Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: First experiences and growing up

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The Invitation

Stacey May Fowles’ debut picture book is a whimsical, warmhearted story of how a super-special surprise can lead to anxiety — or invite imagination.

One beautiful fall day, Fern opens her mailbox and ...

Caillou Learns About Screen Time

Screens are part of our daily lives and their use, especially with children, can be a challenging issue. If adults set a good example, children will be able to positively and moderately use screens as ...

The Story of My Life Ongoing, by C.S. Cobb

It's not easy "choosing not to choose," especially for a nonbinary teen in 2007.

Corey was born intersex, but their father and stepmother didn't make a big deal about it. Then Corey's dad dies suddenly. ...

River

The story of a fourteen-year-old girl who travels back in time, and across continents, encountering her maternal forbears when they were her age. From the Australian Outback, where she meets a young Aboriginal ...

The Funeral

Norma and her parents are going to her great-uncle Frank’s funeral, and Norma is more excited than sad: she is looking forward to playing with her favorite cousin, Ray. But at the church, she is confronted ...

Good Girls

Good Girls is as refreshing as it is original. Every teenage conversation and snarky aside in the book is completely genuine. Good Girls captures [not only] the thrill of a first kiss, but also the ...

Caillou: Training Wheels

Caillou would like to remove the training wheels on his bike, but he soon learns that there is a proper time for everything.

For Now

Jes desperately needs something solid to hold onto. In Losing Forever, she learned to accept the inevitability of change. But the change is moving at a heartbreaking pace and her world shifts by the day. ...

The Fortress of Kaspar Snit

Chosen for inclusion in the reading list for the 2006 Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Award
Kaspar Snit is a villainous villain who is determined to steal all the fountains in the world. Why? Fountains ...