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Helen Kubiw ❤️ 🇨🇦 📚
@hkubiw.bsky.social
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Blogger and book reviewer of great Canadian books for young people at CanLit for LittleCanadians http://canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/
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Textured art like @mariemanon.bsky.social creates are always a "wow" for me. Manon Gauthier's latest picture book is ALL OF US from @runningthegoat.bsky.social. All animals may be different but we are all the same too. #cells #STEM #diversity canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/11/all-...
Book cover of All of Us by Manon Gauthier, translated by Michel Savard, depicts various animals made of cut-paper
November 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Have a great launch @jgcanada.bsky.social for BURST YOUR BUBBLE! OUTSMART THE ALGORITHMS AND SEE WHAT YOU'RE MISSING today. Lots to absorb in this NF book for #MG readers, with fab art by @jandolby.bsky.social We should all be reading this one! canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/11/burs...
Book cover of Burst Your Bubble!: Outsmart the Algorithms and See What You're Missing by Joyce Grant, illustrated by Jan Dolby, depicts a boy with a tool bursting a large bubble.
November 8, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Great new #Halloween bk of CDN ghost stories. HAUNTED CANADA GRAPHIC NOVEL VOL 2: FOUR MORE TERRIFYING TALES by @joelasutherland.bsky.social illus by @mikeseriously.bsky.social @salisketch.bsky.social Maya McKibbin, Hannah Barrett (ScholasticCDA) canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/10/haun...
Book cover of Haunted Canada Graphic Novel, Volume 2: Four More Terrifying Tales by Joel A. Sutherland depicts head of ghost with glowing white eyes above evergreen forest
October 29, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Edgy reads reviewed this wk: #WhitePine-
nominee #YA SONGS FOR GHOSTS by @clarakiyoko.bsky.social canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/10/song... & #MG NIGHTMARE JONES: POEMS by @shannyraindrop.bsky.social
@groundwoodbooks.bsky.social canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/10/nigh...
Book cover of Songs for Ghosts by Clara Kumagai depicts a ghost-like woman in a Japanese kimono Book cover of Nightmare Jones: Poems by Shannon Bramer and Cindy Derby
October 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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There may be some scary poems in @shannyraindrop.bsky.social's recently published #MG NIGHTMARE JONES: POEMS from @groundwoodbooks.bsky.social but some of the scariest are those that make us feel. Illustrated by Cindy Derby. canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/10/nigh...
Book cover of Nightmare Jones: Poems by Shannon Bramer and Cindy Derby.
October 26, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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Going to be a busy month for book awards for #CDN creators: #GGBooks2025 canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/10/2025... & @forestofreading.bsky.social canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/10/2026... & @kidsbookcentre.bsky.social canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/08/2025...
Banner of Governor General’s Literary Awards Banner of the Forest of Reading Banner announcing the finalists for the 2025 Canadian Children’s Book Centre Book Awards
October 23, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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Glad @peterhreynolds.bsky.social is on Bluesky so I can share my review of his latest #picturebook THE GIFT OF WORDS (Scholastic). It may seem early for the holiday season but stories that promote positivity & joy will resonate throughout the yr. canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...
Book cover of Peter H. Reynolds' The Gift of Words depicts a boy atop a green sled with red bags of words that are being scattered into the sky.
October 20, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Apologies to @karilynnwinters.bsky.social & Catherine Rondina whose Yellow Cedar-nominated book ZOOM IN ON ZOMBIES (Fitzhenry & Whiteside) I accidentally left off my original list of @forestofreading.bsky.social nominees. My bad! Corrected now. canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/10/2026...
Book cover of Zoom in on Zombies by Kari-Lynn Winters and Catherine Rondina depicts a skull buried in soil with worms coming out of eye sockets
October 18, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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It may be a little early to think about Christmas gifts but if you want to introduce young readers to Anne of Green Gables, consider this new boxed set of illustrated early readers from Kallie George and @abigailhalpin.bsky.social (From Tundra). canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/10/anne...
Book covers of six books from Kallie George and illustrated by Abigail Halpin: Anne Arrives, Anne's Kindred Spirits, Anne's School Days, Anne's Tragical Tea Party, Anne Dares, and Anne Dreams.
October 8, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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Author-illustrator @elisegravel.bsky.social has the right touch for covering big concepts like the brain, diversity, inclusion, etc. for young readers. Her adorable monsters now talk about #community in TOGETHER from Scholastic Canada. canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/10/toge... 👍🇨🇦📚
Book cover of Together: A Book about Community by Elise Gravel depicts a group of colourful and fun monsters hanging out in a group
October 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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New next week is release of 2nd "Joshua Learns from the Land" book from @highwaterpress.bsky.social by Tyna Legault Taylor & illus by @michelledaoart.bsky.social. KOKUM, ARE THESE MOOSE TRACKS? #seasons #Indigenoustraditions #Indigenouslanguages canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/10/koku...
Book cover of Kokum, Are These Moose Tracks? by Tyna Legault Taylor and Michelle Dao shows a fall scene with boy and grandmother looking at animal tracks in a forest
October 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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I'm fortunate to be able to enjoy a forest regularly so new #picturebook THERE'S A SONG IN THE FOREST by Jennifer Britton & illus by Jillian Thalman (from @nimbuspub.bsky.social) really spoke to me. There is #music in #nature, if you listen. canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/09/ther... 👍🇨🇦📚
Book cover of There's a Song in the Forest, words by Jennifer Britton, art by Jillian Thalman. Cover shows 3 young people looking up into a forest canopy as leaves and musical notes fall around them.
September 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Kids will know TV series re Gumboot Kids but there are also #picturebooks based on these adorable, felted mice that teach early #STEM concepts. Latest is THE CASE OF THE TAGALONG TWIN from Eric Hogan & Tara Hungerford ( @fireflybooks.bsky.social) canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...
Book cover of The Case of the Tagalong Twin: A Gumboot Kids Nature Mystery by Eric Hogan and Tara Hungerford. It depicts two felted mice wearing gumboots in the forest. A magnifying glass titled Learn About shows shadows. Illustration shows the two felted mice on a sidewalk looking at their shadows.
September 23, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Tundra Books has just re-released OUR CORNER GROCERY STORE by Joanne Schwartz and illustrated by @laurabeing.bsky.social with a new cover. It's fresh and it's as charming as ever. Remember picking candies into paper bags? The joy of freezies? canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/09/our-...
Book cover of Our Corner Grocery Store by Joanne Schwartz and Laura Beingessner depicts a girl standing on a box with an older man in an apron who hand-prints price signs for bins of fruits and vegetables
September 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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The taunt of "REZ KID" might be meant to hurt but this child knows what being an Indigenous kid who lives on a reserve is really about. New #picturebook by Andrea Landry, illus by Isabella Fassler. From @kidscanpress.bsky.social canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/09/rez-...
Book cover of Rez Kid, written by Andrea Landry, illustrated by Isabelle Fassler, depicts a girl with long braids laying in the grass among wildflowers.
September 15, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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I think kids will love learning about birds especially w the life-size photos of the birds or portions of them. Fascinating upcoming (Sept 15) #NF book BIRDS LIFE SIZE by Chris Earley @fireflybooks.bsky.social canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/09/bird... 👍🏻📚
Book cover of Birds Life Size: Up Close and Personal with 47 Bird Species by Chris Earley shows head of a Bald Eagle, a Northern Cardinal, an Elf Owl and a Calliope Hummingbird
September 8, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Fab presentation (#graphicnovel) for #nonfiction #MG: informative & definitely entertaining. THE SUSTAINABLE SCHOOL by Erica Fyvie & illus by @ritchiescot.bsky.social from @kidscanpress.bsky.social covers #energy #history #transportation #STEM. canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...
Book cover of The Sustainable School: A Journey Through Time and Energy by Erica Fyvie and Scot Ritchie depicts a school and children from 100 years ago (in sepia tones) and the same school today with today's kids (in colour)
September 5, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Readers of #youngCanLit get excited for new books by @lanabutton.bsky.social & Eric Walters. Now we have their collaboration. ONE CAN, illus by Isabelle Malenfant, is a story of #foodinsecurity, #compassion... From @groundwoodbooks.bsky.social canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/09/one-...
Book cover of One Can by Lana Button and Eric Walters, with picture by Isabelle Malenfant, shows a child on a checkerboard rug with a tin of canned food in front of them.
September 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Kathy Kacer's new #picturebook, illustrated by @hloweart.bsky.social, is called MEMORY STONES, publ by @secondstory.bsky.social. In it, Sophie is helped to remember and honour her much-loved grandmother after she passes. canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/09/memo...
Book cover of Memory Stones, written by Kathy Kacer, illustrated by Hayley Lowe, depicts a young girl holding a stone which an elderly woman also touches.
September 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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There's a new #picturebook #NF collaboration btwn @dhodgebooks.bsky.social & Karen Reczuch, 1st in new #WildByNature series from @groundwoodbooks.bsky.social. It's THE TUFTED PUFFINS OF TRIANGLE ISLAND & is a great #STEM read. #birds #BC canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-...
Book cover of The Tufted Puffins of Triangle Island in Wild By Nature series by Deborah Hodge and Karen Reczuch shows four Tufted Puffins on a green slope by the ocean
August 28, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Who needs pants, shirt, socks? This kid does. But he's busy imagining driving a fire truck, riding a rainbow, sliding on an iceberg... Rhyming #picturebook YOU NEED PANTS! written by Sonya Bell & illus. by Jordan Wray from Scholastic Canada. canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/08/you-...
Book cover of You Need Pants! written by Sonya Bell and illustrated by Jordan Wray shows a dark-haired child in a dinosaur top and underwear
August 25, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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#CDN authors & illustrators of books for young people: time to start following the Ontario Library Association’s @forestofreading.bsky.social so you’ll be ready when the nominated lists come out Oct 15. ❤️🇨🇦📚 Always a treat to get news re the Forest of Reading. 👍🏻📚
Banner of the Forest of Reading or Forêt de la lecture
August 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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GHOST CIRCUS: New #MG #graphicnovel by @adriennekress.bsky.social illus by Jade Zhang w supernatural, warm chill (ghostly but not scary), & story re the Between life & death, those who take our energies... From @unionsquarekids.bsky.social canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/08/ghos...
Book cover of Ghost Circus by Adrienne Kress and Jade Zhang shows a boy in a yellow hoodie, a ghost girl with hollow eyes and a small ghost in front of a circus and a headless horseman
August 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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An early #graphicnovel with heart! It’s @cynmarko.bsky.social’s upcoming (Aug 26) MABEL MAKES (^UP) A FRIEND from Penguin Workshop. @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social Fidgety Mabel is lonely so an imaginary elephant comes to help.(Thanks @Tundra)👍🏻📚 canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/08/mabe...
Book cover of Mabel Makes (^Up) a Friend by Cyndi Marko shows a smiling red-haired girl watching a dancing elephant with top hat and cane.
August 15, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Imagine 2 Chinese-Canadian teens building a functional airplane in 1930s BC. Story told in upcoming picture book REACH FOR THE SKY: HOW TWO BROTHERS BUILT AN AIRPLANE IN CHINATOWN from #PlumleafPress. canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/08/reac...
Book cover of Reach for the Sky: How Two Brothers Built an Airplane in Chinatown, written by Evelyn Sue Wong, illustrations by Sarah Ang, shows two boys flying a model airplane in a meadow, with a lake and mountains in the background.
August 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM