Kids’ Books

Kat and Meg Conquer the World

Anna Priemaza makes her YA debut with a thoroughly readable story involving mental illness that’s neither preachy nor despairing. Kat’s anxiety makes it painfully difficult to connect with new people, while Meg’s ADHD has alienated ... Read More »

November 15, 2017 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Waltz of the Snowflakes

By Elly MacKay

Visual storytelling takes centre stage in Waltz of the Snowflakes, a wordless picture book about what it’s like to see the Nutcracker ballet for the first time. The story begins with gloomy shades of grey ... Read More »

November 15, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

Shelter

By Céline Claire; Qin Leng (ill.)

Researchers at the University of Toronto recently reported that children’s books with human characters have a greater moral impact on young people than books with anthropomorphic protagonists. The subjects of the study were read stories ... Read More »

November 7, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Things Owen Wrote

By Jessica Scott Kerrin

Two new middle-grade novels cover a lot of ground, both literally and figuratively. Neil, the 13-year-old protagonist of The Disappearing Boy, moves from Vancouver to Ottawa, then runs away to Saint John, New Brunswick. Meanwhile, ... Read More »

November 6, 2017 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Disappearing Boy

By Sonia Tilson

November 6, 2017 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Cat Came Back

By Cordell Barker

This fall, publisher Firefly is mining the National Film Board for source material. Two Oscar-nominated NFB animated short films are repurposed for a new audience as the original filmmakers serve as authors, reusing and reformatting ... Read More »

November 6, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

My Grandmother Ironed the King’s Shirts

By Torill Kove

November 6, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Smoot: A Rebellious Shadow

By Michelle Cuevas; Sydney Smith (ill.)

Expectations are high for Canadian illustrators Jon Klassen and Sydney Smith. Both won Governor General’s Literary Awards for their first picture books, have appeared multiple times on the New York Times bestseller lists, and are ... Read More »

November 6, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ The Wolf, the Duck, and the Mouse

By Jon Klassen (ill.); Mac Barnett

November 6, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

Recipe for Hate

By Warren Kinsella

While Recipe for Hate is the first young adult novel from Toronto polymath Warren Kinsella (whose resumé includes lawyer, writer, musician, consultant, and commentator), it reads like a culmination of certain aspects of his life ... Read More »

October 31, 2017 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

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