Robert Chafe’s Shiny and New and Bernice Morgan’s Seasons Before the War began as Christmas concerts.
Rose Vespa named new executive director of the Canadian Children’s Book Centre
Vespa has spent her career in library services and in public sector leadership roles, including most recently as director of library services for the Mississauga Library System
Marianne Dubuc takes home all three awards at the TD-Canadian Children’s Book Centre gala
Andrea Torrey Balsara wins Literary Classics award
The Great & the Small is an illustrated YA fantasy novel in which rats rise up for a revolution against humans
A new way to take students on a Great Canadian Road Trip
Released in September, The Great Canadian Road Trip is a set of 13 books, each focused on a different Canadian province or territory and designed for Grades 4 to 6.
When first-time illustrator Derek Desierto met fashion icon Eva Chen
In their first book, Juno Valentine and the Magical Shoes, a young girl literally steps into the footwear of famous women, from Jane Goodall to Lady Gaga.
Troy Wilson’s The Sinking of Captain Otter is based on a story he wrote in Grade 1
For years, children’s book writer Troy Wilson has been carrying around a school project he made in Grade 1.
Town is by the Sea, The Marrow Thieves, When the Moon Comes honoured at TD Canadian Children’s Literature Awards
Author Joanne Schwartz and illustrator Sydney Smith found themselves on stage once again last night, as their much-lauded picture book Town is by the Sea (Groundwood Books) took home the grand prize.
Why we need more trans and non-binary books for middle-grade readers
Trans-activist and educator j wallace skelton laments the dearth of middle-grade literature about gender diversity and recommends the best books that are currently available
Jenny Manzer’s portrait of a middle-grade transgender baseball star
For her new middle-grade novel, author Jenny Manzer put herself “in the cleats” of 10-year-old Casper ‘Caz’ Caldman – a star house-league pitcher who once lived as a girl but now lives a boy.
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