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Nice to visit w Marie-Louise Gay's Stella and Sam again w their new board book STELLA AND SAM ABC from @groundwoodbooks.bsky.social Young children will learn letters & more as they follow the sibs in play and learning. Sweet & authentic. canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2026/06/stel... 👍🇨🇦📚

Thank you Helen! The Willow Awards nominees all make for a great summer reading list!

Congratulations to the 2025 @willowawards.bsky.social winners Erin Bow @erinbowbooks.bsky.social, Caroline Fernandez @parentclub.bsky.social and Etta Kaner & Jenna Piechota! Young readers in #Saskatchewan and everywhere know great books. canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2026/05/2025... 👍🇨🇦📚

Hey all. It's come to my attention that some people are scooping my comics and changing the captions, adding themselves as as co-creators. Also that some are scooping my comics & adding their own branding. All without permission. PLEASE DO NOT DO THIS.

Excited about #FIFA World Cup? Want to learn more about soccer? Grab this new #MG #NF book written & illustrated by @kevinarts.bsky.social It's called SOCCEROLOGY: UNBELIEVABLE FACTS AND STORIES ABOUT THE BEAUTIFUL GAME (from Annick Press) canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2026/05/socc... 👍🇨🇦📚

Always a pleasure to get reviewed by such a tireless and insightful champion of Canadian kidlit. Thanks so much, @hkubiw.bsky.social!

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Thanks, Troy. Congrats also for being the review that was up when the blog hit 4M views.

A new #picturebook from @troystory.bsky.social & illustrated by Mike Deas (from @orcabook.bsky.social) may have some fun word play but there's lots for young readers to think about when it comes to friendship. STILL FRIENDS released last week. canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2026/05/stil...

Want fab #CDN summer reading for young readers? The @forestofreading.bsky.social Kid & Teen Committees have you covered w diverse, CDN & recently published books. For ages 8-14: canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2026/05/2026... For ages 14+: canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2026/05/2026...

Debut #picturebook #DrewsSecretTalent by D.D. Sheppard, illustrations by Pheilm Martin from @breakwaterbooks.bsky.social. A gentle, layered & quietly defiant story about trusting who you are, in a perfect match of words and pictures. #CanKidLit #kidlit 👍🏻📚

BRIARWOOD is a one-of-a-kind camp, from its treetop bunkhouses to its steam-powered workings. But for Callie, it's the mystery w her 3xgreat grandfather & its director. A new #MG novel from Natalie Hyde and DCB @cormorantbooks.bsky.social #STEM canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2026/05/bria...

Congratulations to all #CDN authors & illustrators who were honoured at the @forestofreading.bsky.social awards this week. All of you are winners because you give young people great books to read. Special congrats to winners and honour books. canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2026/05/2026... ❤️🇨🇦📚

There's a WORM ON THE JOB. Nothing stops this little guy. He knows his strengths & he can get the job done, even catching a bad guy. New #picturebook written by Maureen Fergus, illus by @paulghammond.bsky.social From @kidscanpress.bsky.social canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2026/05/worm... 👍🇨🇦📚

Nous sommes très heureux d’annoncer le gagnant du prix Peuplier de cette année ! Félicitations à Les mal-aimés, écrit et illustré par Magalie Élément, publié par Éditions Alaska ! 🎉

Keep the applause going for Blue Spruce honour books Fox and the Mystery Letter written and illustrated by Alex G. Griffiths & The Weedflower written by Elizabeth Davaze & illustrated by Marianne Ferrer!!! @owlkids.bsky.social

Readers, it’s officially time we announce this year’s Blue Spruce Award Winner! Can we please get a resounding applause for The Great Dinosaur Sleepover, written by Linda Bailey & illustrated by Joe Bluhm 👏🏼 Congrats!

2026 Yellow Cedar honour books: Spooky Lakes: 25 Strange and Mysterious Lakes That Dot Our Planet by @geodesaurus.bsky.social & Octopus Ocean: Geniuses of the Deep by Mark Leiren-Young! @orcabook.bsky.social

It’s the moment you’ve been waiting for! Who’ll take home the Yellow Cedar Award?! Congrats to A Sick History of Medicine: A Warts-And-All Book Full of Fun Facts and Disgusting Discoveries written by Jelena Poleksic & illustrated by Ella Kasperowicz! 🎉

🥁 Roulements de tambour, s’il vous plaît! Le lauréat du prix Mélèze est... La bibliothèque enchantée 01 Le livre aspirateur écrit par Jocelyn Boisvert et illustré par Enzo et publié par Éditions Michel Quintin ! Félicitations !!!

Les mentions d’honneur de cette année pour Le prix Mélèze sont Comment sauver des chevaux sauvages écrit par Andrée Poulin et illustré par Caroline Lavergne, et Croki écrit par Jacques Goldstyn !

Do you hear all that cheering?! It’s young readers showing their #SchoolLibraryJoy for the Red Maple Award Winner, If We Tell You, written by Nicola Dahlin! Congratulations, Nicola and well deserved 👏🏼 @kidscanpress.bsky.social

And the cheering continues for Red Maple honour books Finding Harmony by Eric Walters and The Factory by @bycatherineegan.bsky.social ! Let’s congratulate them!! 🌳📚 @orcabook.bsky.social

Félicitations aux livres qui ont obtenu une mention d’honneur du prix Tamarac, L'Oracle écrit par Julie Champagne et Quand ils sont venus écrit par Andrée Poulin et illustré par Sophie Casson ! 🎉 Bien mérité !

Qui remportera le prix Tamarac ?! L'affaire Buddy Bussières écrit par François-Martine Bergeron-Mercier et illustré par Mathilde Filippi et publié chez la courte échelle. Applaudissons-les chaleureusement ! 👏🏼

You want to know who the White Pine honour books are, so here goes! Our congratulations go to The History of Everything by @evansvictoria.bsky.social and A Drop in the Ocean by @leataranto.bsky.social ! @harpercollins.bsky.social @arsenalpulp.bsky.social

Emily Varga’s book, For She is Wrath, just received the 2026 #ForestofReading White Pine Award! 🏆 Wow!! It was the most highly voted fiction book among students in grades 9–12. A big congratulations, Emily!

Who are the honour books for Silver Birch Fiction? Death by Whoopee Cushion written by Vicki Grant & Taxi Ghost written and illustrated by @esofii.bsky.social ! @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social

Drum roll, please… The winner of the Silver Birch Express Award is The Great Puptective 02 Purranormal Activity, written and illustrated by Alina Tysoe! A huge congratulations! 👏🏼 Thank you, readers, for voting in #ForestofReading.

Silver Birch Express honour books go to The League of Littles written by @caseylyall.bsky.social and illustrated by @sarafaber.bsky.social and Plant Attack!: The Fascinating Ways Flora Defends Itself written by Erin Silver and illustrated by @whatwouldjuliedraw.bsky.social ! @orcabook.bsky.social

And the winner is… The Last Hope School for Magical Delinquents, written by Nicki Pau Preto! Congratulations, Nicki, for winning the #ForestofReading Silver Birch Fiction Award! 💚 #IReadCanadian @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social

It’s the Festival of Trees day for the @forestofreading.bsky.social of @onlibraryassoc.bsky.social. Young readers will learn the award outcomes of their reading & #CDN authors and illustrators will enjoy being celebrated. Have a great day all! ❤️🇨🇦📚

We’re so excited to be hosting 38 nominated authors and illustrators, 20 vendors, AND 5,000+ young readers at the 2026 Festival! Thank you, Ontario Arts Council and Government of Ontario, for your support in producing this year’s Festival. It's going to be the best one yet! #ForestofReading

Thanks for the shout out, Debbie. ❤️🇨🇦📚

For parents, for soon-to-be parents, for children . . . BEFORE YOU CAME by Anne Renaud & illus by @nahidkazemi.bsky.social (from Peanut Butter Press) will be an emotional read. #picturebook #parents canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2026/05/befo... 👍🇨🇦📚

THE DOOR IS TO OPEN is a new picture book from Kyo Maclear and Julie Morstad. Publ by Tundra. It made me stop and think about doors in a different way. Perspective and promise all in one. canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2026/05/a-do... 👍🇨🇦📚

For #STEM, learning and activities, this new #NF from @anjalijoshi.bsky.social illus by Kathleen Ng is a great example of writing for #MG readers. BUILT LIKE A BUG: HOW INSECTS INSPIRE EVERYDAY INVENTIONS publ by Annick Press. canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2026/05/buil... 👍🇨🇦📚

Suspense? Mystery? Get yourself anything by @kelleyarmstrong.bsky.social Her newest #YA, set in a boarding school for the incredibly wealthy, has murder, romance, secrets & more. A DEADLY INHERITANCE from Tundra Books keeps you guessing. canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2026/05/a-de... 👍🇨🇦📚

There's a new perspective on perspective with @sandradumais.bsky.social's new #picturebook with @owlkids.bsky.social: THE MOUNTAIN THAT WOULDN'T MOVE. Sometimes you have to move when you can't make others do so. (Your friends might not tell you.) canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-...

PT. 1 of #CanadianChildrensBookWeek celebrated by Cormorant Books! Check out more titles for your young readers on our website at www.cormorantbooks.com/DCB-Young-Re... #CanLit #IReadCanadian #Youth #YoungReaders

PT. 2 of #CanadianChildrensBookWeek celebrated by Cormorant Books! More titles at www.cormorantbooks.com/DCB-Young-Re... #CanLit #IReadCanadian #Youth #YoungReaders

On this #EarthDay, Erin Silver's latest #MG #NF GONE FOREVER?: PLACES TO SEE (AND SAVE) BEFORE THEY DISAPPEAR (illus by Xulin Wang @xulinillu.bsky.social) gives us information as well as hope through action. From @orcabook.bsky.social canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2026/04/gone... 👍🇨🇦📚

New #picturebook from @peterhreynolds.bsky.social reminds us to dream big. That's more than knowing what you want to do when you grow up. WHEN YOU DREAM BIG! from Orchard Books takes one child from anxiety about her future to +ve aspiration. canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2026/04/when... 👍📚

‪#MG readers will be thrilled w new #MeiYu graphic novel (Bk 1 LOST AND FOUND won @forestofreading.bsky.social #SilverBirchExpress award) from Mei Yu. Her title, BEST FRIEND, WORST ENEMY, says it all. From Union Square Kids (Thanks, Hachette BGC) canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2026/04/best...

The news from Bologna that Jon Klassen has been awarded the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award is so wonderful! Well deserved. His storytelling through words & illustration is unparalleled. Congratulations to this amazing #CDN author-illustrator. canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2026/04/jon-... 👍🇨🇦📚

New #picturebook by @saraoleary.bsky.social, A FRIEND IS A FRIEND IS A FRIEND, illus by Qin Leng (@groundwoodbooks.bsky.social) shows that we make friends differently & have different kinds of friends & all are OK. #diversity #individuality canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2026/04/a-fr... 👍🇨🇦📚

Congrats to all #CDN authors & illustrators nominated for 2026 Willow Awards @willowawards.bsky.social, Saskatchewan's young readers' choice book awards. Kids may be voting for last year's titles now but they'll get to this TBR shelf soon enough. canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2026/04/2026...

That's right, our 2026 Willow Awards Nominees are here! We've got all your votes for 2025, and we hope to see you at our gala on May 28, 2026 to celebrate our winners from last year!! Happy reading everyone and thanks for supporting great Canadian literature with us!

Yay!! My new book 'If I Could Draw...' is ready to fly! Very grateful for all the hard work from the great team at DC Canada Educational Publishing. 'If I Could Draw...' is a fun picture book about creativity, collaboration & sibling friendship. #kidlit #kidlitart #drawing #Art #siblings #brothers