Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories

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Moon Wishes

In this timeless bedtime story, the moon’s luminous, watchful presence inspires wishes of hope and love, with dreamy watercolour illustrations by acclaimed illustrator Milan Pavlović.

Wouldn’t it ...

Dancing with Daisy

By (author) Jan L. Coates
Categories: Picture storybooks

When he finds a photograph of his grandfather as a young man, Liam is full of questions. That’s fine, because Grampy has a story to spin with every answer. Once, long ago, Grampy had a run-in with a ...

Coop the Great

Nominated for the MYRCA Sundog Award

Selected for Best Books for Children and Teens 2019

Coop is an aging, cynical, down-and-out dachshund who faces the ultimate test when his new owner, Mike, and Mike's ...

Last Wish of Sasha Cade, The

Raquel’s lifelong best friend, Sasha, has just died of cancer, and Raquel is overcome with grief … until she discovers that Sasha spent her final weeks planning an elaborate scavenger hunt for the ...

Grandmother’s Visit

Grace says goodbye to Grandmother in this touching book about love and loss. Carmen Mok’s gentle illustrations show the love between a child and her grandmother in this story that will resonate with ...

Missing Mike

Wildfires are exactly that—surprisingly swift in creating panic and concern about family, home, and all the things one loves, including the family dog named Mike. When it’s time to evacuate, suddenly ...

The Better Tree Fort

A father’s love is worth more than the best tree fort money can buy.

niwîcihâw / I Help

“Textured acrylic paintings, done in rich earth tones...portray the sanctity of the natural environment...a sensitive, respectful portrayal of contemporary Native Americans.” — School Library Journal ...

Smile

Cassandra Wilson’s life is not easy. She has spent most of her teenage years taking care of her much younger brother, working to support her widowed mother, and coping with high school and its pressures. ...

Town Is by the Sea

Winner of CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal
Winner of the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award
A young boy wakes up to the sound of the sea, visits his grandfather’s grave after lunch and comes home ...