How the illustrator made the unlikely transition from sorcerers to saints to create one of 2020’s most striking covers.
2020 Books of the Year: Books for Young People
Q&Q’s Books for Young People editor shares her favourite children’s titles of 2020.
IBBY Canada nominates Sydney Smith and Angèle Delaunois for Hans Christian Andersen Awards
The Awards will be presented at the IBBY Congress in Putrajaya, Malaysia, in September 2022.
Friends of Jean Little announce a new Canadian middle-grade novel award in her memory
Fundraising is underway in the hopes that the first award will be handed out at next year’s Canadian Children’s Book Centre Awards.
Black-history picture book, Trailblazers, is signed to publisher after successful Kickstarter campaign
After the creators found success on Kickstarter, they heard from publishers that initially rejected them – and signed with a press that gave them full creative control
Julie Flett’s Birdsong wins TD Children’s Literature Award
The Canadian Children’s Book Centre handed out its awards on Oct. 30 at an online ceremony during the Toronto International Festival of Authors.
The 2021 Forest of Reading nominations shine a light on the best in Canadian kidlit
Kids and teen books by Kenneth Oppel, Mariko Tamaki, Danny Ramadan, Zalika Reid-Benta and more will be read and voted on by students in Ontario.
Another Story Bookshop joins Adam Pottle in boycotting his own book
The bookstore is supporting Pottle’s request to have his book re-illustrated after the original featured a racist stereotype
Bonnie Sherr Klein brings her legacy of activism to a picture book about grandparenting
While Beep Beep Bubbie incorporates feminism, disability rights, and environmentalism, it’s all about fun.
Kidlit Special: Dylan Glynn on his fashion-inspired illustrations of drag heroes and events in LGBTQ2S+ history
Dylan Glynn talks about two of his favourite illustrations from Be Amazing: A History of Pride.