Kids’ Books

Please Don’t Change My Diaper

By Sarabeth Holden and Emma Pedersen (ill.)

If babies could talk, many would utter the sentiments expressed in Please Don’t Change My Diaper, a debut picture book written by Toronto’s Sarabeth Holden. A tot is eager to get outside to play, but ... Read More »

November 12, 2020 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

You Were Never Here

By Kathleen Peacock

Cat hasn’t been back to Montgomery Falls, the town her family founded, since she was 12. That was the summer she began seeing people’s deepest desires and fears just by touching them – an ability ... Read More »

November 9, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

★ Pine Island Home

By Polly Horvath

Orphaned children and crotchety neighbours have long been popular fodder for children’s stories. In Pine Island Home, Polly Horvath brings these two elements together in a novel that is surprisingly fun and light (considering the ... Read More »

November 5, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Maggie’s Treasure

By Jon-Erik Lappano and Kellen Hatanaka (ill.)

The first collaboration between author Jon-Erik Lappano and illustrator Kellen Hatanaka, Tokyo Digs a Garden, won the Governor General’s Literary Award for Young People’s Literature – Illustrated Books. Four years later, they’re back with a ... Read More »

November 2, 2020 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Mega Rex: A Tyrannosaurus Named Scotty

By Dr. W. Scott Persons IV and Beth Zaiken (ill.)

In the crowded field of dinosaur non-fiction books, Mega Rex stands out. This guide is expertly written by Scott Persons, the paleontologist who led the first research study of the largest and oldest Tyrannosaurus rex ... Read More »

October 29, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

Snow Days

By Deborah Kerbel and Miki Sato (ill.)

Even in the best of times, getting through a Canadian winter in good spirits is no easy task. Three new picture books come to the rescue, framing snowy weather as a precious opportunity for different ... Read More »

October 26, 2020 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ Two Drops of Brown in a Cloud of White

By Saumiya Balasubramaniam and Eva Campbell (ill.)

October 26, 2020 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Snow Song

By A.K. Riley and Dawn Lo (ill.)

October 26, 2020 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Magic Dark and Strange

By Kelly Powell

There’s something about the Victorian era that lures the mystery writer. Perhaps it’s the shadowy gaslit streets or the sweeping, barren countryside. Maybe it’s the age’s lurid fascination with death and spiritualism, the heavy division ... Read More »

October 22, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books