Kids’ Books

Blood Like Magic

We’re taught to fear blood, maybe because it’s so often tied to death and gore. In Toronto author Liselle Sambury’s Blood Like Magic, blood signifies other things, too – notably our link to our ancestry ... Read More »

June 3, 2021 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Jo Jo Makoons: The Used-to-Be Best Friend

By Dawn Quigley and Tara Audibert (ill.)

Dawn Quigley, citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe, North Dakota, delivers to young readers the clever and quirky story of Josephine Makoons Azure, otherwise known as Jo Jo Makoons (“Makoons” means bear cub ... Read More »

May 31, 2021 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Peggy’s Impossible Tale

By Roy Miki and Slavia Miki and Mariko Ando (ill.)

Peggy’s Impossible Tale by husband-and-wife duo Roy Miki and Slavia Miki is based on the “exceptionally special” guinea pig their daughter, Elisse, had as a child. Guinea pig Peggy is a curious creature and so ... Read More »

May 27, 2021 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Thanks a Lot, Universe

By Chad Lucas

Thanks a Lot, Universe by Chad Lucas is an uplifting celebration of resilience. Packed with big issues – a family split apart, microaggressions perpetuated by supposed friends, social-anxiety-induced panic attacks, and a coming-out narrative – ... Read More »

May 20, 2021 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

The Street Belongs to Us

By Karleen Pendleton Jiménez and Gabriela Godoy (ill.)

For a kid in Los Angeles in 1984, their street can be their whole world. In this illustrated chapter book, that’s precisely what the muddy paradise of Muscatel Avenue is for Alex and Wolf when ... Read More »

May 17, 2021 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

★ Journey Around the Sun: The Story of Halley’s Comet

By James Gladstone and Yaara Eshet (ill.)

For the scientist, the artist, and the stargazer alike, the cosmos abounds with endless wonders. Chief among them is the once-in-a-lifetime event of seeing Halley’s comet. In the STEM picture book Journey Around the Sun: ... Read More »

May 13, 2021 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ Dear Black Girls

By Shanice Nicole and Kezna Dalz (ill.)

Dear Black Girls, by Black feminist educator Shanice Nicole and Black artist Kezna Dalz, grabs readers from the first page. Writing in the second person, a mode rarely used in picture books, Nicole addresses her ... Read More »

May 6, 2021 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ Mii maanda ezhi-gkendmaanh / This Is How I Know

By Brittany Luby and Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley (ill.); Alvin Ted Corbiere and Alan Corbiere (trans.)

May 6, 2021 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Mad for Ads: How Advertising Gets (and Stays) in Our Heads

By Erica Fyvie and Ian Turner (ill.)

Three thousand. Studies report that’s how many advertising messages we see in a single day. From bus shelters to television commercials to sports uniforms, they’re everywhere – and designed to affect how we think and ... Read More »

May 3, 2021 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books, Reviews

How to Change Everything: The Young Human’s Guide to Protecting the Planet and Each Other

By Naomi Klein and Rebecca Stefoff

Critically acclaimed author and activist Naomi Klein joins forces with Rebecca Stefoff, a prolific writer for children and teens, to inspire teen activism with the exhilarating new non-fiction book, How to Change Everything. A call ... Read More »

April 29, 2021 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

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