With the new season and the new year comes a new selection of books set for release. I know things are still messed up with respect to publishing books and getting them from printers into the hands of readers but here's hoping that things start to get back to normal in 2022. (Fingers crossed.) That said, I came across numerous anomalies of books set for release whose release dates differ depending on my information source. Please recognize that the information presented here is as accurate as it can be at this time. Hopefully it will be sufficient to get readers excited about new books by their favourite authors and illustrators and about sequels in favourite series enough to pre-order or purchase when available.
What am I most looking forward to reading? There are too many to list but if I had to choose my top ten (and even those are very hard to choose), they would be:
- Eight Days by Teresa Toten (Scholastic Canada)
- Echoes and Empires by Morgan Rhodes (Razorbill)
- The Fort by Gordon Korman (Scholastic)
- Me Three by Susan Juby (Puffin Canada)
- Murder at the Hotel Hopeless by John Lekich (Orca)
- The Oracle of Avaris by Alisha Sevigny (Dundurn)
- The Red Palace by June Hur (Feiwel and Friends)
- Step by Deborah Ellis (Groundwood)
- These Are Not the Words by Amanda West Lewis (Groundwood)
- The Weird Sisters: A Note, a Goat and a Casserole by Mark David Smith, illus. by Kari Rust (Owlkids)
- When the Wind Came by Jan Andrews, illus. by Dorothy Leung (Kids Can Press)
Ah. So many books, so little time to read. I wonder if I'll even get to these ten. Here's hoping you'll find something in this new season of books to tickle your funny bone, take you to new worlds, inform your curious soul, or even give you a tender cry. I know I will.
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Picture Books
I Love You More by Emil Sher, illus. by Barbara Reid (Scholastic Canada)
Love, Violet by Charlotte Sullivan Wild, illus. by Charlene Chua (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
The Magic Shell by Jillian Christmas, illus. by Diana G. A. Mungaray (Orca)
On Baba's Back by Marianne Dubuc (Princeton Architectural Press)
Noodin's Perfect Day by Ansley Simpson, illus. by Rhael McGregor (Flamingo Rampant)
Petal the Angry Cow by Maureen Fergus, illus. by Olga Demidova (Tundra)
Early Readers and Middle Grade Fiction
Beatrice and Croc Harry by Lawrence Hill (HarperCollins)
Eight Days by Teresa Toten (Scholastic Canada)
Forever Birchwood by Danielle Daniel (HarperCollins)
The Ice Chips and the Grizzly Escape by Roy MacGregor and Kerry MacGregor, illus. by Kim Smith (HarperCollins)>>>Book 5 in Ice Chips series
Metatron's Children by Chy Ryan Spain, illus. by Sydney Kuhne (Orca) >>> Book 1 of new series
The Oracle of Avaris by Alisha Sevigny (Dundurn)>>>Book 3 in The Secrets of the Sands series
Sneaks by Catherine Egan (Knopf Books for Young Readers)
WARNED: The Astrologer's Prophecy by Mahtab Narsimhan (Stardust Stories)>>> Book 1 in new series Eerie Tales from the East
Young Adult
Echoes and Empires by Morgan Rhodes (Razorbill)>>> Book 1 in new fantasy
Like Home by Louisa Onomé (HarperCollins)
Mountain Runaways by Pam Withers (Dundurn)
The Red Palace by June Hur (Feiwel and Friends)
Non-Fiction
Big as a Giant Snail by Jess Keating, illus. by David DeGrand (Knopf Books for Young Readers)
Kaakuluk: Orcas! >>> Kaakuluk 11
Kaakuluk: Walruses! >>> Kaakuluk 10
Muinji'j Asks Why The Story of the Mi'kmaq and the Shubenacadie Residential School by Shanika McEachern (Nimbus)
Ukaliq: Caribou! >>> Fun for Little Nunavummiut 6, activity book; Inuktitut and English edition
Ukaliq: Snowy Owls!>>> Fun for Little Nunavummiut 6, activity book; Inuktitut and English edition
Urgent Message from a Hot Planet: Navigating the Climate Crisis by Ann Eriksson, illus. by Belle Wuthrich (Orca) >>> Orca Issues 6
Where Did We Come From? by Chris Ferrie (Sourcebooks)
Picture Books
Calm by Dr. Jillian Roberts (Orca)
A Long Way Home by Jean Little, illus. by Gabrielle Grimard (Scholastic Canada)
Rodney was a Tortoise by Nan Forler, illus. by Yong Ling Kang (Tundra)
Hat Cat by Troy Wilson, illus. by Eve Coy (Candlewick)
I Can See You by Rosemarie Avrana Meyok, illus. by Michelle Simpson (Inhabit Media)
Midnight & Moon by Kelly Cooper, illus. by Daniel Miyares (Tundra)
Mina by Matthew Forsythe (Simon & Schuster)
Olivia Wrapped in Vines by Maude Nepveu-Villeneuve, illus. by Sandra Dumais (Orca)
Early Readers and Middle Grade Fiction
The Gift of the Little People: A Six Seasons of the Asiniskaw Ithiniwak Story by William Dumas, illus. by Rhian Brynjolson (HighWater Press)
Giju's Gift by Brandon Mitchell, illus. by Veronika Barinova and Britt Wilson (HighWater Press) >>>graphic novel
The Overwood by Gabrielle Prendergast (Orca)>>> Orca Currents
Shooting Stars by Kevin Sylvester (Scholastic Canada) >>> Hockey Super Six series
Simon & Chester: Super Detectives by Cale Atkinson (Tundra) >>> graphic novel
Willpower by Marty Chan (Orca) >>> Orca Currents
Young Adult
The Chandler Legacies by Abdi Nazemian (Balzer & Bray)
Creeboy by Teresa Wouters (Lorimer)
Denial by Lorna Schultz Nicholson (Lorimer)
Depth of Field by Natasha Deen (Orca) >>> Orca Soundings
Face the Music by Lesley Choyce (Orca) >>> Orca Soundings
Grave Message by Mary Jennifer Payne (Orca) >>> Orca Anchor
In the Serpent's Wake by Rachel Hartman (Penguin Teen)
One Last Job by Sean Rodman (Orca) >>> Orca Anchor
The Ooze by Tash McAdam (Orca) >>> Orca Anchor
Trapped by Sigmund Brouwer (Orca) >>> Orca Anchor
Non-Fiction
5 Butterflies by Carol Pasternak (Fitzhenry & Whiteside)
The Sixties Scoop and the Stolen Lives of Indigenous Children (Righting Canada's Wrongs) by Andrew Bomberry and Jane Hubbard (Lorimer)
Picture Books
Alphabet Antics by Robert Heidbreder, illus. by Philippe Béha (Tradewind Books)
Ben the Sea Lion by Roy Henry Vickers with Robert Budd (Harbour Publishing)
Bharatanatyam in Ballet Shoes by Mahak Jain, illus. by Anu Chouhan (Annick Press)
Daphne's Bees by Catherine Dempsey, illus. by Veselina Tomova (Running the Goat)
Dinosaur Dance-off by Jorden Foss, illus. by Sara Theuerkauf (Owlkids)
Grumble, Yawn by Deborah Kerbel, illus. by Jacqui Lee (Orca)
Howdy, I'm Flores LaDue by Ayesha Clough, illus. by Hugh Rockwood with Keagan Starlight (Red Barn Books)
I'm Not Sydney! by Marie-Louise Gay (Groundwood)
I'm The Boss! by Elise Gravel (Orca)
It's Me Henry! by Stéphanie Deslauriers, illus. by Geneviève Després (Orca)
Journey of the Midnight Sun by Shazia Afzal, illus. by Aliya Ghare (Orca)
Kunoichi Bunny by Sara Cassidy, illus. by Brayden Sato (Orca)
Martin and the River by Jon-Erik Lappano, illus. by Josée Bisaillon (Groundwood)
My Delicious Garden by Anne-Marie Fortin, illus. by Julien Castanié (Owlkids)
A Park Connects Us by Sarah Nelson, illus. by Ellen Rooney (Owlkids)
Spring Song! by Sheree Fitch, illus. by Debbie Pestid (Nimbus)
Sweater by Emily Hepditch (Flanker Press/Pennywell Books)
Twelve in a Race by Catherine Little, illus. by Sae Kimura (Plumleaf Press)
Tug: A Log Boom's Journey by Scot Ritchie (Groundwood)
Tug: A Log Boom's Journey by Scot Ritchie (Groundwood)
The Tunnel by Sarah Howden, illus. by Erika Rodriguez Medina (Owlkids)
This is the Boat that Ben Built by Jen Lynn Bailey, illus. by Maggie Zeng (Pajama Press)
While We Wait by Judy Ann Sadler, illus. by Élodie Duhameau (Owlkids)
Early Readers and Middle Grade Fiction
Anne's Tragical Tea Party (Inspired by Anne of Green Gables) by Kallie George, illus. by Abigail Halpin (Tundra)
Fire on the Mountain by Pamela McDowell, illus. by Dana Barton (Orca) >>> Orca Echoes
For the Record by Monique Polak (Owlkids)
The Grave Thief by Dee Hahn (Puffin Canada)
HAUNTED: The Cursed Lake by Mahtab Narsimhan (Stardust Stories) >>> Book 2 in Eerie Tales from the East
Lark has the Shivers by Natasha Deen, illus. by Marcus Cutler (Orca) >>> Orca Echoes
Me Three by Susan Juby (Puffin Canada)
On the Line by Eric Walters and Paul Coccia (Orca)
Operation Do-Over by Gordon Korman (Scholastic Canada)
Putuguq and Kublu and the Attack of the Amautalik by Roselynn Akulukjuk and Danny Christopher, illus. by Astrid Arijanto (Inhabit Media)>>>Putuguq and Kublu 3
Sparks! Future Purrfect by Ian Boothby, illus. by Nina Matsumoto (Scholastic Graphix) >>> Book 3 in Sparks! graphic novel series
Step by Deborah Ellis (Groundwood)>>>short story collection
Water, Water by Cary Fagan, illus. by Jon McNaught (Tundra)
Young Adult
The Ribbon Leaf by Lori Weber (Red Deer Press)
Wrong Side of the Court by H. N. Khan (Penguin Teen)
Non-Fiction
Animals Move by Jane Whittingham (Pajama Press) >>> Big, Little Concepts 3
Baby Loon by Aubrey Lang, photos by Wayne Lynch (Fitzhenry & Whiteside)
Fashion Forward: Striving for Sustainable Style by Raina Delisle (Orca) >>> Orca Footprints 22
Fresh Air, Clean Water: Our Right to a Healthy Environment by Megan Clendenan, illus. by Julie McLaughlin (Orca) >>> Orca Think 4
Haunted Canada 11: Frightening True Tales by Joel A. Sutherland (Scholastic Canada)
I Can't Do What? Strange Laws and Rules from Around the World by Heather Camelot (Fitzhenry & Whiteside)
Inuit Relocations: Resilience and Reconciliation (Righting Canada's Wrongs) by Frank Tester and Krista Ulujuk Zawadski (Lorimer)
Meet Mary Ann Shadd by Elizabeth MacLeod, illus. by Mike Deas (Scholastic Canada) >>> Scholastic Canada Biography
Salmon: Swimming for Survival by Rowena Rae (Orca) >>> Orca Wild 8
West Coast Wild at Low Tide by Deborah Hodge, illus. by Karen Reczuch (Groundwood)
Wildlife of the Rockies for Kids by Wayne Lynch (Fitzhenry & Whiteside)
Picture Books
Abalone Woman by Teoni Spathelfer, illus. by Natassia Davies (Heritage House)
Abuelita and Me by Leonarda Carranza, illus. by Rafael Mayani (Annick Press)
After It Rains: A Counting Book by Joanne Schwartz, illus. by Angela Doak (Nimbus)
As Glenn As Can Be by Sarah Ellis, illus. by Nancy Vo (Groundwood)
Bedtime in Nunatsiavut by Reann Brown (Arsenal Pulp Press)
Finding Moose by Sue Farrell Holler, illus. by Jennifer Faria (Pajama Press)
Flock by Sara Cassidy, illus. by Geraldo Valério (Groundwood)
Free by Barroux (Owlkids)
Give Me a Snickle! by Alisha Sevigny (Orca)
Great Job, Dad! by Holman Wang (Tundra)
Great Job, Mom! by Holman Wang (Tundra)
A Home for Us by Sharon Jennings, illus. by Eva Campbell (Red Deer Press)
I Make Space by Sara Cassidy, illus. by Jimmy Tigani (Orca)
In the Clouds by Elly Mackay (Tundra)
Just Bea by Kari-Lynn Winters, illus. by Nahid Kazemi (Tradewind Books)
The Magical Sturgeon by Joseph Dandurand, illus. by Elinor Atkins (Nightwood Editions)
Mermaid Lullaby by Briana Corr Scott (Nimbus)
The Moon is a Silver Pond and The Sun is a Peach by Sara Cassidy, illus. by Josée Bisaillon (Orca)>>> two stories in a flippable book format
Over by the Harbour: Counting by Outport in Newfoundland and Labrador by Dwayne Lafitte, illus. by Thérèse Cilia (Nimbus)
Pink Is for Everybody by Ella Russell, illus. by Udayana Lugo (Owlkids)
Quiet, Please! by Russ Willms (Orca)
Rainy Days by Deborah Kerbel, illus. by Miki Sato (Pajama Press) >>> Book 4 in Weather Days series
Sun in My Tummy by Laura Alary, illus. by Andrea Blinick (Pajama Press)
The Three Bears and Goldilocks by Bee Waeland (Orca)
When I Listen to Silence by Jean E. Pendziwol, illus. by Carmen Mok (Groundwood)
Whirl by Deborah Kerbel, illus. by Josée Bisaillon (Owlkids)
Early Readers and Middle Grade Fiction
Abby in Oz by Sarah Mlynowski (Scholastic) >>> Whatever After Special Edition #2
The Amajurjuk by Levi Illuitok, illus. by Ben Shannon (Inhabit Media)
Bear in the Family by Eric Walters, illus. by Olga Barinova (Orca) >>> Orca Echoes
Bee & Flea and the Compost Caper by Anna Humphrey, illus. by Mike Deas (Owlkids)
A Bend in the Breeze by Valerie Sherrard (DCB)
Boy in the Blue Hammock by Darren Groth (Night Editions)
The Fabled Stables: Belly of the Beast by Jonathan Auxier, illus. by Olga Demidova (Tundra) >>> The Fabled Stables 3
Just Dance by Sarah Mlynowski (Scholastic) >>> Whatever After #15
Last Week by Bill Richardson, illus. by Émilie Leduc (Groundwood)
Lucy and Dee: The Silk Road by Kirsten Marion (Common Deer Press)
Moonwalking by Zetta Elliott and Lyn Miller-Lachmann (Farrar, Straus and Grioux)
The Not-So-Uniform Life of Holly-Mei by Christina Matula (Inkyard Press)
Peanut Butter and Chaos: The Mythic Adventures of Samuel Templeton by Anita Daher (Yellow Dog)
The Science of Boys by Emily Seo, illus. by Gracey Zhang (Tradewind Books)
The Tales of Dwipa by Prajwala Dixit, illus. by Duncan Major (Breakwater Books)
These Are Not the Words by Amanda West Lewis (Groundwood)
The Triangle Secret by David Cole, illus. by Shannon O'Toole (Common Deer Press) >>> The Math Kids, Book 6
The Weird Sisters: A Note, a Goat and a Casserole by Mark David Smith, illus. by Kari Rust (Owlkids)>>>new mystery series
Young Adult
Boys and Girls Screaming by Kern Carter (DCB)
Queen's Hope (Star Wars) by E. K Johnston (Disney Lucasfilm Press) >>> sequel to Queen's Peril and Queen's Shadow
Sulfur Heart by Brooke Carter (Orca) >>> Orca Soundings
Version Control by David A. Robertson, illus. by Scott B. Henderson, colour by Donovan Yaciuk (HighWater Press) >>> The Reckoner Rises 2
The Summer Between Us by Andre Fenton (Lorimer)
Non-Fiction
Dig, Dance, Dive: How Birds Move to Survive by Etta Kaner, illus. by June Steube (Owlkids)
Flowers Are Pretty ... Weird! by Rosemary Mosco, illus. by Jacob Souva (Tundra)
Same Here! The Differences We Share by Susan Hughes (Owlkids Books)
The Seal Garden by Ian McAllister and Nicholas Read (Orca) >>> My Great Bear Rainforest 3
Sky Wolf's Call: The Gift of Indigenous Knowledge by Eldon Yellowhorn (Annick Press)
Who's Looking? How Animals See the World by Carol Matas, illus. by Cornelia Li (Orca)
Picture Books
All Cats Welcome by Susin Nielsen, illus. by Vivian Mineker (Atheneum Books for Young Readers)
Amy Wu and the Warm Welcome by Kat Zhang, illus. by Charlene Chua (Simon & Schuster)
Amy Wu and the Warm Welcome by Kat Zhang, illus. by Charlene Chua (Simon & Schuster)
And J. J. Slept by Loretta Garbutt, illus. by Erika Rodriguez Medina (Kids Can Press)
Another Squiggly Story by Andrew Larsen, illus. by Mike Lowery (Kids Can Press)
Be a Good Ancestor by Leona Prince and Gabrielle Prince, illus. by Carla Joseph (Orca)
Bibi's Got Game: A Story about Tennis, Meditation and a Dog Named Coco by Bianca Andreescu with Mary Beth Leatherdale, illus. by Chelsea O'Byrne (Tundra)
Bye Bye Binary by Eric Geron, illus. by Charlene Chua (HarperCollins)
Charlotte Diamond's Animal Friends: A Collection of Songs by Charlotte Diamond, illus. by Eunji Jung (Orca)
A Day for Sandcastles by JonArno Lawson, illus. by Qin Leng (Candlewick)
The Family Tree by Sean Dixon, illus. by Lily Snowden-Fine (Tundra)
A Garden of Creatures by Sheila Heti, illus. by Esmé Shapiro (Tundra)
I's the B'y: The Beloved Newfoundland Folk Song, illus. by Lauren Soloy (Greystone Books)
The Language of Flowers by Dena Seiferling (Tundra)
Like Cats and Dogs by Mélanie Perreault, illus. by Marion Arbona (Second Story Press)
Little Pine Cone: Wildfires and the Natural World by Johanna Wagstaffe, illus. by Julie McLaughlin (Orca)
Lizzy and the Cloud by Eric Fan and Terry Fan (Simon & Schuster)
ka-aciwikicik / The Move by Doris George and Don K. Philpot, illus. by Alyssa Koski (Heritage House) >>> bilingual edition (Cree/English)
Nature is an Artist by Jennifer Lavallee, illus. by Natalia Colombo (Greystone Books)
Pugs Cause Traffic Jams by Jennifer McGrath, illus. by Kathryn Durst (Kids Can Press)
Runs With the Stars / Wiijibibamatoon Anangoonan by Heather M. O'Connor and Darcy Whitecrow, illus. by Lenny Lishchenko (Second Story Press) >>> dual-language in English and Ojibwa
Sitting Shiva by Erin Silver, illus. by Michelle Theodore (Orca)
Sun Wishes by Patricia Storms, illus. by Milan Pavlovic (Groundwood)
Sweetgrass by Theresa Meuse, illus. by Jessica Jerome (Nimbus)>>>Indigenous Knowledge Series
Tanna's Lemming by Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley, illus. by Tamara Campeau (Inhabit Media)
Up and Adam by Debbie Zapata, illus. by Yong Ling Kang (Kids Can Press)
Whistling for Angela by Robin Heald, illus. by Peggy Collins (Pajama Press)
Wildflower by Melanie Brown, illus. by Sara Gillingham (Greystone Books)
Early Readers and Middle Grade Fiction
Alina in a Pinch by Shenaaz Nanji (Second Story Press)
Harvey Takes the Lead by Colleen Nelson (Pajama Press)
Hermit Hill by Mike Deas and Nancy Deas (Orca) >>> Book 3 in Sueño Bay Adventures graphic novel series
Hush, Puppy by Sigmund Brouwer, illus. by Sabrina Gendron (Orca)>>> Orca Echoes
Linty: A Pocketful of Adventures by Mike Shiell (Kids Can Press)>>> graphic novel
Project Bollywood by Mahtab Narsimhan (Orca) >>> Orca Currents
Scaredy Squirrel Gets a Surprise by Melanie Watt (Tundra) >>>2nd book in Scaredy's Nutty Adventures graphic novel series
The Secret Diary of Mona Hasan by Salma Hussein (Tundra)
Shadow Grave by Marina Cohen (Roaring Brook Press)
She Holds Up the Stars by Sandra Laronde (Annick Press)
ValHamster by Angela Misri (DCB) >>> Tales from the Apocalypse
What the Dog Knows by Sylvia McNicoll (Dundurn)
Young Adult
The Backbone of Night by GMB Chomichuk (Yellow Dog) >>> Book 2 in The Automatic Age Saga
The Limitless Sky by Christina Kilbourne (Dundurn)
The Queen of Junk Island by Alexandra Mae Jones (Annick Press)
Rachel Bird by Becky Citra (Second Story Press)
White Lies by Sara de Waard (DCB)
Wish Upon a Satellite by Sophie Labelle (Second Story Press)
Non-Fiction
Animals Illustrated: Ringed Seal by William Flaherty, illus. by Sara Otterstatter (Inhabit Media) >>> Book 9 in series
The Astronomer Who Questioned Everything: The Story of Maria Mitchell by Laura Alary, illus. by Ellen Rooney (Kids Can Press)
Better Connected: How Girls Are Using Social Media for Good by Tanya Lloyd Kyi and Julia Kyi, illus. by Vivian Rosas (Orca) >>> Orca Think 5
City Streets are for People by Andrea Curtis, illus. by Emma FitzGerald (Groundwood)>>> ThinkCities 3
The Global Ocean by Rochelle Strauss (Kids Can Press)>>> CitizenKid
Granville Island ABC: A Family Adventure by Alison Kelly, illus. by Linda Sharp (Heritage House)
Naked: Not Your Average Sex Encyclopedia by Myriam Daguzan Bernier, illus. by Cécile Gariépy, trans. by Charles Simard (Orca)
Our Green City by Tanya Lloyd Kyi, illus. by Colleen Larmour (Kids Can Press)
Rush Hour: Navigating Our Global Traffic Jam by Erin Silver (Orca) >>> Orca Footprints
Sand Between My Toes: Summer Activity Book by Erin Alladin (Pajama Press)
Trapped in Terror: Solving the Mystery of the Lost Franklin Expedition by Sigmund Brouwer (Kids Can Press)
West Coast Wild ABC by Deborah Hodge, illus. by Karen Reczuch (Groundwood)
Why Humans Work: How Jobs Shape Our Lives and Our World by Monique Polak, illus. by Suharu Ogawa (Orca) >>> Orca Think
Picture Books
First Broom by Kallie George, illus. by Joelle Murray (Cartwheel Books)
My LaLa by Thomas King, illus. by Charlene Chua (Tundra)
Room for More by Michelle Kadarusman, illus. by Maggie Zeng (Pajama Press)
Professor Goose Debunks Goldilocks and the Three Bears by Paulette Bourgeois, illus. by Alex G. Griffiths (Tundra)
Soccer Baby by Diane Adams, illus. by Charlene Chua (Viking Kids)
Tâpwê and the Magic Hat by Buffy Sainte-Marie, illus. by Michelle Allyn Clement (Greystone Books)
Tayra's Not Talking by Lana Button, illus. by Christine Battuz (Kids Can Press)
Una Huna?: Ukpik Learns to Sew by Susan Aglukark, illus. by Amiel Sandland and Rebecca Brook (Inhabit Media)
We Adopted a Baby Chick by Lori Joy Smith (Tundra)
Wheels, No Wheels by Shannon McNeill (Tundra)
When the Wind Came by Jan Andrews, illus. by Dorothy Leung (Kids Can Press)
Wild about Camping by Jane Whittingham, illus. by Bryanna Chapeskie (Nimbus)
You Are My Favorite Color by Gillian Sze, illus. by Nina Mata (Philomel Books)
Early Readers and Middle Grade Fiction
Cat's Cradle: The Golden Twine by Jo Rioux (First Second) >>> graphic novel
The Final Trial by Kelley Armstrong >>> Royal Guide to Monster Slaying, Book 4
The Fort by Gordon Korman (Scholastic)
Sloth Sleuth by Cyndi Marko (HMH)
Threshold by Angela J. Reynolds (Moose House Publications)
Wednesday Wilson Fixes All Your Problems by Bree Galbraith, illus. by Morgan Goble (Kids Can Press)>>> Wednesday Wilson Book 2
Wild Ghost Chase by Deborah Toogood (Nimbus)>>sequel to Chasing the Phantom Ship
Young Adult
Nathalie: An Acadian's Tale of Triumph and Tragedy by Debra Camelin (Ronsdale)
The Signs and Wonders of Tuna Rashad by Natasha Deen (Running Press Kids)
TJ Powar Has Something to Prove by Jasmeen Kaur Deo (Viking)
When the Dikes Breached by Martha Attema (Ronsdale)
Non-Fiction
Can You Believe It? How to Spot Fake News and Find the Facts by Joyce Grant, illus. by Kathleen Marcotte (Kids Can Press)
The Fossil Whisperer: How Wendy Sloboda Discovered a Dinosaur by Helaine Becker, illus. by Sandra Dumais (Kids Can Press)
Funny Gyal: My Fight Against Homophobia in Jamaica by Angeline Jackson with Susan McLelland (Dundurn)
Funny Gyal: My Fight Against Homophobia in Jamaica by Angeline Jackson with Susan McLelland (Dundurn)
Haunted Canada: The Third Terrifying Collection by Joel A. Sutherland (Scholastic Canada)
Inuunira: A Story of Survival by Brian Koonoo, illus. by Ben Shannon (Inhabit Media)
Inuunira: A Story of Survival by Brian Koonoo, illus. by Ben Shannon (Inhabit Media)
Picture Books
Akpa's Journey by Mia Pelletier, illus. by Kagan McLeod (Inhabit Media)
Amik's Big Day by Nancy Cooper, illus. by Joshua Pawis Steckley (Owlkids)
Blanket by Ruth Ohi (Groundwood)
Boobies by Nancy Vo (Groundwood)
Brady Brady and the Cranky Kicker by Mary Shaw, illus. by Chuck Temple (Scholastic Canada)
The Further Adventures of Miss Petitfour by Anne Michaels, illus. by Emma Block (Tundra) >>> collection
How to Party Like a Snail by Naseem Hrab, illus. by Kelly Collier (Owlkids)
Kindness is a Golden Heart by Jessica Kluthe, illus. by Charlene Chua (Orca)
The Late, Great Endlings: Stories of the Last Survivors by Deborah Kerbel, illus. by Aimée van Drimmelen (Orca)
The Lonely Little Lighthouse by Lana Shupe, illus. by Maria Lesage (Nimbus)
Luna’s Green Pet by Kirsten Pendreigh, illus. by Carmen Mok (Sleeping Bear Press)
Sharon, Lois and Bram's One Elephant Went Out to Play by Randi Hampson, illus. by Qin Leng (Tundra)
A Spoonful of Frogs by Casey Lyall, illus. by Vera Brosgol (Greenwillow Books)
The Three Hunters by Raymond Gianfrancesco and Grade 4 Class of Leo Ussak School, illus. by Thamires Paredes (Inhabit Media)
The Ugly Place by Laura Deal, illus. by Emma Pedersen (Inhabit Media)
When Spider Met Shrew by Deborah Kerbel, illus. by Geneviève Côté (Groundwood)
Early Readers and Middle Grade Fiction
Asha and Baz Meet Mary Sherman Morgan by Caroline Fernandez, illus. by Dharmali Patel (Common Deer Press)
Autumn Bird and the Crow by Melanie Florence and Richard Scrimger (Scholasatic Canada)
Berani by Michelle Kadarusman (Pajama Press)
Boldly Go by Eric Walters (Orca) Book 2 in Teen Astronauts series
The Book of Elsie by Joanne Levy (Orca)
Burt's Way Home by John Martz (Tundra) >>> graphic novel
Crimson Twill: Witch in the City by Kallie George, illus. by Birgitta Sif (Candlewick)
Forever Truffle by Fanny Britt, illus. by Isabelle Arsenault (Groundwood) >>> graphic novel
Horror House by Jeff Szpirglas (Scholastic Canada) >>> Countdown to Danger
Luna by Loraine Kemp (Crwth Press)
Made 4 You by Eric Walters (DCB)
Nosy Parker by Lesley Crewe (Nimbus)
The Return of the Mummy by Dom Pelletier (Scholastic Canada) >>> The Lunch Club #5 graphic novel series
Ride On by Faith Erin Hicks (First Second) >>> graphic novel
The Stone Child by David A. Robertson (Puffin Canada) >>> The Misewa Saga, Book 3
Winterkill by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch (Scholastic)
Young Adult
Careful What You Wish For by Mahtab Narsimhan (Orca)
Faded Glimpses of Time by Nyah Nichol (Common Deer Press) >>> The Tempus Trilogy Book 2
Meet Me in Mumbai by Sabina Khan (Scholastic)
Murder at the Hotel Hopeless by John Lekich (Orca)
Then Everything Happens at Once by M-E Girard (HarperTeen)
Non-Fiction
Baby Alligator by Aubrey Lang, photos by Wayne Lynch (Fitzhenry & Whiteside)
The Girl Who Built an Ocean by Jess Keating, illus. by Michelle Mee Nutter (Knopf)
Kid Trailblazers: True Tales of Childhood from Changemakers and Leaders by Robin Stevenson, illus. by Allison Steinfeld (Quirk Books) >>> Kid Legends series
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Enough? Yes and no. This listing will give readers a wonderful glimpse of books coming out in 2022 but, and it's a huge but, I know that there are more written by Canadian creators that I have missed, especially released by non-Canadian publishers, and there are many more titles that will be revealed as the year progresses. (I know many publishers are being cautious about release dates with delays due to supply chain disruptions.) Look for my July 1st posting with the releases for the last six months of 2022. Until then, happy reading!
