Seasons Before the War

By Bernice Morgan; Brita Granström (ill.)

“Once upon a time, long, long ago, in a world where the First World War was history and the Second World War was unimaginable …” That’s how Bernice Morgan sets the scene for her new ... Read More »

November 26, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

The Birdman

By François Thisdale (ill.); Troon Harrison

Famous Canadian activist Alexander Milton Ross, known as “Birdman,” was an ornithologist and medical doctor who claimed to have assisted enslaved people escaping from the American South. Award-winning author Troon Harrison and veteran Montreal illustrator ... Read More »

November 22, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Log Driver’s Waltz

By Jennifer Phelan (ill.); Wade Hemsworth

Almost 40 years after the The Log Driver’s Waltz appeared as a National Film Board animated vignette, Toronto illustrator Jennifer Phelan brings a thoughtful, female-driven interpretation of the classic folk song to a new generation ... Read More »

November 12, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

Fake Blood

By Whitney Gardner

In the graphic novel Fake Blood, Whitney Gardner – author of the 2018 Schneider Family Book Award winner You’re Welcome, Universe – dips a gentle toe into the thrills of vampire romance and ponders how ... Read More »

October 29, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

Hubots: Real-World Robots Inspired by Humans

By Alex Ries (ill.); Helaine Becker

It is in the nature of picture books to be enthusiastic about things (weird creatures, space travel, meeting new people) that fill most grown-ups with anxiety. And Hubots, by Toronto’s Helaine Becker and Australian illustrator ... Read More »

October 29, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

★ Africville

By Eva Campbell (ill.); Shauntay Grant

In Africville, a child visits the annual Africville Reunion/Festival and her imagination transports her back to a time before the historic Black community was razed by the city of Halifax in the name of “urban ... Read More »

October 25, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

Flow Spin Grow: Looking for Patterns in Nature

By Patchen Barss; Todd Stewart (ill.)

Journalist, science writer, and television producer Patchen Barss has written two books. The first, The Erotic Engine, was about how sex and pornography have driven the development of technologies from Gutenberg to the present day. ... Read More »

October 22, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

Sir Simon, Super Scarer

By Cale Atkinson

The incorporeal nature of the ghost has long held a place of fearful wonder in the minds of both adults and children. The darkness that phantoms inhabit and the unknown terrains they roam can trigger ... Read More »

October 11, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

My First Book of Canadian Birds

By Andrea Miller; Angela Doak (ill.)

Nurtured in childhood, an emergent fascination with birds, animals, and the natural world can last a lifetime. Three new informational picture books foster outdoor curiosity and encourage close inspection for budding birders and naturalists. My ... Read More »

October 4, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books