Kids’ Books

Stand on the Sky

Although Aisulu loves her brother dearly, she is getting tired of living in his shadow. When an opportunity finally arises for her to shine on her own, she seizes it. While the premise of Stand ... Read More »

March 4, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

The Case of Windy Lake

By Michael Hutchinson

Most mysteries featuring kid detectives – Nate the Great, Cam Jansen, the Boxcar Children, the Bobbsey Twins, and Harriet M. Welsch (better known as Harriet the Spy) – default to a white protagonist or a ... Read More »

February 21, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

The Center of the Universe

By Ria Voros

Grace Carter shares a name with her mother and grandmother, but the three generations of women have little else in common. Or so high-school student Grace thinks at the beginning of the latest novel by ... Read More »

February 14, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

★ Otto and Pio

By Marianne Dubuc

A squirrel. His doorstep. A mysterious green ball. A creature emerging from that ball. So begins Otto and Pio, a charming and quirky story of unexpected friendship from Montreal-based picture-book creator Marianne Dubuc (Up the ... Read More »

February 11, 2019 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Manuelito: A Graphic Novel

By Elisa Amado and Abraham Urias (ill.)

Three new graphic novels tell difficult stories of survival, highlighting the struggles many teens face in battling discrimination, racism, and political violence. In each book, home is shown to be of critical importance, while at ... Read More »

February 7, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

The Courage of Elfina

By André Jacob and Christine Delezenne (iil.)

February 7, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Surviving the City

By Tasha Spillett and Natasha Donovan (ill.)

February 7, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

When You’re Scared

By Andrée Poulin and Véronique Joffre (ill.)

In 2012, a library of the best “silent books” was created on the Italian island of Lampedusa for refugee children from the Middle East and Africa. Without seeing its holdings list, one would think it ... Read More »

February 4, 2019 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books