ArticlesAmanda Sanders
Amanda Sanders lives with her husband and two sons in Edmonton, Alberta, where she spends her time homeschooling her eldest, reading, hiking, and camping.
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Young Adult/ChildrenDouble feature: Mystery where a cat runs the show, and a history of humanity’s relationship to water
Colleen Nelson, a middle school teacher in Winnipeg, Manitoba, is releasing two new titles for middle years readers this spring: Mystery at the Biltmore #2: The Classified Catnapping, and Making a Splash: How Humans Consume, Control and Care for Water, a non-fiction book about water use and conservation across the globe and throughout history. -
Young Adult/ChildrenResearch grows into graphic novel following 2SLGBTQIA+ Indigenous hockey player
Albert McLeod, together with Elaine Mordoch, Sonya Ballantyne, and illustrator Alice RL, have created Between the Pipes, a YA graphic novel about a 2SLGBTQIA+ Indigenous hockey player named Chase, who is struggling to come to terms with his identity, and how the Elders in Chase’s community and their cultural teachings play a vital role in supporting him. -
Young Adult/ChildrenChildren’s book fills gap, sharing reality of ranch life in Saskatchewan
The family on the Circle Star Ranch returns in Jackie Cameron’s second novel for early readers, Lost Treasure on the Circle Star Ranch. -
FeaturesPair of books celebrate Calgary Stampede traditions of chuckwagon racing, pancake breakfasts
For over 100 years people have converged on the city of Calgary for the Calgary Stampede for 10 days in July. Books celebrating the centennials of two Stampede traditions – chuckwagon racing and pancake breakfasts – are being published this year. -
Young Adult/ChildrenInspired by children and child-like wonder, nature gets reimagined as creative force
In the colourful and poetic picture book Nature Is an Artist, by author Jennifer Lavallee and illustrator Natalia Colombo, readers can follow along as Nature shows a group of children how beautiful and artistic the natural world is. -
Young Adult/ChildrenTale highlights importance of school, family supports for neurodivergent kids
Winnipeg-based author Jodi Carmichael is back with a new middle grade novel, The U-nique Lou Fox. Ten-year-old Lou lives with ADHD and dyslexia, and as a result, school does not come easily for her. Like many neurodivergent children, Lou often finds herself in hot water for drifting off task and losing focus in class, and this is very frustrating for her, to say the least. -
Young Adult/ChildrenTeenage chef is challenged to learn about being Filipino through cooking competition
Winnipeg author Primrose Madayag Knazan takes young adult readers on a journey through the highs and lows of a pandemic-style cooking competition in her novel Lessons in Fusion. The main character, Sarah Dayan-Abad, was inspired by the author’s children. -
Young Adult/ChildrenTortoises support transition to middle school in tale about maturity
Calgary-based author Patti Edgar “wanted to write a novel about a close childhood friendship at a crossroads.” The result is Anna Analyst, which follows Anna, who narrates and is always open about her foibles, and her best friend, Lana, as they make the transition from elementary to middle school. -
Young Adult/ChildrenFast-paced spooky story inspired by abandoned sanatorium and role-playing games
In Haunted Hospital, a novel for middle grade readers, a group of young teens get more than they bargained for when they take their role-playing game to the next level by exploring an abandoned hospital, said to be haunted with the ghosts of tuberculosis patients who were the victims of experiments gone wrong. -
Young Adult/ChildrenTeen’s relationship to social media changes when a big chatty bird enters her life
Saskatoon-based author Alice Kuipers’s latest novel for middle-grade readers is World’s Worst Parrot, which follows Ava, a teen who strives for the impression of perfection, and Mervin, an African grey parrot she inherited, as both of their lives go through major changes.
