Kids’ Books

I Will See You Again

This unique picture book for older readers is a gentle story of bereavement told through digital paintings and a simple narrative. Author and artist Lisa Boivin is a member of the Deninu Kue First Nation, ... Read More »

January 16, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Cells: An Owner’s Handbook

By Carolyn Fisher

Two non-fiction picture books offer crash courses in biology and meteorology by way of unconventional instructors. Ellie, a skin cell living on the bum of a Boston terrier, delivers an exuberant ... Read More »

January 13, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Little Cloud: The Science of a Hurricane

By Johanna Wagstaffe and Julie McLaughlin (ill.)

January 13, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Given

By Nandi Taylor

Nandi Taylor’s Given garnered over a million reads on Wattpad before becoming one of the site’s first hard-copy releases. The novel bodes well for Wattpad’s expansion to traditional publishing: it’s fast-paced, nuanced, and presents a ... Read More »

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

★ Me and Banksy

By Tanya Lloyd Kyi

In Tanya Lloyd Kyi’s latest middle-grade novel Me and Banksy, a small group of eighth-graders tackle school security and privacy violations. Aspiring artist Dominica “Dom” Rivers and her best friends – former child star Holden ... Read More »

January 2, 2020 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

My Story Starts Here: Voices of Young Offenders

By Deborah Ellis

With increasing news of youth-related gun violence, heists, hit and runs, gang activity, sexual assaults, and stabbings – in the past year alone – the personal accounts in My Story Starts Here may be the ... Read More »

December 19, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

Hearts, Strings, and Other Breakable Things

By Jacqueline Firkins

It is a truth universally acknowledged that Jane Austen’s catalogue of work – and specifically Pride and Prejudice – is well suited for modernized adaptations. When considering Mansfield Park, however, examples are few and far ... Read More »

December 16, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Come Back to Earth, Esther!

By Josée Bisaillon

The title character in Come Back to Earth, Esther! is often admonished for having her head in the clouds. Though she is an “ordinary girl” who loves jumping rope and chocolate spread, her heart belongs ... Read More »

December 9, 2019 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

What’s Up, Maloo?

By Geneviève Godbout

Pits of despair and intense euphoria feel wildly different, although both can disconnect us from reality. Two new picture books, one about the lowest low and one about the highest high, examine how easy it ... Read More »

November 28, 2019 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books