New book for toddlers features a gentle introduction to personal space and consent
I Make Space, a new book from Governor General Literary Award-nominated author Sara Cassidy and illustrator Jimmy Tigani, is now available from Orca Book Publishers.
I Make Space, a new book from Governor General Literary Award-nominated author Sara Cassidy and illustrator Jimmy Tigani, is now available from Orca Book Publishers.
In this guest post, author Pamela McDowell shares the inspiration for her book, Fire on the Mountain, and how wildfires affect families, communities, animals and more.
For spring break, sixteen-year-old Maya travels from Vancouver to Palm Springs to visit her grandparents, soak up the sun and play some tennis. When they surprise her with tickets to the Indian Wells tennis tournament, she can’t believe her luck. This is going to be the best vacation ever. But …
In Impossible, seventeen-year-old Jemma’s older brother took her in when she needed to get away from her abusive ex-boyfriend, Razor. All Jemma wants now is to be a good mom to her baby daughter, Violet. But one night she needs to go out, just for a few minutes, to get …
Big Water: Seventeen-year-old Christina McBurney, grieving the loss of her twin brother, Jonathan, to consumption, runs away from her Parkdale home and secures passage on the SS Asia, on its way to Sault Ste. Marie. But when the overloaded and top-heavy steamship sinks in a violent storm, Christina must figure …
In Forest Baby, a baby peers out at the trail from a carrier. Leaves rustle overhead, and a turtle stretches toward the sun. Everything shimmers with light, including the jeweled wings of a dragonfly and the star-shaped lilies. This delightful board book takes the reader on a hike accented by …