Kids’ Books

Tickled Pink: How Friendship Washes the World with Color

By Andrée Poulin and Lucile Danis Drouot (ill.)

Filippo the flamingo just wants to play. But every time he asks Zac the zebra and Poncho the panda if he can join them, they come up with a new excuse. “You’re too pink,” says ... Read More »

February 10, 2020 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ Wildfire

By Carrie Mac

This powerful new novel by Vancouver writer Carrie Mac begins in media res, deep in a Pacific Northwest forest. Two teenagers, Annie and Pete, are in a tent with a forest fire approaching. Annie is ... Read More »

February 6, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Until Niagara Falls

By Jennifer Maruno

In two very different but affecting middle-grade novels, we learn about the complicated inner lives of girls as they confront their fears, bullies, and the uncertainties of growing up. Author and educator Jennifer Maruno (When ... Read More »

February 3, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

My Best Friend and Other Illusions

By Suri Rosen

February 3, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

★ Story Boat

By Kyo Maclear and Rashin Kheiriyeh (ill.)

What if one were to imagine the refugee experience from the eyes of a couple of imaginative, ever-positive, Zen-like kids? Sounds improbable, but the picture book Story Boat pulls it off with aplomb. Written by ... Read More »

January 30, 2020 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ Salma the Syrian Chef

By Danny Ramadan and Anna Bron (ill.)

The kitchen can be one of the first places where kids experience a real sense of accomplishment and belonging. A trio of new picture books, featuring food from around the world, shows how cooking helps ... Read More »

January 27, 2020 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Bilal Cooks Daal

By Aisha Saeed and Anoosha Syed (ill.)

January 27, 2020 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao

By Kat Zhang and Charlene Chua (ill.)

January 27, 2020 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Bloom

By Kenneth Oppel

If you were to tweak the words to that famous Five Man Electrical Band protest song, you’d have the gist of the latest Kenneth Oppel novel: Vine, vine, everywhere a vine, blocking out the scenery, ... Read More »

January 23, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen: The Body Under the Piano

By Marthe Jocelyn and Isabelle Follath (ill.)

This first instalment in an exciting new historical-fiction series by Marthe Jocelyn (Mable Riley; What We Hide) promises to woo a new generation of mystery fans. In the character of Aggie Morton, Jocelyn’s created a ... Read More »

January 20, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

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