Kids’ Books

Little by Little: You Can Change the World

By Sonya Ballantyne and Rhael McGregor (ill.); Toben Racicot

Little by Little: You Can Change the World is the story of how Indigenous activist and speaker Michael Redhead Champagne found his calling. Readers are shown how his years as a child in the foster ... Read More »

September 4, 2024 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Dad, I Miss You

By Nadia Sammurtok and Simji Park (ill.)

Dad, I Miss You, written by Inuit author and educator Nadia Sammurtok, is an emotional story about a young boy taken from his family and placed in a residential school. Told through the internal monologues ... Read More »

August 28, 2024 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ The Outsmarters

By Deborah Ellis

Governor General’s Award–winning author Deborah Ellis returns with a terrific middle-grade novel set in contemporary Toronto. Written in first-person narrative, the book follows 12-year-old Kate Grey after she is suspended from school for behavioural issues. ... Read More »

August 21, 2024 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Sea Snooze

By Sarabeth Holden and Emma Pedersen (ill.)

Convincing children to get ready for bed can be an adventure on its own, but the mother in Sea Snooze – also our narrator – is halfway there when the book begins. This richly illustrated ... Read More »

August 14, 2024 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Killing Shakespeare

By Koom Kankesan

Killing Shakespeare, the new young adult novel from Toronto writer and teacher Koom Kankesan, begins with a compelling premise: if presented with the opportunity to go back in time, what would three contemporary Scarborough teenagers ... Read More »

August 7, 2024 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Queer History A to Z: 100 Years of LGBTQ+ Activism

By Robin Stevenson and Vivian Rosas (ill.)

Using an alphabetical list format works well in Robin Stevenson’s latest, informational text, Queer History A to Z. Stevenson, a Stonewall Book Award–winning author, is a prolific chronicler of LGBTQ+-themed fiction and nonfiction for children. ... Read More »

July 31, 2024 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

Pillow Talk

By Stephanie Cooke and Mel Valentine Vargas (ill.)

Pillow Talk offers a heartwarming and unique riff on Whip It–style girl power with the story of a fictional sports league, the Pillow Fight Federation (PFF). At its heart is Grace Mendes, a college student ... Read More »

July 24, 2024 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

★ SOS Water

By Yayo

In this fable-like picture book, Lalo, a sailor, meets a goldfish that is abandoned atop a pile of bulging, black plastic garbage bags on a sidewalk by the port. Striking up a conversation, Rosa confides ... Read More »

July 17, 2024 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Lockjaw

By Matteo L. Cerilli

Nothing bad ever happens in Bridlington, not under the watchful eye of police Captain Reilly and his model-citizen son, Caleb. No kids get hurt, ostracized, or killed, and those who dare say otherwise, like the ... Read More »

July 10, 2024 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

The Bee Mother

By Hetxw’ms Gyetxw (Brett D. Huson) and Natasha Donovan (ill.)

The Bee Mother is a beautifully illustrated picture book that focuses on Nox Ap, a bumblebee queen, and her relatives: the honeybee and the yellow jacket wasp. The bumblebee boasts shiny black eyes, a fluffy, ... Read More »

July 3, 2024 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

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