Little By Little

By (author) Sonya Ballantyne
Illustrated by Rhael McGregor
Letterer Toben Racicot
Categories: Children’s / Teenage general interest: Biography and autobiography

Michael might be young, but he’s got a big heart and a strong sense of right and wrong. He knows it’s right to help people when they need it—but what can he do when so many people need help?

When ...

Amazing L'nu'k

By (author) Julie Pellissier-Lush & Robin Grant
Illustrated by James Bentley
Categories: Children’s / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples
Series: Amazing Atlantic Canadians Series

The newest installment in the celebrated illustrated series about Amazing Atlantic Canadians, featuring incredible Indigenous people.

Delve into the uplifting stories of the people of Mi'kma'ki in this ...

The Witness Blanket

By (author) Carey Newman & Kirstie Hudson
Categories: Children’s / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples

For more than 150 years, thousands of Indigenous children were taken from their families and sent to residential schools across Canada.

Artist Carey Newman created the Witness Blanket to make sure that ...

Growing Up Trans

Edited by Lindsay Herriot & Kate Fry
Categories: Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: LGBTQ+

What does it mean to be young and transgender today?

Growing Up Trans shares stories, essays, art and poetry created by trans youth aged 11 to 18. In their own words, the works illustrate the trans experience ...

Treaty Words

By (author) Aimée Craft
Illustrated by Luke Swinson
Categories: Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Families and family members

Accompanied by beautiful illustrations by Luke Swinson and an author’s note at the end, Aimée Craft affirms the importance of understanding an Indigenous perspective on treaties in this evocative book ...

I'm Finding My Talk

By (author) Rebecca Thomas
Illustrated by Pauline Young
Categories: Children’s / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples

Former Halifax Poet Laureate and second-generation residential school survivor Rebecca Thomas writes honestly and powerfully in this companion piece to Rita Joe's I Lost My Talk. Includes vibrant illustrations ...

I Lost My Talk

By (author) Rita Joe
Illustrated by Pauline Young
Categories: Children’s / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples

Rita Joe's powerful poem is presented anew in this children's picture book with illustrations from Pauline Young. A story of recovering what was lost in residential school, I Lost My Talk will raise conversation ...

The Wall and the Wind

By (author) Veselina Tomova
Categories: Children’s / Teenage social issues: Migration and refugees

In the middle of the twentieth century, in the middle of Eastern Europe, a young girl dreams of adventures far and near. One day, a huge wall appears that separates East from West, and dreamer from dreams. ...

The Dog Patrol

By (author) Rob Laidlaw
Categories: Children’s / Teenage general interest: Pets and pet care: Dogs

A full-colour dog book unlike any other delving into the history and evolution of dogs as companions, empowering young readers to promote the health and happiness of dogs in their own lives.
“Clear, ...

Portrait in Poems, A

By (author) Evie Robillard
Illustrated by Rachel Katstaller
Categories: Children’s / Teenage general interest: Art and artists

A delightful introduction to one of the most influential figures of twentieth-century art and literature. Here’s an insider’s tour of the lives of Gertrude Stein and her partner, Alice B. Toklas, ...