole Harper – the protagonist of David A. Robertson’s impressive new novel for young adults – hasn’t returned to Wounded Sky First Nation in almost a decade. A high school senior in Winnipeg, with a ... Read More »

January 12, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Ordinary, Extraordinary Jane Austen

By Deborah Hopkinson; Qin Leng (ill.)

The rituals of courtship and village life are at the heart of two new swoon-worthy picture books – one about finding joy and bliss in the everyday, and the other, a loving, biographical ode to ... Read More »

January 12, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

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