Kids’ Books

More than Words: Navigating the Complex World of Communication

By Valerie Sherrard and Natalie Hyde; David Jardine (ill.)

A bit like a cross between a modern Miss Manners and a letter to your future self, More than Words: Navigating the Complex World of Communication by Valerie Sherrard (The Glory Wind, Birdspell) and Natalie ... Read More »

November 6, 2023 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

★ Dragging Mason County

By Curtis Campbell

Curtis Campbell’s debut, Dragging Mason County, is a witty and charming young adult novel that encourages learning to be kinder to oneself and others. Peter Thompkin is part of a small group of queer kids ... Read More »

November 1, 2023 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

★ Maggie Lou, Firefox

By Arnolda Dufour Bowes and Karlene Harvey (ill.)

Métis author Arnolda Dufour Bowes’s lighthearted collection of stories, Maggie Lou, Firefox, documents the misadventures of a creative, outspoken 12-year-old. Maggie Lou is always willing to get into trouble – and to drag her younger ... Read More »

October 30, 2023 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

The Only Way to Make Bread

By Cristina Quintero and Sarah Gonzales (ill.)

In this warm and inviting picture book, an apartment building bustles with bread–making activity. The sweet smell of collaboration is in the air as families from many different cultures head to their kitchens, roll up ... Read More »

October 25, 2023 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

Naaahsa is an Artist!

By Hali Heavy Shield

A small girl in Alberta spends time with her grandmother whom she refers to in Blackfoot as Naaahsa. Her grandmother is an artist and together they use their imaginations to create – beading, cooking, storytelling, ... Read More »

October 23, 2023 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

How to Be Found

By Emily Pohl-Weary

Sixteen-year-old Michie and her best friend (a.k.a. “sister”) Trissa grew up together in the dilapidated duplex their single moms own. Over the past few months however, the girls have drifted apart as they find themselves ... Read More »

October 18, 2023 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

We the Sea Turtles: A Collection of Island Stories

By Michelle Kadarusman

Most conversations on climate change are beset with a sense of powerlessness and hopelessness. Saving the planet is a tall order. Where does one even begin? What can ordinary folks do about it? Shouldn’t our ... Read More »

October 16, 2023 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

stay up: racism, resistance, and reclaiming Black freedom

By Khodi Dill and Stylo Starr (ill.)

Author and public speaker Khodi Dill’s latest, stay up: racism, resistance, and reclaiming Black freedom, is a book with a purpose: to provide guidance for young racialized people. He employs both his personal experience as ... Read More »

October 11, 2023 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Kids’ Books

How to Make a Peanut Butter Sandwich in 17 Easy Steps

By Bambi Edlund

Who among us still throws dinner parties to show off our mastery of French cooking techniques, or is even – since the pandemic lockdowns ended – still keeping their sourdough starter alive? Time being once ... Read More »

October 2, 2023 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

★ While You Were Sleeping

By Briana Corr Scott

While You Were Sleeping is a tender rhyming bedtime tale written and illustrated by Briana Corr Scott. Told in the second person, the book captures the simultaneous awe and sleepless toil of caring for a ... Read More »

September 25, 2023 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books

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