November 20, 2023 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books
Ten-year-old Alex plays Xiangqi, or Chinese chess, with his great-grandfather Tai Gong every time he visits him at the retirement home. No matter how hard Alex tries, he never seems to be able to beat ... Read More »
An astonishing, poetic picture book, Skating Wild on an Inland Sea, written by Jean E. Pendziwol and illustrated by Todd Stewart, tells the story of two siblings who wake at dawn to watch the sun ... Read More »
November 20, 2023 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books
Following in the footsteps of Tomi Adeyemi, Deborah Falaye, and Namina Forna, Shade Lapite blends danger and court intrigue in Goddess Crown to create a coming-of-age novel set in an entirely Afrocentric fantasy world. Raised ... Read More »
November 15, 2023 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books
Sylvie Daigneault’s The Imaginary Alphabet is a love letter to letters, playfulness, and wild imagination. A picture book featuring one letter per page with a single (and wonderfully silly) alliterative line of text that inspires ... Read More »
November 13, 2023 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books
Canadian author Sara O’Leary and British illustrator Briony May Smith, both prolific in their own right, combine their talents to bring readers the achingly beautiful picture book The Little Books of the Little Brontës. Opening ... Read More »
November 8, 2023 | Filed under: Kids’ Books, Picture Books
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
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
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
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
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