Children and YA Non-fiction

★ This Place: 150 Years Retold

While much of Canadian history is fascinating, most citizens have heard only a one-sided account. For many Canadians, there was (and sometimes still is) a disconnect between the “facts” we’re taught in school and the ... Read More »

April 18, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

How to Become an Accidental Genius

By Elizabeth MacLeod and Frieda Wishinsky; Jenn Playford (ill.)

From Kevlar and Corn Flakes to pacemakers and ice pops, How to Become an Accidental Genius presents a vibrant and brainy compendium of “accidental” innovations from the last 200 years. Award-winning authors Elizabeth MacLeod and ... Read More »

April 11, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

What Makes Girls Sick and Tired

By Lucile de Pesloüan and Geneviève Darling (ill.)

Riding the momentum of the Women’s March Global initiative and the #MeToo movement, three new non-fiction books about feminism and gender equality bring the conversation to a teen audience. What Makes Girls Sick and Tired, ... Read More »

March 7, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

I Am a Feminist: Claiming the F-Word in Turbulent Times

By Monique Polak

March 7, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

My Body My Choice: The Fight for Abortion Rights

By Robin Stevenson

March 7, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

Gardening with Emma: Grow and  Have Fun

By Emma Biggs and Steven Biggs; Rob Hodgson (ill.)

Emma Biggs acquired her green thumb as a preschooler, watering plants and making mud stew in her dad’s Toronto garden. (Her dad is plant aficionado Steven Biggs, author of Grow Gardeners: Kid-Tested Gardening with Children). ... Read More »

January 21, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

Seasons Before the War

By Bernice Morgan; Brita Granström (ill.)

“Once upon a time, long, long ago, in a world where the First World War was history and the Second World War was unimaginable …” That’s how Bernice Morgan sets the scene for her new ... Read More »

November 26, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

★ A Grain of Rice

By Nhung N. Tran-Davies

In the 2016 picture book Adrift at Sea: A Vietnamese Boy’s Story of Survival, authors Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch and Tuan Ho tell the story of six-year-old Tuan, who escaped from Vietnam with his mother and ... Read More »

November 1, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

★ Too Young to Escape: A Vietnamese Girls Waits to be Reunited with Her Family

By Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch; Van Ho

November 1, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Hubots: Real-World Robots Inspired by Humans

By Alex Ries (ill.); Helaine Becker

It is in the nature of picture books to be enthusiastic about things (weird creatures, space travel, meeting new people) that fill most grown-ups with anxiety. And Hubots, by Toronto’s Helaine Becker and Australian illustrator ... Read More »

October 29, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

Prev 5 678 9....89 90 Next