Children and YA Non-fiction

Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Residential Schools

One of the challenges confronting Canadian youth is the legacy of their country’s horrific treatment of its First Nations. The deliberate, determined attempts to annihilate aboriginal ways of life culminated in the creation of the ... Read More »

March 29, 2016 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Vanished: True Tales of Mysterious Disappearances

By Elizabeth MacLeod

In her latest book for middle-graders, prolific non-fiction author Elizabeth MacLeod presents six stories about mysterious disappearances in chronological order, starting with the 17th-century North Carolina settlement of Roanoke Island, and ending with a 1990 ... Read More »

February 25, 2016 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Pride: Celebrating Diversity and Community

By Robin Stevenson

In her first work of non-fiction, YA novelist Robin Stevenson uses the gay pride parade as a focus to present middle-grade readers with some background to the huge shift in Canadian social dynamics over the ... Read More »

February 22, 2016 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Stay Strong: A Musician’s Journey from Congo

By Natalie Hyde

Stay Strong: A Musician’s Journey from Congo is the true story of Gentil Misigaro, a young Congolese man who fled the constant violence and warfare of his country to settle as a refugee in Winnipeg. ... Read More »

December 16, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Urban Tribes: Native Americans in the City

By Lisa Charleyboy (ed.); Mary Beth Leatherdale (ed.)

“So, just how connected are you to your Indigenous roots if you live downtown?” This is the key question posed by editors Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale in Urban Tribes. Charleyboy and Leatherdale are ... Read More »

December 16, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Speak a Word for Freedom: Women Against Slavery

By Janet Willen; Marjorie Gann

It’s not uncommon for even the most politically active adults to feel powerless about global events. Given this, how can we expect youth to deal with this same emotion when faced with difficult circumstances in ... Read More »

November 11, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

★ The Art of the Possible: An Everyday Guide to Politics

By Edward Keenan; Julie McLaughlin (illus.)

November 11, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

A Beginner’s Guide to Immortality: From Alchemy to Avatars

By Maria Birmingham; Josh Holinaty (illus.)

In this humorous but informative non-fiction title for middle graders, Maria Birmingham takes a look at the various ways in which humans have tried to escape death – permanently – throughout the ages. Incorporating science, ... Read More »

October 14, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Hidden Gold: A True Story of the Holocaust

By Ella Burakowski

Hidden Gold by Ella Burakowski tells the story of the author’s mother, Shoshana Gold, Shoshana’s siblings, Esther and David, and their parents, Hanna and Leib. The Golds were a wealthy Jewish family who ran a ... Read More »

October 14, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

★ Sex is a Funny Word

By Cory Silverberg; Fiona Smyth (illus.)

In the same way Peter Mayle’s What’s Happening to Me? repackaged sex education in the 1970s, Sex Is a Funny Word tackles its subject with humour, playfulness, and inclusivity for a modern generation. Author Cory ... Read More »

September 2, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

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