Q+A with Steve Jenkins and Derek Walter about how life with Esther the social media star makes for excellent fodder for a children’s book series.
Illustrators come together for the Totsapalooza colouring book honouring Groundwood publisher Sheila Barry
When Totsapalooza celebrated its 10th anniversary last month, the organizers wanted to do something special to acknowledge the anniversary and to honour Sheila Barry, the beloved publisher of Groundwood Books.
Sam Maggs brings fangirl feminism to the OLA
Sam Maggs will help librarians embrace their inner fangirl and fanboy – or at least encourage them to further cater to lovers of comic books and graphic novels.
Spring Preview 2018: Books for Young People
Totsapalooza is turning 10
The Toronto event Totsapalooza, put on by Small Print, brings together indie rockers, children’s authors, and tots for a day of dancing, stories, and crafts.
Nadia Hohn: Remembering diverse-kidlit hero and Groundwood publisher Sheila Barry
It was July 9, 2011, and I was attending a workshop on writing for children hosted in the backyard of A Different Booklist bookstore in Toronto.
Penguin Random House Canada Young Readers hires John Martz as art director
Toronto cartoonist, illustrator, and designer John Martz has been hired as art director at Penguin Random House Canada Young Readers.
Oliver Jeffers’s new book is what the world needs now
The bestselling children’s author-illustrator tries something new – unapologetically so.
2017 Books of the Year: Librarians’, book bloggers’, and booksellers’ kidlit and YA picks
Librarians, book bloggers, and booksellers weigh in with their favourite children’s books of the year.
Q&A: Cherie Dimaline on her award-winning week
The author of The Marrow Thieves found out she won the $50,000 Kirkus Prize as she was searching her desk for loose change for transit.
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