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Publishing diverse, inclusive, feminist books that entertain, educate, and empower. Follow us on Instagram & TikTok: @_secondstory
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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
November 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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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
November 8, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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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
November 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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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
November 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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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
October 31, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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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
October 31, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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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
October 28, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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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
A childhood story from the shtetl and a novel about Israeli-Yemeni life are among the winners of the Canadian Jewish Literary Awards
The winning authors will be celebrated at an award ceremony on Oct. 26.
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October 27, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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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
October 26, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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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...
October 23, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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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
October 23, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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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
October 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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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
October 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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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
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Read an Excerpt from TAKE A BREATH OLIVE TRAN by Phuong Truong (Illustrated by Christine Wei)
We're very excited to feature an excerpt from the second entry in an acclaimed middle-grade series with Take a Breath Olive Tran by Phuong Truong! The ...
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October 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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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
Hidden Lives: Stories from Child Survivors of the Holocaust
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October 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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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
October 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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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! 🎉

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2026 Forest of Reading nominees revealed - Quill and Quire
This year's 100 nominated titles were written and illustrated by more than 147 nominees and will be read by 270,000 participants.
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October 15, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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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
October 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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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
October 14, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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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
October 14, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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What’s new at Second Story Press in October! 👀

#NewBooks #Publisher #CanLit #KidLit
October 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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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
October 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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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.
October 9, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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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
October 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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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
October 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM