★ A Day for Sandcastles

A Day for Sandcastles continues the happy collaboration between JonArno Lawson and illustrator Qin Leng that began with last year’s Over the Shop. Like its predecessor, A Day for Sandcastles is a wordless picture book, ... Read More »

June 20, 2022 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ The Global Ocean

By Rochelle Strauss and Natasha Donovan (ill.)

The Global Ocean is the latest title in the Citizen Kid series, a companion to One Well: The Story of Water on Earth. In 32 pages, award-winning children’s book author Rochelle Strauss skilfully employs effective ... Read More »

June 14, 2022 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

Let the Monster Out

By Chad Lucas

Feeling like a fish out of water is a daunting yet all-too-familiar experience, whether you’re the new Black kid that just moved into a predominantly white town or the child who’s grown up suspecting ... Read More »

June 13, 2022 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

★ Bee & Flea and the Compost Caper

By Anna Humphrey and Mike Deas (ill.)

Anna Humphrey’s Bee & Flea and the Compost Caper is a charming chapter book for eco-curious kids. This is the first book in a new series, and the story is simple and easy to follow. ... Read More »

June 7, 2022 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Rachel Bird

By Becky Citra

Ever since their mother died a few months ago, Rachel and her little sister Jane have been taken care of (reluctantly) by their aunt and uncle. Now they are being sent even further away to ... Read More »

June 6, 2022 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Who’s Looking? How Animals See the World

By Carol Matas and Cornelia Li (ill.)

Most children take the way the world looks for granted. Only gradually do kids begin to understand how subjective vision can be (though they probably won’t use the term “subjective” until much later). Once this ... Read More »

June 1, 2022 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Any Girl

By Caroline van Rooyen

Fifteen-year-old July is hypervisible yet invisible. A teenager in an elite South African private school, she hides her single mother’s terminal illness but is unable to hide her family’s poverty. July, like many women and ... Read More »

May 30, 2022 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Ben the Sea Lion

By Roy Henry Vickers and Robert Budd

Stories are a lifeline that intertwines the past with the present. In Ben the Sea Lion, Roy Henry Vickers both grabs our imagination and pays homage to his hometown and life in the small fishing ... Read More »

May 25, 2022 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ Naked: Not Your Average Sex Encyclopedia

By Myriam Daguzan Bernier and Cécile Gariépy (ill.); Charles Simard (trans.)

Naked: Not Your Average Sex Encyclopedia is an inclusive, essential nonfiction resource for teens – and adults – that covers all the bases. Naked explores 155 topics related to sexuality, organized alphabetically from ally, anxiety, ... Read More »

May 23, 2022 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

★ Princess Charming

By Zibby Owens and Holly Hatam (ill.)

When you’re a princess, it can be hard to live up to everyone’s high expectations. This is doubly true when your brother happens to be Prince Charming. Such is the premise at the heart of ... Read More »

May 18, 2022 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

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