Children and YA Non-fiction

★ Starting from Scratch: What You Should Know About Food and Cooking

Author, journalist, and CBC Radio food columnist Sarah Elton’s Starting from Scratch is an engaging and informative introduction to food and cooking. Although aimed at kids, this guide provides basic, easy-to-follow instructions that would be ... Read More »

March 12, 2014 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

The Worm

By Elise Gravel

From Elise Gravel, winner of the 2012 Governor General’s Literary Award for illustration, comes the Disgusting Critters series, an amusing group of books for beginning readers that successfully mixes fact and humour to introduce youngsters ... Read More »

February 18, 2014 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

The Fly

By Elise Gravel

February 18, 2014 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Learn to Speak Film: A Guide to Creating, Promoting, and Screening Your Movies

By Michael Glassbourg; Jeff Kulak, illus.

Young people have it easy these days. In the age of torrents, cloud computing, YouTube, and iTunes, having instant, unfettered access to the entire history of recorded sound and images is a given. But who’s ... Read More »

November 14, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Legends, Icons & Rebels: Music that Changed the World

By Robbie Robertson, Jim Guerinot, Sebastian Robertson, Jared Levine; various illus.

November 14, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Phenomenal Female Entrepreneurs

By Jill Bryant

The Women’s Hall of Fame series from Second Story Press focuses on the outstanding achievements of women in various fields, such as design, journalism, and exploration. The latest addition highlights the accomplishments of 10 women ... Read More »

November 13, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Brilliant! Shining a Light on Sustainable Energy

By Michelle Mulder

Wind turbines may be the rock stars of alternative energy, but many lesser-known green power sources are just waiting to be discovered. In Brilliant!, Victoria author Michelle Mulder investigates our energy dependence and explains other ... Read More »

November 13, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Freaking Out: Real-life Stories About Anxiety

By Polly Wells, ed.; Peter Mitchell, illus.

For those who suffer from it, anxiety is a wily beast, constantly nipping at the heels. As Toronto writer and film producer Polly Wells deftly illustrates in Freaking Out, anxiety can be a particularly complex ... Read More »

October 29, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Cat Champions: Caring for Our Feline Friends

By Rob Laidlaw

Cats may have conquered the Internet, but every year thousands still end up homeless in shelters, sanctuaries, and feral colonies. Cat Champions is about some of the people – most of them kids – who ... Read More »

October 29, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

The Kids Cottage Games Book

By Jane Drake and Ann Love, Heather Collins, illus.

This book completes the trilogy that includes The Kids Cottage Book and The Kids Campfire Book. The successful format (evoking the Boston Children’s Museum Brown Paper School series) is that of the other Kids Can ... Read More »

October 1, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

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