Huge thank you to #WashingtonCounty, PA for using my book #LilyandthePaperMan during your Hunger and Homelessness week to raise awareness about the increase in food and housing insecurity. @secondstory.bsky.social Video on Instagram (where I'm not) and Facebook for more info. #kidlit #cankidlit

How are you showing kindness today? 💕Celebrate #WorldKindnessDay with these books 📚 Check out these stories that show the impact that a single act of kindness can have! #CanLit #KidLit #Publisher #KindnessDay #booksky

CAN POSTERS KILL? ANTISEMITIC PROPAGANDA AND WORLD WAR II is featured in a piece by @49thshelf.bsky.social on teaching Remembrance Day: kids.49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/11... CAN POSTERS KILL? examines historical posters from WWII to explore the use of propaganda as a tool for spreading hate. #booksky

Second Story Press is featured in a Publisher Spotlight by 49th Shelf! 🌟 @49thshelf.bsky.social Read the full interview with Second Story Press co-publishers Phuong Truong and Emma Rodgers here: 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/11... #Publisher #booksky #CanLit #Interview

Introducing: SHY CAT AND THE STUFF-THE-BUS CHALLENGE by Dian Day and Amanda White 🐈 A heartwarming story about best friends and a nuanced look at food insecurity. Publishing on March 3, 2026! Available for pre-order now 📖 #GraphicNovel #booksky #CanLit #KidLit #Publisher #FoodInsecurity

Happy STEM/STEAM Day to all of the budding scientists, engineers, and innovators out there! ⚙️ Get inspired with these STEM/STEAM reads that show that science, mathematics, and technology is for everyone! #NationalSTEMSTEAMDay #STEMDay #STEAMDay #KidLit #CanLit #booksky

Read Canadian today! 🇨🇦 At Second Story Press, we are proud to publish diverse Canadian voices. Check out some of our latest books for young readers by local Canadian authors and illustrators! #IReadCanadianDay #DesLivresCanadiensPourMoi #CanLit #KidLit #ReadCanadian #booksky

HIDDEN LIVES: STORIES FROM CHILD SURVIVORS OF THE HOLOCAUST edited by Rachelle L. Goldstein and the Hidden Child Foundation is now available. #WWII #AdultNonfiction #HolocaustSurvivors #HolocaustEducation #PubDay #booksky

Grab your tickets for a special exhibition in Montreal, QC, featuring CAN POSTERS KILL? ANTISEMITIC PROPAGANDA AND WORLD WAR II by Jerry Faivish with Kathryn Cole 🎟️ More information and tickets available here: www.jewishpubliclibrary.org/en/events/13... #Montreal #Events #BookEvent #booksky

Cover reveal! I'm so excited to share the cover (and a couple of spooky pages) from ELLIS ON GUARD. Librarians and teachers, message me if you want a review copy! Coming in February, and available for preorder now: 49thshelf.com/Books/E/Elli... #kidlit #booksky #teachersky #librarians

Introducing… ELLIS ON GUARD, written by Sal Sawler (@salsawler.bsky.social) and illustrated by Nandita Ratan! 🐶✨ Publishing in both English and French on February 3, 2026 — available for pre-order now! #CoverReveal #booksky #CanLit #KidLit #NewBooks

The Canadian Jewish News interviewed author Karen Levine about THE LIGHT KEEPER (co-authored with Sheila Baslaw, illustrated by Alice Priestley), which received the Canadian Jewish Literary Award in the Youth category. Read more here: thecjn.ca/arts-culture... #booksky #CanLit #KidLit

Meet Kamala Harris! Find out more about how Kamala Harris got her start in politics in Kate Graham’s latest book, RUN THE WORLD LIKE A GIRL: INTERNATIONAL WOMEN LEADERS! Available now! For readers ages 9-12. #ReadWomen #FeministLit #CanLit #KidLit #Kamala Harris #booksky

Moderated by special guest Dr. Ula Madej-Krupitski, Assistant Professor in the Department of Jewish Studies at McGill University. Copies of CAN POSTERS KILL? will also be available for purchase courtesy of Librairie Bertrand. Tickets available here: www.jewishpubliclibrary.org/en/events/13...

In Montreal, on Thursday, November 13, from 6:30-8:30 PM, the Jewish Public Library Archives is hosting a special exhibition and author talk featuring CAN POSTERS KILL? ANTISEMITIC PROPAGANDA AND WORLD WAR II by Jerry Faivish with Kathryn Cole as part of Jewish Book Month. #Montreal #BookEvent

Celebrate Canadian Library Month by visiting your local library! 📚 This month is a great time to visit your nearest library branch, and find some Second Story Press titles along the way! #CanadianLibraryMonth #OntarioLibraryWeek #Librarian #Publisher #LibrariesForLife #BibliosPourLaVie #booksky

CAN POSTERS KILL? ANTISEMITIC PROPAGANDA AND WORLD WAR II written by Jerry Faivish with Kathryn Cole is out today. CAN POSTERS KILL? takes readers on a visual journey from medieval anti-Jewish artwork to the venomous Nazi propaganda of the Second World War. Available now. #CanLit #YA #booksky

Read an excerpt from TAKE A BREATH OLIVE TRAN (@secondstory.bsky.social), the second book in the acclaimed series by Phuong Truong (with illustrations by Christine Wei). #AmReading #MiddleGrade #Fiction #CanLit open-book.ca/News/Read-an...

HIDDEN LIVES: STORIES FROM CHILD SURVIVORS OF THE HOLOCAUST was reviewed in Library Journal @libraryjournal.bsky.social: www.libraryjournal.com/review/hidde... "An essential educational tool and a profoundly moving tribute." —Library Journal Available on November 4, 2025. #Publisher #booksky

Meet Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila! Learn more about Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila’s path to politics in Kate Graham’s RUN THE WORLD LIKE A GIRL: INTERNATIONAL WOMEN LEADERS. Available now! ✨ For ages 9-12. #ReadWomen #FeministLit #CanLit #KidLit #Publisher #booksky

The 2026 Forest of Reading nominees announced in Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social: quillandquire.com/omni/2026-fo... EVERY LITTLE BIT OLIVE TRAN written by Phuong Truong is among the nominees for the Silver Birch Express award! 🎉 #ForestofReading #booksky #Publisher

EVERY LITTLE BIT OLIVE TRAN by Phuong Truong is nominated for the Silver Birch Express Award! 🎊 The Silver Birch Express Award recognizes fiction and non-fiction titles for grades 3-4. Congratulations! #KidLit #CanLit #AAPIAuthors #ForestofReading

Happy #BookBirthday to Kate Graham’s RUN THE WORLD LIKE A GIRL: INTERNATIONAL WOMEN LEADERS! ⭐ “For collections in need of more diversity in their political leader sections, this book will make a great addition.” —School Library Journal, Starred Review Available now! #MiddleGrade #CanLit #booksky

Happy #BookBirthday to LES HAUTS ET LES BAS by Nancy MacNairn, illustrated by Doruntina Beqiraj, and translated by Isabelle Montagnier! LES HAUTS ET LES BAS is the French edition of UPS AND DOWNS 🫂 Disponible maintenant! / Available now! #CanLit #KidLit #Publisher #LivreFrancais #booksky

What’s new at Second Story Press in October! 👀 #NewBooks #Publisher #CanLit #KidLit

Today is International Day of the Girl Child is “The girl I am, the change I lead: Girls on the frontlines of crisis” 🌟 RUN THE WORLD LIKE A GIRL by Kate Graham highlights the origins of influential women in politics! Available October 14, 2025. #InternationalDayoftheGirlChild #CanLit #KidLit

Eve Zaremba, pioneering feminist, activist, and author, has died peacefully with the assistance of MAID, at home on October 8, 2025, with the love and support of Ottie Lockey, her wife of forty-seven years.

It’s Banned Books Week! 🚫📚 This week is dedicated to fighting book bans, during a time when censorship is more relevant than ever. Book bans disproportionately target underrepresented voices and themes about race, gender identity, and sexual identity and orientation. #BannedBooks #booksky

THE LIGHT KEEPER is the recipient of the Canadian Jewish Literary Award in the Children & Youth category! Congratulations to authors Sheila Baslaw and Karen Levine, and illustrator Alice Priestley! #CJLA #CanLit #KidLit #Publisher

Happy #BookBirthday to LE POUVOIR D'UNE PERLE, translated to French from Kelsey Borgford and Tessa Pizzale's original English language picture book WHAT'S IN A BEAD? Tessa décide de demander à Kohkom de lui apprendre à perler. 6 à 9 ans #booksky

To every teacher and educator around the world: thank you for all of your hard work 🍎 We are grateful to the classrooms that have given Second Story Press books a new home! #WorldTeachersDay #InternationalTeachersDay #Publisher #booksky

October is Global Diversity Awareness Month 🌎 This month is all about celebrating diversity and all of the cultures, backgrounds, and ethnicities that enrich our communities. Swipe for books that feature diverse voices, characters, and perspectives ➡️ #DiversityAwarenessMonth #KidsLit #booksky

I AM NOT A NUMBER by Jenny Kay Dupuis and Kathy Kacer, illustrated by Gillian Newland, was featured in an article from the Hamilton Spectator about truth and reconciliation. Read the full article here: www.thespec.com/opinion/cont...

RUN THE WORLD LIKE A GIRL: INTERNATIONAL WOMEN LEADERS has a starred review in School Library Journal! ⭐ @slj.com "For collections in need of more diversity in their political leader sections, this book will make a great addition." Read the full review: www.slj.com/review/run-t... #booksky

CAN POSTERS KILL?: ANTISEMITIC PROPAGANDA AND WORLD WAR II is Booklist's @ala-booklist.bsky.social Review of the Day! Publishing October 21, 2025. For ages 13+ Read the full ⭐ starred review here: https://www.booklistonline.com/products/9813275 #booksky #WWII

On this day we take the time to reflect on the painful history of residential schools and the impact they continue to have on Indigenous people, their families, and the very fabric of this land we call Canada. #EveryChildMatters #NationalDayforTruthandReconciliation #OrangeShirtDay

What a fun weekend at The Word on the Street Toronto! 📚❤️ It was so great to meet everyone—from readers who are just learning about us for the first time to those who have been reading our books for years! Check out some photos from the festival 📸 #WOTS2025 #Publisher #Toronto #booksky

PODCAST up! We speak with Karin Wells about her new book Women Who Woke up the Law. @writersfest.bc.ca @westcoastleaf.bsky.social @secondstory.bsky.social tiny.cc/z37t001

Join author Kathy Kacer at A Different Drummer Books in Burlington, Ontario to celebrate the launch of her new picture book MEMORY STONES, illustrated by Hayley Lowe! ✨ The launch will be at 2:00 PM on Sunday, October 19, 2025! We hope you can make it! #booksky #publisher #readersky #booklaunch

Authors Jerry Faivish and Kathy Kacer will be on the FOCUS ON: WWII panel at the SLJ Day of Dialog 📖 The FOCUS ON: WWII panel highlights stories centered on WWII and its aftermath and runs from 4:50 - 5:25 PM ET on October 9! Free to attend! #SLJ #SchoolLibraryJournal #DayofDialog #WWII #booksky

Join author Phuong Truong from 11:00 to 11:25 AM EST for the What’s New in Chapter Books panel, where she’ll be discussing the latest book in her Olive Tran series: TAKE A BREATH OLIVE TRAN 🍕 @slj.com #SLJ #SchoolLibraryJournal #LibraryBooks #booksky

This week is Gender Equality Week 💪 We’re celebrating the feats and achievements of women, and recognizing the important work that goes into lessening gender gaps. Check out these books that feature women as leaders for generations to come! #FeministBooks #GenderEqualityWeek #ReadWomen #booksky

"One day, she just had enough." Welcome to Season 2 of Verdicts and Voices. To start the new season, host Alison Crawford is joined by journalist Karin Wells for a discussion about the women behind landmark cases in Canadian law. 🎧 Listen here: https://bit.ly/4nGACO0 @secondstory.bsky.social

2/2 ...and Grey Dog by @elliottgish.bsky.social from @ecwpress.bsky.social & More Than a Footnote by Karin Wells from @secondstory.bsky.social. URLS = alt-text. #SmallPress #books #DSPBposts #BookSky

Join us this weekend, September 27-28, at The Word On The Street Toronto 📚 Come say hi and browse all our latest books! ⏰ Saturday, 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM & Sunday, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM 🗺️ David Pecaut Square, 215 King Street W, Toronto, ON 📍Zone B Booth B23 #WOTS2025 #MeetMeAtWOTS #booksky

Michael Hutchinson's THE CASE OF THE PILFERED PIN is included in CCBC's Truth and Reconciliation Book List @kidsbookcentre.bsky.social THE CASE OF THE PILFERED PIN is the fifth book in the Mighty Muskrats series Check out the full list here: bookcentre.ca/blogs/articl... #booksky

STOLEN WORDS by Melanie Florence and illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard is in The Review's list of books for National Day of Truth and Reconciliation Check out their full list, complete with tips on how to talk about residential schools and reconciliation with children: thereview.ca/2025/09/22/t...

Karin Wells's WOMEN WHO WOKE UP THE LAW featured in On Our Bookshelf, by the Women's History Project 🍁 On Our Bookshelf shares books by and about women! Read more here: womenshistoryproject.substack.com/p/on-our-boo... #ReadWomen #FeministBooks #booksky

Today is International Equal Pay Day, a day dedicated to raising awareness about the gender wage gap. On this day, we’re sharing books that detail historic moments in Canadian history where individuals and groups fought for equal pay. #EqualPayDay #booksky #PayEquity #FeministBooks

Motherlike by Katherine Leyton is a finalist for the Ottawa Book Awards! 🎉 Nominated in the English Non-fiction category, Motherlike is a memoir on motherhood and a rumination on what it means to be a woman. Congratulations to Katherine! #Booksky #Memoir #ReadWomen #FeministBooks