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08/01/2025

Say bonjour to our Fall 2025 Kids French Editions 👋
Swipe to learn more about our lineup of french picture books!

Dites bonjour à nos éditions jeunesse françaises de l'automne 2025
Balayer pour en savoir plus sur nos nouveaux albums français! 👋

07/31/2025

Kathy Kacer’s TO HOPE AND BACK: THE JOURNEY OF THE ST. LOUIS is a once again bestseller 🎊

Featured in BookNet Canada’s list of Bestselling Canadian Juvenile Books for July 2024 to July 2025

TO HOPE AND BACK: THE JOURNEY OF THE ST. LOUIS is part of our Holocaust Remembrance Series for Young Readers. Grab your copy today 📖

07/31/2025

Madeleine Hart's Year of the Carrot is part of "18 summer reads for young mystery lovers, sports enthusiants and more" from The Globe and Mail 🥕

Check out the full list here:

From middle-grade mysteries and romances to picture books and graphic novels, these picks offer something for every kid

07/30/2025

Happy Friendship Day! 🌸

Celebrate today by reading some books that are all about spreading kindness, making connections, and of course—friendship!

Swipe through to see some books that feature friends in all forms 🫶

🫂 EVERYONE IS WELCOME by Phuong Truong, illus. by Christine Wei
🫂 EVERY LITTLE BIT OLIVE TRAN by Phuong Truong, with illustrations by Christine Wei
🫂 THE CASE OF THE PILFERED PIN by Michael Hutchinson
🫂 ALINA IN A PINCH by Shenaaz Nanji
🫂 ALINA IN THE DEEP by Shenaaz Nanji
🫂 SNOW DOVES by Nancy Hartry, illus. by Gabrielle Grimard
🫂 WHAT’S IN A BEAD? by Kelsey Borgford, illus. by Tessa Pizzale

07/29/2025

Fall 2025 incoming… 📬

Take a look at our full English-language children’s, middle grade, and YA lineup for Fall 2025!

⭐MEMORY STONES by Kathy Kacer, illustrated by Hayley Lowe
⭐I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AT SCHOOL by the children of Maré, edited by Ananda Luz and Isabel Malzoni
⭐TAKE A BREATH OLIVE TRAN by Phuong Truong, with spot illustrations by Christine Wei
⭐RUN THE WORLD LIKE A GIRL: INTERNATIONAL WOMEN LEADERS by Kate Graham
⭐CAN POSTERS KILL? ANTISEMITIC PROPAGANDA AND WORLD WAR II by Jerry Faivish with Kathryn Cole

Which book are you most excited for? Let us know! ⬇️

07/23/2025

Spend your summer with Olive Tran—from the early reader chapter book EVERY LITTLE BIT OLIVE TRAN by Phuong Truong! 🍬

Olive Tran is turning ten! Now she can walk to school by herself and go to Kandy Korner whenever she wants. Finally!

But when Olive finds out Mrs. Ly was pushed on the street and her brother’s school friends had gross things thrown at them because they’re Asian, she starts to feel less safe. And why doesn’t her best friend Josh want to come to her birthday party at the trampoline park anymore?

Olive knows something is wrong, but she is determined to have fun at her party. If she shows kindness, maybe others will too. Every little bit counts!

Olive’s adventures continue in TAKE A BREATH OLIVE TRAN, releasing this fall! ✨

07/17/2025

Next up on our summer reading list is Madeleine Hart’s YEAR OF THE CARROT — the perfect middle grade adventure book! 🥕

Leonie MacGregor is sick of carrots. Who wouldn’t be if you grew up on a carrot farm? But Leo’s dad is obsessed with them!

A series of events leads Leo to suspect someone is after her dad’s one-of-a-kind carrot seeds. With the help of her best friend Sara, Leo begins to narrow down the suspects. Even though Leo has lots of things to do on the farm—like fixing her super awesome dirt bike—it’s up to her to save her dad’s carrots!

Grab your copy today! ☀️

07/16/2025

07/14/2025

Happy International Non-Binary People’s Day! Celebrating the non-binary community today and everyday 💛🤍💜🖤

If you haven’t met them yet, allow us to introduce you to CIEL: a gender-nonconforming YouTube-loving high schooler who is sure to become your next book best friend!

From Sophie Labelle, this middle grade chapter book series follows the titular Ciel as they navigate teenagedom: friendships (why is their dynamic with their best friend Stephie changing?), school, romance (their boyfriend just moved back to Iceland, but Liam on the swim team is pretty cute…), and their growing YouTube channel!

Follow their adventures in CIEL (book 1) and CIEL: IN ALL DIRECTIONS (book 2)!

07/11/2025

This Saturday, July 12, join author Renée D. Bondy as she signs copies of her book [non]disclosure at Lake House Books ! ✒️

About [non]disclosure: A young girl is abused by her Catholic priest. For years she tells no one, striving to meet her parents and teachers’ expectations that she be a Good Girl—passive, obedient, and devout.

When she learns as an adult that she was not his only victim—there were dozens more—the ensuing criminal trial threatens to overwhelm her. Disassembled by the abuse, she finds community working in an underground hospice for men dying from the still-taboo HIV-AIDS epidemic of the 1980s. In their midst, she recognizes the damage wrought by shame and silence, but she also finds incredible courage and love.

📍Lake House Books, 302 Bridge St., Port Stanley, ON
📆 Saturday, July 12
⏰ 12:00 PM

Hope you can join!

07/11/2025

19/25

Naaahsa Aisinaki! / Naaahsa is an Artist!
Written by Hali Heavy Shield [Kainai Nation of Southern Alberta]
Blackfoot [Káínaa] translation by Norma Jean Russell [Kainai Nation of Southern Alberta] and Faye Heavy Shield [Kainai Nation of Southern Alberta]
Published by Second Story Press, 2023

To learn more about this book and the Collection, visit https://www.ibby-canada.org/indigenous-picture-book.../