Black Girl, Black Girl

By (author) Angela Bowden
Categories: Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction

A vibrantly illustrated picture book celebrating of Black girl power from celebrated spoken-word poet Angela Bowden and rising-star artist Letitia Fraser.

Girly or braided with cowrie shells
Cornrows of ...

Age 16

By (author) Rosena Fung
Categories: Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction

"...moving and emotional..." —Victoria Ying, Harvey Award–winning author ofHungry Ghost

"...crucial..."—Deb JJ Lee, creator of In Limbo

"...beautiful.."—Fiona Smyth, illustrator of Sex Is a Funny ...

I Am A Rock

By (author) Ashley Qilavaq-Savard
Illustrated by Pelin Turgut
Categories: Picture storybooks: imagination and play

Pauloosie loves his pet rock, Miki Rock. Pauloosie’s Anaana, his mother, tells him a bedtime story about what Miki Rock sees, hears, and feels in his Arctic home. As part of the land, Miki Rock sees ...

Caillou: The Silver Knight

Adapted by Robin Bright
Illustrated by Lauren Adams, Rebecca Galloway, Michelle McIver & Tony Mitchell
Categories: Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories

A Heartwarming Story on the Importance of Family Ties

Caillou is disappointed when his friend Sarah gets sick and can't come over to play. To cheer him up, Daddy tells him the story of a great knight who ...

Wildful

By (author) Kengo Kurimoto
Illustrated by Kengo Kurimoto
Categories: American / British style comic books and graphic novels

Discover the magic of the wilderness in this breathtaking graphic novel reminiscent of The Secret Garden.

Poppy’s mother hasn’t been the same since Gran passed away. She stays inside and watches TV, ...

Asha and the Toymaker

By (author) Sakshi Mangal
Illustrated by Sakshi Mangal
Categories: Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories
Series: -

A heartwarming story about the value of art, set in the evocative Blue City of India.

Asha's papa makes and sells wooden toys to pay for her to go to school. But Papa struggles to find buyers. And this ...

An Owl without a Name

By (author) Jenna Greene
Categories: Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction

The charming story of a young owl’s strange and disorienting journey to discover who he is and where he belongs.

When a young Great Horned Owl wakes up to find himself on the ground
with a broken wing, ...

Maggie Lou, Firefox

By (author) Arnolda Dufour Bowes
Illustrated by Karlene Harvey
Categories: Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction
Series: Maggie Lou

Maggie Lou’s grandpa doesn’t call her Firefox for nothing. She’s always finding ways to make life more interesting — even if this means getting into big trouble.

When her grandfather Moshôm ...

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: Family and home stories

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 a week until Mira’s birthday, ...