Kids’ Books

Krista Kim-Bap

Navigating the ups and downs of friendship is never easy – particularly when on the cusp of adolescence. Two debut novels give voice to the experiences of girls growing apart from their BFFs. And both ... Read More »

March 29, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Running Through Sprinklers

By Michelle Kim

March 29, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

A World Below

By Wesley King

The students in Edgewood Middle School’s Grade 8 advanced placement class aren’t feeling all that psyched about their graduation field trip. The kids, from small-town New Mexico, expected a weekend in Albuquerque – but their ... Read More »

March 26, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Rising Seas: Flooding, Climate Change and Our New World

By Belle Wuthrich (ill.); Kath Boake W. (ill.); Keltie Thomas

The term climate change often brings to mind unpredictable storms and unseasonable temperatures. But in Rising Seas: Flooding, Climate Change and Our New World, it’s clear that we’re in for more than stormy weather as ... Read More »

March 22, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

The 11th Hour

By Kristine Scarrow

“It is my wish that a book like this one helps to start a conversation about mental illness,” writes Saskatoon novelist Kristine Scarrow in the author’s note of The 11th Hour. This cautionary tale takes ... Read More »

March 15, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

On Our Street: Our First Talk About Poverty

By Jaime Casap; Jane Heinrichs (ill.); Jillian Roberts

“Don’t ask kids what they want to be when they grow up; ask them what problem they want to solve,” says Jaime Casap, Google’s chief education evangelist. In their non-fiction resource book, Casap and psychologist ... Read More »

March 15, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

Dr. Coo and the Pigeon Protest

By Kass Reich (ill.); Sarah Hampson

Award-winning Canadian newspaper journalist Sarah Hampson has published her first picture book and it’s one that celebrates diversity and promotes respect for others. In this slight story, Dr. Coo is a sophisticated pigeon who knows ... Read More »

March 12, 2018 | Filed under: Picture Books

Fania’s Heart

By Anne Renaud; Richard Rudnicki (ill.)

In two new picture books – both true tales featuring wartime prisoners at Auschwitz – small objects take on a significance that far outstrips their physical size. The Promise, co-written by cousins Pnina Bat Zvi ... Read More »

March 8, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

The Promise

By Isabelle Cardinal (ill.); Margie Wolfe; Pnina Bat Zvi

March 8, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

A Possibility of Whales

By Karen Rivers

In her latest middle-grade novel, Victoria, B.C.–author Karen Rivers (The Encyclopedia of Me; Waiting to Dive) delivers a contemporary coming-of-age story fused with otherworldly marine elements. The protagonists in A Possibility of Whales are 12-year-old ... Read More »

March 5, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

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