Child psychologist and author Jillian Roberts on one of the best tools parents have to get kids through times of crisis.
Canadian Children’s Book Week tour cancelled
Seven creators were scheduled to visit communities across the country.
Loan Stars: Librarians pick their favourite March and April kidlit titles
Canadian Women Now and Then tops this month’s list.
Bologna Children’s Book Fair cancelled for 2020
The crucial gathering for children’s publishers had been previously rescheduled for May 4 from March 30.
Inside the fight to save Toronto’s beloved children’s bookstore Mabel’s Fables
The news that Toronto’s beloved independent children’s bookstore Mabel’s Fables is facing a rent increase of 70 per cent, which would force it to shutter, has led to an outpouring of support.
Bookstores prepare to celebrate inaugural Paper Bag Princess Day
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Robert Munsch and Michael Martchenko’s beloved story, 750 stores, libraries, and schools are hosting events
Canadian Children’s Book Centre library collections finds two new homes
In March 2020, the CCBC’s main collection will move to Ryerson University Library in Toronto while a second identical archived collection will go to the Hamilton Public Library.
Canadian publishers scramble as Bologna Children’s Book Fair is rescheduled
Publishers, rights coordinators, agents, and more are all changing travel plans and meeting schedules, while wondering if the festival will be cancelled outright
KidLit Special: Tom Ryan and Robin Stevenson talk teaming up on a distinctly Canadian YA novel
The friends chatted about writing as a duo, the new generation of LGBTQ2S+ advocates, and why the time is right for writers to be proud of that other misunderstood identity: Canadian.
KidLit Special: Lindsay Wong on her forthcoming “raunchy, hilarious” young-adult fiction
My Summer of Love and Misfortune follows the social misadventures of wild New Jersey high-school senior Iris Wang, who is sent to Beijing to learn how to be Chinese.
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