The Canadian Children’s Book Centre has announced the finalists in eight award categories, celebrating the best in Canadian children’s literature.
Illustrator Kathryn Durst on being handpicked by Paul McCartney for his new picture book
The Peterborough, Ontario, illustrator Kathryn Durst was handpicked by Paul McCartney to draw his first picture book Hey Grandude!
Children’s Book Bank to give away 10,000 books at TTC stations
Save the date: the non-profit will be handing out free kids’ books at three Toronto subway stations on Sept. 16
Aimee Reid tells kids the story of Mister Rogers
Mister Rogers is currently having a moment, with a documentary, a biopic starring Tom Hanks, and You Are My Friend, a just-published picture book.
How Nunavut’s Inhabit Media preserves the stories of Inuit elders
Inhabit’s mandate is expanding, but the press remains passionately committed to its original mission: recording the oral stories of Inuit elders.
Miriam Körner on writing sled-dog fiction for children
In the Saskatchewan writer’s novels, young protagonists in the North come to understand themselves through the land and dog-sledding
Fall preview 2019: YA and middle-grade fiction
Anticipated YA and middle-grade fiction from the 2019 fall preview.
Cut-paper craftician Kalpna Patel illustrates her first picture book
For Alis the Aviator: An ABC Aviation Adventure, Patel constructed a variety of paper airplanes
Canada’s Grade One students will receive picture book by Monique Gray Smith and Julie Flett
The Canadian Children’s book Centre has chosen My Heart Fills with Happiness as this year’s pick for the TD Grade One Book Giveaway
An inspiring tale of cathartic grief set against the backdrop of the 2011 Tohoku tsunami
First-time picture-book illustrator Rachel Wada conducted extensive research in order to create the artwork in The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota’s Garden, inspired by a unique response to the grief over the Tohoku tsunami.
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