CanLit for LittleCanadians

Written by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch Scholastic Press 978-1-5461-0457-5 320 pp. Ages 8–12 April 2026      While the war on Ukraine by Russia c...

Written by Gail Anderson-Dargatz Orca Book Publishers 978-1-4598-3483-5 112 pp. Ages 9-12 R: 2.5 April 2024  There's Nessie, the Loch Ne...

Written by Alice Kuipers Orca Book Publishers 978-1-4598-3774-4 96 pp. Ages 12+ RL 1.9 February 2024   When Dex is dumped by his girlfriend ...

Written and illustrated by Elise Gravel Chronicle Books 978-1-797214917 104 pp. Ages 8-12 September 2022 A killer underwear invasion? It mus...

Written by Joyce Grant Illustrated by Kathleen Marcotte Kids Can Press 978-1-5253-0322-7 56 pp. Ages 9-12 June 2022   With young people retu...

Written by Lorna Schultz Nicholson Lorimer 978-1-4594-1671-0 176 pp. Ages 14-18 RL 2.7 February 2022   When September started, seventeen-yea...

Written by Susan Juby Puffin Canada 978-0-735268722 224 pp. Ages 10+ March 2022  Reviewed from audiobook Rodney's dad used to be famous...

Written by Paul Coccia Lorimer 978-1-4594-1576-8 181 pp. Ages 14+ (RL 2.0) March 2021 Cooper knows he's gay. He was out to his old hocke...

Second Story Press has been celebrating 30 years of publishing children’s fiction, nonfiction and picture books, along with young adult a...

While I am loathe to share my reviews as opinions—I firmly agree with Paulo Coelho who said, “ The world is changed by your example, not ...