Kids’ Books

I Am Josephine (And I Am a Living Thing)

Two fun new fall non-fiction titles provide answers to some common (and not-so-common) questions kids may have about the world around them and beyond. I Am Josephine (And I Am a Living Thing) helps kids ... Read More »

November 24, 2016 | Filed under: Picture Books

My Demon’s Name is Ed

By Danah Khalil

There is a tendency to dismiss eating disorders, particularly anorexia, as a rite of passage for young women from wealthy or middle-class backgrounds. My Demon’s Name is Ed demonstrates the danger of such assumptions. In ... Read More »

November 21, 2016 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

★ Du Iz Tak?

By Carson Ellis

It’s hard to believe Du Iz Tak? is only Carson Ellis’s second outing as an author (the first being 2015’s critically acclaimed Home). Prior to her recent foray into writing picture books, the illustrator’s distinctive ... Read More »

November 16, 2016 | Filed under: Picture Books

A Family is a Family is a Family

By Sara O’Leary‚ Qin Leng (ill.)

It’s not easy feeling different, especially when it seems all the other kids fit in. Two new picture books gently and playfully take on these insecurities and turn them into celebrations of diversity. In French ... Read More »

November 7, 2016 | Filed under: Picture Books

Margo Thinks Twice

By Monica Arnaldo

One Saturday morning, Margo wakes up with the undeniable urge to create. As she’s about to begin assembling her masterpiece, Margo’s mother, not wanting the little girl to stick to everything, cautions her to be ... Read More »

November 7, 2016 | Filed under: Picture Books

Icarus Down

By James Bow

The world of James Bow’s Icarus Down is stunning and terrifying in concept. After decades of wandering the galaxy aboard the spaceship Icarus, the last remaining survivors of a destroyed Earth settle on a new ... Read More »

November 1, 2016 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

All the Dirt: A History of Getting Clean

By Capucine Mazille (ill.); Katherine Ashenburg

For her debut children’s title, Toronto author and journalist Katherine Ashenburg returns to the subject of cleanliness, which she first explored in her 2007 adult non-fiction title, The Dirt on Clean: An Unsanitized History. All ... Read More »

November 1, 2016 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

★ The Road to Ever After

By Moira Young

The world Moira Young creates in The Road to Ever After is a far cry from the desertscape in which she set her highly successful Dustlands trilogy. The small village of Brownvale is also a ... Read More »

October 27, 2016 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Monster Science: Could Monsters Survive (and Thrive!) in the Real World?

By Helaine Becker; Phil McAndrew (ill.)

Like your typical zombie, the concept of Toronto author Helaine Becker’s new book is a no-brainer: take a half-dozen of the most gruesome monsters from movies, myths, and legends, and spell out their scientific plausibility. ... Read More »

October 26, 2016 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

At the Edge of the World

By Kari Jones

What are fathers for? This simple question with myriad complex answers lies at the heart of At the Edge of the World, the latest novel by West Coast author Kari Jones. Best friends Maddie and ... Read More »

October 26, 2016 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

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