Saints and Misfits

In Saints and Misfits, the first YA novel from Simon & Schuster’s new Muslim-focused Salaam Reads imprint, Toronto author S.K. Ali delivers a contemporary coming-of-age story about a 15-year-old Arab-Indian-American girl named Janna Yusuf. Janna ... Read More »

June 22, 2017 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

★ My Wounded Island

By Jacques Pasquet; Marion Arbona (ill.); Sophie B. Watson (trans.)

Imarvaluk lives on Sarichef, a tiny island off the west coast of Alaska. She fears for her home, as a terrible sea creature is slowly eating away at the island. She has nightmares in which ... Read More »

June 22, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

Heartwood Hotel: The Greatest Gift

By Kallie George; Stephanie Graegin (ill.)

If there’s one thing Vancouver author Kallie George knows, it’s how to craft a tale full of whimsy. Her Magical Animal Adoption Agency series for beginning readers is full of the kind of subtle quirkiness ... Read More »

June 21, 2017 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Heartwood Hotel: A True Home

By Kallie George; Stephanie Graegin (ill.)

June 21, 2017 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Love Is Love

By Mette Bach

Navigating adolescence, testing your boundaries, and figuring out who you are is hard. For LGBTQ+ teens, it’s even more difficult, and potentially much more dangerous. Love Is Love and Rough Patch are two books that ... Read More »

June 19, 2017 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Rough Patch

By Nicole Markotic

June 19, 2017 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

The Gold Leaf

By Kirsten Hall; Matthew Forsythe (ill.)

For centuries, authors of fables have invited animals into the human realm to point out the errors of our ways. In these days so fraught with human foolishness, it makes sense that writers and artists ... Read More »

June 19, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Fog

By Kenard Pak (ill.); Kyo Maclear

June 19, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

Carson Crosses Canada

By Kass Reich (ill.); Linda Bailey

Among new books celebrating Canada’s sesquicentennial are two children’s titles with a focus on geography. Both give readers a sense of the different landforms and attractions that characterize our vast country. My Canada: An Illustrated ... Read More »

June 12, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books