Trans-activist and educator j wallace skelton laments the dearth of middle-grade literature about gender diversity and recommends the best books that are currently available
Jenny Manzer’s portrait of a middle-grade transgender baseball star
For her new middle-grade novel, author Jenny Manzer put herself “in the cleats” of 10-year-old Casper ‘Caz’ Caldman – a star house-league pitcher who once lived as a girl but now lives a boy.
Whoopi Goldberg adds her voice to The Most Magnificent Thing film adaptation
Hollywood star Whoopi Goldberg takes on the role of “Narrator” in Nelvana’s upcoming short-film version of Ashley Spire’s bestselling picture book.
Heather Smith, Eric Walters, and Kevin Sylvester receive multiple Forest of Reading nominations
Over 270,000 readers will participate through schools, libraries, literacy centres, and at home – and vote for their favourites in April.
Amazon Canada teams up with First Book Canada for a $100,000 book giveaway
Customers who buy a book from Amazon.ca between now and Oct. 23 will be taking part in a new initiative that will put $100,000 worth of new books into the hands of children this holiday season.
Woozles, Canada’s oldest children’s bookstore, is turning 40
When Ann Connor Brimer and Brian and Liz Crocker opened Woozles in 1978, there were no bookstores for children in Halifax.
How bestselling author Sarah McCoy imagined Marilla of Green Gable’s dreamscape
Something magical happens when L.M. Montgomery–obsessed readers get together.
Canadian authors answer the call for more female-empowerment kids’ books
Since 2016’s Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, the market has been enriched with a deluge of female-empowerment books aimed at young readers.
Second Story Press and Anne Frank House answer kids’ questions about the Holocaust
Publisher Margie Wolfe discusses the new book All About Anne illustrated by Huck Scarry, Holocaust literature for children, and her personal connection to Anne’s story
Festival of Literary Diversity hosts Brampton Fall Book Fest
The Festival of Literary Diversity is hosting a full day of authors and performers on Sept. 29 at Brampton’s Shopper’s World Mall.
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