For kids who enjoy an early-morning read, Days Like This – a meditative picture book in verse by Oriane Smith – would be a good choice.
By Meaghan Thurston
Young Readers
In Ferdinand Cheval: The Postman Who Delivered a Palace, Anne Renaud offers a historical portrait.
By Meaghan Thurston
Rosalie is a little girl trying to navigate a relationship with her divorced parents who argue, as the title suggests, Like Cats and Dogs.
By Meaghan Thurston
Book-loving Julia and her woodland friends are back in A Starlit Trip to the Library, which reassembles a cast of cheeky animal characters.
By Meaghan Thurston
Forever Truffle brings the rock-loving, heart-on-his-sleeve Truffle into full colour.
By Meaghan Thurston
This season’s roundup offers a variety of young reader options that reawaken the explorer in all of us.
By Phoebe Yì Lǐng
A family's exile to a Soviet gulag is recounted in this tough but compelling YA novel.
By Dana Bath
From bugs to colours, from health challenges to dogs in space, our roundup of the best new books for young readers.
By Bronwyn Averett
A fisherman's tall tale, a budding theatre impresario, a heartwarming refugee story, an inspiring tale of independence, and a rebellious head of hair in our roundup of the season's books for children.
By B. A. Markus
Superheroes, dinosaurs, mythical beasts, different kids, Black pride and a bedtime poem – our roundup of kids' book titles for spring 2021.
By Vanessa Bonneau
Dani Jansen’s The Year Shakespeare Ruined My Life is a YA novel that provides a compelling twist on a typical high school romance by introducing us to likeable characters and a well-crafted storyline.
By B. A. Markus
This season's selection go kids' books
By Kate Lavut