Skating Wild on an Inland Sea

By (author) Jean E. Pendziwol
Illustrated by Todd Stewart
Categories: Children’s / Teenage fiction: Sporting stories

Let’s go! Experience the magic of skating on wild ice.

Two children wake up to hear the lake singing, then the wind begins wailing … or is it a wolf? They bundle up and venture out into the cold, carrying ...

Mira and Baku

By (author) Sara Truuvert
Illustrated by Michelle Theodore
Categories: Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction

A Quill & Quire Book of the Year

With the help of a magical friend, a young girl searches for her missing father in this poignant story set during Japanese Canadian incarceration in World War II.

It’s ...

While You Were Sleeping

By (author) Briana Corr Scott
Categories: Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction

A nostalgic bedtime book featuring lyrical text and gentle illustrations from the celebrated author of Wildflower.

From celebrated author and artist Briana Corr Scott (Wildflower, The Book of Selkie) comes ...

The Dancing Letters

Text by Evelyne Fournier
Illustrated by Aurélien Galvan
Translated by Carine Laforest
Categories: Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction

An endearing family story about love and dyslexia

Olivia is a little girl full of life and imagination. But when her grandmother asks her to write a story for her birthday, Olivia feels a little unsure. ...

Where Did Momo's Hair Go?

Text by Stéphanie Boyer
Illustrated by Caroline Hamel
Translated by Carine Laforest
Categories: Children’s / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories

The laugh-out-loud journey of a little clown's wig

Hurry up! Momo the Clown is in a rush. He runs so fast to catch the bus that his hair flies off his head... Oh, no! Where did Momo's hair go?

A humorous ...

Animal Eyes

By (author) Françoise Vulpé
Categories: Children’s / Teenage general interest: Nature, animals, the natural world

Nominated for the 2024 Yellow Cedar Award

Imagine being able to see in ultraviolet wavelengths, or locating your next meal in near darkness, or being able to rotate your eyes independently so you can ...

We Love You as Much as the Fox Loves Its Tail

By (author) Masiana Kelly
Illustrated by Tamara Campeau
Categories: Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories

“We’ll love you as much as the narwhal loves its tusk.

We’ll love you as much as the seal loves its musk.

Little One, our new baby,

Welcome to our family.”

This loving bedtime poem shares all the ...

The Meadowlands

By (author) Kate Kelly
Categories: Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction
Series: Inanna Young Feminist Series

In a near future dominated by institutions, technology, and government control, children are raised in state homes and have no concept of family, with the exception of Terran and his younger sister, Brooke. ...

Lore Isle

By (author) Jiin Kim
Categories: Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy

A middle-grade fantasy that follows a young boy into a magical land of mummers, sprites, fairies, and murderous pitcher plants in an attempt to save his home — and his family.

Everyone knows there are ...

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 ...