YA Posts
Most Anticipated: Our Spring 2016 Children's Book Preview
Gorgeous picture books, middle -grade books to get kids hooked on reading, and hard-hitting YA titles.
Notes from a Children's Librarian: Dystopian YA
Strong female characters dominate these dystopian tales for teens, with common themes of environmental decay, orphanhood, and the question of knowing …
Colleen Nelson's Anti-Bullying Booklist
These are stories that can empower readers to "stand up to bullying" once and for all.
Shelf Talkers: September 2015
I thought I had it all worked out: keep the book in your lap, and glance down to read when the teacher’s not looking. Keep the book you want to read …
Most Anticipated: Our Fall 2015 Books for Young People Preview
Canadian children's literature has never been so good.
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BC Books From the Lower Mainland (Kids/Teens)
Magnetic North, by Jeff Norton
How an author's memories influenced the final book in his YA fantasy series.
Cover Reveal! Mad Miss Mimic by Sarah Henstra
We are ridiculously excited to to reveal the cover of this forthcoming novel.
Suri Rosen on YA and Making the Possible … Possible
Sometimes we need a different kind of world-building in YA.
Middle-Grade Mojo, by Jeff Norton
Jeff Norton on why middle-grade reading is so much fun—and so important.