The Brilliant Deep: Rebuilding the World’s Coral Reefs

By Kate Messner; Matthew Forsythe (ill.)

A trio of marine-themed children’s books takes a deep dive into oceanic settings – from a scientific expedition to a practical call to action to a harmonious tale of spiritual wonderment. The Brilliant Deep, by ... Read More »

August 30, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

Deep Underwater

By Irene Luxbacher

August 30, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ The Eleventh Hour

By Jacques Goldstyn

The heartbreaking new picture book from Montreal illustrator Jacques Goldstyn is dedicated to George Lawrence Price, a Nova Scotia–born infantryman who died on a First World War battlefield at 10:58 a.m. on Nov. 11, 1918 ... Read More »

August 27, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Inkling

By Kenneth Oppel; Sydney Smith (ill.)

Late one night a blob of ink rises from Mr. Rylance’s sketchbook. The ink leaves the pages completely, leaps off the desk into the comic artist’s studio, and then slips into the bedroom of his ... Read More »

August 20, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

A West Coast Summer

By Carol Evans (ill.); Caroline Woodward

“To the sea, to the sea, who or what waits here for me?” asks the refrain of this ode to Canada’s left coast. Summer is waiting, as it turns out, and with it all the ... Read More »

August 16, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

I Am Small

By Qin Leng

When a child is yearning for a different reality, how do they make a change? How much is in their power and how much must they rely on others? Mimi in Qin Leng’s I Am ... Read More »

August 13, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

Mustafa

By Marie-Louise Gay

When a child is yearning for a different reality, how do they make a change? How much is in their power and how much must they rely on others? Mimi in Qin Leng’s I Am ... Read More »

August 13, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

Poetree

By Caroline Pignat; François Thisdale (ill.)

Caroline Pignat’s Poetree is a departure from her previous work. It’s not that she is a stranger to poetry; her Governor General’s Literary Award winner The Gospel Truth was written in free verse, and poetry ... Read More »

August 2, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Princess Dolls

By Ellen Schwartz; Mariko Ando (ill.)

The Princess Dolls is a gentle story about friendship, set against the backdrop of 1942 Vancouver. The faraway war in Europe casts deep shadows into the lives of two best friends, Esther and Michi, whose ... Read More »

July 30, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ The Honeybee

By Isabelle Arsenault (ill.); Kirsten Hall

Environmentalism has long held a place in literature for children. It has been over 40 years since Dr. Seuss’s Lorax first spoke for the trees. New York–based writer Kirsten Hall (The Gold Leaf) carries on ... Read More »

July 19, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

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