Children and YA Non-fiction

★ Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls Are Used in War

By Jessica Dee Humphreys; Michel Chikwanine; Claudia Dávila (illus.)

In 1993, five-year-old Michel Chikwanine was kidnapped by members of a rebel militia while he and some other boys were playing in their village in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The boys were drugged, subjected ... Read More »

August 5, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Give Me Wings: How a Choir of Former Slaves Took on the World

By Kathy Lowinger

The Fisk Jubilee Singers are a world-renowned African-American choir from Nashville, Tennessee. In Give Me Wings, former Tundra Books publisher (and anthropologist) Kathy Lowinger explores the origins of this group, which arose to face the ... Read More »

August 5, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

War In My Town

By E. Graziani

War in My Town is a departure for Ontario teacher E. Graziani. Her first book, Alice of the Rocks, was a fantasy-romance, while her latest is non-fiction: part memoir, part family narrative, and part history. ... Read More »

June 25, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

Power Up!: A Visual Exploration of Energy

By Shaker N. Paleja; Glenda Tse (illus.)

In his second book for young readers, Vancouver actor and author Shaker N. Paleja investigates energy: its formation, history, sources, production, and the many ways in which it’s used. The advantages and costs of fossil ... Read More »

May 25, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Colossal Canada: 100 Epic Facts and Feats

By Elizabeth MacLeod; Frieda Wishinsky

Our home and native land has the world’s tallest teepee, grandest beaver dam, longest electric-vehicle-ready highway, biggest caribou herd, and largest dark-sky preserve (an area free of light pollution). All of these facts and more ... Read More »

March 3, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

10 Rivers That Shaped the World

By Merilee Peters; Kim Rosen (illus.)

In her second non-fiction title in less than two years, Vancouver author Marilee Peters examines remarkable waterways and their influence on great moments in history. Peters’ talent is her ability to marry information and story. ... Read More »

March 3, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Chinese Fairy Tale Feasts: A Literary Cookbook

By Judy Chan; Paul Yee; Shaoli Wang (illus.)

Chinese Fairy Tale Feasts: A Literary Cookbook is a delightfully quirky hybrid of fables and recipes that will satisfy those hungry for both knowledge and culinary inspiration. Lauded historian and author Paul Yee creates or ... Read More »

January 8, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Because I am a Girl: I Can Change the World

By Jen Albaugh; Rosemary McCarney

Both of these books feature beautiful faces on their covers. Because I am a Girl invites us in with a shyly smiling African child, dressed in colourful printed fabrics, her arm raised as though volunteering ... Read More »

November 19, 2014 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

Dreaming in Indian: Contemporary Native American Voices

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

November 19, 2014 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

Branching Out: How Trees are a Part of Our World

By Joan Marie Galat; Wendy Ding (illus.)

In her latest title for young readers, Edmonton author Joan Marie Galat creates non-fiction for children that demonstrates her passion for the subject matter as well as an understanding of what kids are interested in ... Read More »

November 19, 2014 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

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