The Mysterious Stones

By Enrique Pérez Díaz and Yayo (ill.); Alina Ruiz (trans.)

The latest title from one of Cuba’s most celebrated authors for young people shimmers with small moments of joy despite a subtle undercurrent of loss and longing. After dreaming about his papá, who has sailed ... Read More »

October 19, 2020 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Journal of a Travelling Girl

By Nadine Neema and Archie Beaverho (ill.)

On August 4, 2005, the Tłįchǫ Agreement came into effect. As a result of this accord, Canada ceded rights relating to land and resources back to the Tłįchǫ government and promised that henceforth Canada would ... Read More »

October 15, 2020 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Arlo & Pips: King of the Birds

By Elise Gravel

The key to successful comedy is knowing when to land the joke. With her three new kids’ titles, Montreal author Elise Gravel demonstrates a talent for comedic timing, firmly establishing her status as one of ... Read More »

October 8, 2020 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Not Me

By Elise Gravel

October 8, 2020 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

The Wrench

By Elise Gravel

October 8, 2020 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

The Wall and the Wind

By Veselina Tomova

The Wall and the Wind is a story of resilience. It follows an imaginative girl whose dreams are blocked by the Berlin Wall. She lives east of the wall but wants to travel west so ... Read More »

October 1, 2020 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Maurice and His Dictionary: A True Story

By Cary Fagan and Enzo Lord Mariano (ill.)

Maurice and His Dictionary is a distinguished non-fiction graphic novel from Toronto author Cary Fagan, based on his father’s experience during the Holocaust. In 1940 Brussels, following the Nazi invasion, 14-year-old Maurice and his family ... Read More »

September 28, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

My Day with Gong Gong

By Sennah Yee and Elaine Chen (ill.)

The adorable My Day with Gong Gong follows a little girl, May, who’s sullen about having to spend the day alone with her grandpa, or gong gong as she calls him in Cantonese. He doesn’t ... Read More »

September 24, 2020 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Barry Squires, Full Tilt

By Heather Smith

The tendency to make everyone and everything in Newfoundland seem good-natured, offbeat, and comical has become a fatiguing stereotype and it somewhat tempers enjoyment of the first bit of Barry Squires, Full Tilt. But in ... Read More »

September 21, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

★ No Vacancy

By Tziporah Cohen

In this provocative contemporary middle-grade novel, Tziporah Cohen introduces readers to 11-year-old Miriam and her family as they move to Greenvale, New York, to run the Jewel Motor Inn. Even as she helps to fix ... Read More »

September 17, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

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