Rabbit Chase

By Elizabeth LaPensée and KC Oster (ill.); Aarin Dokum (trans.)

Rabbit Chase is a graphic novel written by Anishinaabe, Métis, and Irish author Elizabeth LaPensée, with art by Ojibwe-Anishinaabe illustrator KC Oster, that blends Anishinaabe culture with Alice in Wonderland to create an exciting new ... Read More »

May 16, 2022 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

★ Lizzy and the Cloud

By The Fan Brothers

Every time Governor General’s Literary Award–winning brothers Eric Fan and Terry Fan (of The Barnabus Project) join forces for a picture-book collaboration, magic happens. Their latest, Lizzy and the Cloud, is no exception. Lizzy, a ... Read More »

May 11, 2022 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ Blood Scion

By Deborah Falaye

On the heels of Tomi Adeyemi’s Children of Blood and Bone and Natasha Bowen’s Skin of the Sea comes a new foray into the epic world of Yoruba gods and monsters. Deborah Falaye’s young adult ... Read More »

May 9, 2022 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Another Squiggly Story

By Andrew Larsen and Mike Lowery (ill.)

The 2016 picture book A Squiggly Story, by Toronto author Andrew Larsen and Atlanta, Georgia, illustrator Mike Lowery, was a charming and surprisingly in-depth exploration of how creativity interacts with the mechanics of storytelling. ... Read More »

May 4, 2022 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Cold

By Mariko Tamaki

Mariko Tamaki’s Cold begins as a murder mystery, but from the moment Todd’s ghost lays eyes upon his own body, he remembers being bullied by his classmates and the story’s melancholic undercurrent becomes clear. Despite ... Read More »

May 2, 2022 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

★ Wrong Side of the Court

By H.N. Khan

Fawad Chaudhry has one dream in life: to make it to the NBA. But before that can happen, he needs his mother to let him try out for the school basketball team. The 15-year-old admits ... Read More »

April 27, 2022 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Pink Is for Everybody!

By Ella Russell and Udayana Lugo (ill.)

Rainy days are a drag, especially when you’re stuck inside with nothing to do except listen to the pitter-patter on the window. This is the gloomy circumstance in which a group of wonderfully diverse friends ... Read More »

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

Peanut Butter and Chaos: The Mythic Adventures of Samuel Templeton

By Anita Daher

Peanut Butter and Chaos is the first entry in Anita Daher’s new middle-grade fantasy series, The Mythic Adventures of Samuel Templeton, where real science meets imagination. Sam Templeton has been brought up by his distracted ... Read More »

April 20, 2022 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

I Love You More

By Emil Sher and Barbara Reid (ill.)

In I Love You More, author and playwright Emil Sher has penned a beautiful book that effortlessly teaches early literacy and reinforces affection toward children. Each page is a fresh window into a child’s life ... Read More »

April 18, 2022 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ The Summer Between Us

By Andre Fenton

Andre Fenton has delivered a beautifully crafted coming-of-age story in his newest novel, The Summer Between Us. Eighteen-year-old Adrian Carter struggles as he prepares to finish high school and tries to find his place ... Read More »

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

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