One More Mountain

By (author) Deborah Ellis
Categories: Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction
Series: Breadwinner Series

It’s 2021, and the Taliban have regained power in Afghanistan. Parvana and Shauzia, the brave protagonists of The Breadwinner, must now flee to escape new dangers from an old enemy.

In Kabul, 15-year-old ...

A Starlit Trip to the Library

By (author) Andrew Katz & Juliana Léveillé-Trudel
Illustrated by Joseph Sherman
Categories: Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction

A new adventure for Julia, sailor-in-training, who will discover her beloved forest in a new light. A story that inspires a sense of wonder and celebrates courage, friendship, and a love of books. Vividly ...

Benny the Bananasaurus Rex

By (author) Sarabeth Holden
Illustrated by Emma Pedersen
Categories: Children’s / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories

"Deliciously playful and imaginative."—Kirkus

Benny loves bananas. He eats them morning, noon, and night. He even rides a bike with a yellow banana seat. In fact, Benny has a secret, he hopes one day ...

How to Party Like a Snail

By (author) Naseem Hrab
Illustrated by Kelly Collier
Categories: Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction
Series: Snail & Stump

An introverted snail throws his own kind of party to celebrate all things quiet

Snail is a party animal. Well...kind of. He loves the quiet things about parties: confetti, making new friends (using his ...

Secret Schools

By (author) Heather Camlot
Illustrated by Erin Taniguchi
Categories: Children’s / Teenage general interest: Information resources

Education goes undercover in this compelling look at some of the world’s most secretive schools through history

Can you keep a secret? What if it meant hiding from your loved ones, sneaking out late ...

Only the Trees Know

By (author) Jane Whittingham
Illustrated by Cinyee Chiu
Categories: Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction

A frustrated little rabbit longs for spring in this gentle, warmhearted story about waiting.

Little Rabbit is hungry, bored and very tired of winter. “When will it be spring?” he asks his parents. ...

My Name Is Seepeetza

By (author) Shirley Sterling
Afterword by Tomson Highway
Categories: Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction

An honest look at life in an Indian residential school in the 1950s, and how one indomitable young spirit survived it — 30th anniversary edition.

Seepeetza loves living on Joyaska Ranch with her family. ...

The Basketball Game

By (author) Hart Snider
Illustrated by Sean Covernton
Categories: Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past
Series: National Film Board of Canada

Warning: This book, which is based on a true story, has depictions of anti-Semitism and contains racial stereotypes and hateful language. It is intended for an audience of 12 years and older.

Healing ...

Boobies

By (author) Nancy Vo
Illustrated by Nancy Vo
Categories: Early years: the body and the senses

Finalist, Governor General's Literary Award, Young People's Literature - Illustrated Books
Finalist, CCBC Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award
Nominee, Forest of Reading Silver Birch Express Award

A cheeky ...

She Holds Up the Stars

By (author) Sandra Laronde
Categories: Children’s / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories

"This compelling novel will introduce young readers to the complexities of modern indigeneity and resilience.”—Eden Robinson, author of Monkey Beach and Son of Trickster.

A young Indigenous girl searching ...