Wôpanâak Seasons
In Wôpanâak Seasons, a young Wampanoag child explores Aquinnah's seasons, highlighting wildlife, the seashore, cranberry harvests, and winter traditions, celebrating community and cultural heritage.
Little Sanctuary
Little Sanctuary is the story of Sabel and her sisters, sent away to a school that’s more dangerous than the falling-apart world they are escaping.
SOS Water
Can a home for Rosa the Goldfish be found anywhere in a world smothered by plastic pollution?
The Freezies
The Freezies, three eleven-year-olds conceive a risky scheme to bring the plight of their asylum-seeking traveller friend to the attention of the national media.
Boonoonoonous Hair
A young Black girl learns to love her difficult-to-manage, voluminous and boonoonoonous hair.
Beep Beep Bubbie
A story about the relationship between a grandmother and her grandchildren when she gets a motorized scooter.
Maison Rouge
A personal memoir of the Congo Wars 1993-1997.
Kiddo
In this novel for middle-grade readers, a young girl strives to become a reporter.
A Day with Yayah
Nikki and her friends go foraging with Nikki's grandmother, her yayah. Yayah teaches them the Interior Salish—N?e?kepmxcín—words for the herbs and plants they find. Beautifully illustrated by the award-winning illustrator Julie Flett, young readers will appreciate how much we can learn from exploring our countryside.
Pikiq
An Inuit child draws colorful creatures in the white landscape.
Shu-Li and the Magic Pear Tree
This early chapter book tells the story of a young girl settling into a new neighborhood.
Seeking Refuge
A girl escapes to the UK from Nazi-occupied Austria.
When Morning Comes
This gripping love story for teen readers is set in South Africa in 1976. Written from the points of view of four young people living in Johannesburg and its black township, this book explores the roots of the Soweto Uprising and the edifice of Apartheid in a South Africa about to explode.
Where Are You Little Red Ball?
A board book for tiny children about a little red ball.
The Blue Vase
This entertaining and beautifully illustrated chapter book by BC Book Prize-winning author Katarina Jovanovic conveys some important messages about bullying and believing in yourself.
Where I Belong
An adopted Native Canadian girl finds her birth father and the twin sister she never knew existed.
Dolphin SOS
A story about the rescue of trapped dolphins in Newfoundland.
Anna Carries Water
Anna fetches water from the spring every day, but she can’t carry it on her head like her older brothers and sisters.
Rainbow Shoes
A color-full book of wearable rhymes.
Night Sky Wheel Ride
A brother and sister take a wild ride on a Ferris wheel of the imagination.
The Bone Collector's Son
Bing's father is haunted by a ghost, and Bing must find out why or his father will die.
