by Reina Chaiekh | Feb 19, 2026
A beautiful and visionary book, Ancient Thunder celebrates wild horses and the natural world of the prairies. Using an extraordinary technique, Leo Yerxa, an artist of Ojibway ancestry, makes paper look like leather, so that his illustrations seem to be painted on...
by Reina Chaiekh | Feb 17, 2026
Without his father and brother, the young boy’s life is turned upside down. He and his family have to stay inside, along with everyone else in town. At suppertime, he can’t stop looking at the two empty places at the table and his sister can’t stop crying. The boy...
by Emma Davis | Feb 17, 2026
When a teacher asks the children in her class to think about what makes their families special, the answers are all different in many ways — but the same in the one way that matters most of all. One child is worried that her family is just too different to explain,...
by Emma Davis | Feb 16, 2026
A Friend Is a Friend Is a Friend is an inclusive picture book that explores the many ways children experience friendship. Set primarily at a summer camp, the story is told through short reflections from different children, each sharing what friendship means to them....
