Kids’ Books

What’s My Superpower?

Nalvana, a young Inuit girl with a big heart, has always dreamed of having a superpower. She observes the behaviour of the children with whom she goes to school and can easily identify their “superpowers.” ... Read More »

September 11, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Letters to a Prisoner

By Jacques Goldstyn; Angela Keenlyside (trans.)

One day, a girl and her father join a peaceful protest march; the demonstration turns ugly when protesters are met with a phalanx of heavily armed riot police. The girl’s father is arrested and thrown ... Read More »

September 11, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

Lumberjanes: Unicorn Power!

By Brooke Allen (ill.); Mariko Tamaki

In 2013, comic publisher Boom! Studios started an imprint called Boom! Box – a space for experimental, creator-driven work by writers and artists from outside the mainstream industry. Their second title, Lumberjanes (2014), was a ... Read More »

September 11, 2017 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Painting

By Charis Cotter

Like its well-received predecessor, The Swallow, Charis Cotter’s new novel involves untimely death, ghosts, and two isolated tween girls who narrate the story in rapidly alternating sections. Both of The Painting’s 12-year-old heroines have issues ... Read More »

August 30, 2017 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Mosaic

By Nina Berkhout

In her first YA novel, Archibald Lampman Award–winning poet Nina Berkhout builds on the promise of her adult fiction debut, The Gallery of Lost Species, trimming away the extraneous language in that novel to deliver ... Read More »

August 30, 2017 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

House of Ash

By Hope Cook

No matter the era, life as a teenager is fraught with peril. Take Curtis and Mila, the protagonists of House of Ash, the powerful new YA fantasy from Edmonton writer Hope Cook. Curtis, in the ... Read More »

August 14, 2017 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Caterpillars Can’t Swim

By Liane Shaw

Liane Shaw, a former special-education resource teacher, has never shied away from tough topics. Her previous novels have tackled foster care (Fostergirls), physical and emotional limitations (The Color of Silence), and autism spectrum disorder (Don’t ... Read More »

August 14, 2017 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

★ The Marrow Thieves

By Cherie Dimaline

In the latest YA novel by Métis writer and editor Cherie Dimaline, the world has been ravaged by global warming. Cities have crumbled from the coastlines, “breaking off like crust,” and hurricanes, earthquakes, and tsunamis ... Read More »

August 14, 2017 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

★ I Love My Purse

By Belle DeMont; Sonja Wimmer (ill.)

One day, Charlie decides to wear the bright red purse his grandma gave him. When Dad objects that boys don’t wear purses, Charlie says, “But I love my purse!” At school, his friends also ask ... Read More »

August 14, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

Ira Crumb Makes a Pretty Good Friend

By Josh Holinaty (ill.); Naseem Hrab

Humour abounds in the debut picture book from Kids Can Press marketing director Naseem Hrab. As the new kid in town, Ira Crumb knows how important it is that he makes friends before school starts ... Read More »

August 14, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

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