Staff Picks

New to Discover for the New Year

Kick off the new year with our book list packed with inspiration for all ages! From learning new skills to starting fresh hobbies, these reads will help you set and stick to your resolutions.

Babette's Bread: Stories, Recipes, and the Fundamental Techniques of Artisan Bread

Babette Frances Kourelos

Your Story Matters: A Surprisingly Practical Guide to Writing

Richard Scrimger

The Complete Book of Pickleball: The Ultimate Training Guide for Passionate Players of All Levels

Kurt Brungardt

Let's Get Creative: Art for a Healthy Planet

Jessica Rose

Goals!: How to Get Everything You Want -- Faster Than You Ever Thought Possible

Brian Tracy

I am Money: And I Don't Grow on Trees

Julia Cook

Made Whole: The Practical Guide to Reaching Your Financial Goals

Tiffany Aliche

Learn to cook: 35 Fun and Easy Recipes for Children Aged 7 Years +

CICO Kidz

Complete French All-in-one

McGraw-Hill Education

Easy Crochet for Kids: 35 Fun and Simple Projects for Children Aged 7 Years +

Claire Montgomerie

The Great Western Canada Bucket List: One-of-a-kind Travel Experiences

Robin Esrock

More Than Words: Navigating the Complex World of Communication

Natalie Hyde

Painting Calm: Connect to Nature Through the Art of Watercolour

Inga Buividavice

Tamil Heritage Month

January is Tamil Heritage Month in Canada, a time to honour the history of Canada’s Tamil community and their contribution to the social, cultural, political and economic strength of Canada. Celebrate and learn more about Tamil heritage with these reads.

Love, Loss, and What We Ate

Padma Lakshmi

Island of a Thousand Mirrors

Nayomi Munaweera

My Paati's Saris

Jyoti Rajan Gopal

Seeking Fortune Elsewhere: Stories

Sindya Bhanoo

The Sadness of Geography: My Life as a Tamil Exile

Logathasan Tharmathurai

I'll Go and Come Back

Rajani LaRocca

Pyre

Perumāḷmurukaṉ

Follow Your Heart

Tasha Nathan

Prisoner #1056: How I Survived War and Found Peace

Roy Ratnavel

Tomatoes for Neela

Padma Lakshmi

Dirty River

Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

Born Behind Bars

Padma Venkatraman

No Purchase Necessary

Maria Marianayagam

Mansions of the Moon

Shyam Selvadurai

Pongal

Sujivany R. Sujan

Brotherless Night

V. V. Ganeshananthan

Family Literacy Week

Family Literacy Day takes place every January 27th to raise awareness about the importance of reading and engaging in other literacy-related activities as a family. Enjoy a selection of books to help encourage reading, writing, singing, playing and talking together!

This is the First Book I will Read to You

Francesco Sedita

I want to read all the books

Debbie Ridpath Ohi

The Spell of a Story

Mariajo Ilustrajo

My Book and Me

Linda Sue Park

Library Girl

Polly Horvath

Born Reading: 20 Stories of Women Reading Their Way Into History

Kathleen Krull

Iggy Included

Deborah Kerbel

Beat This Book!: Over 40 Ridiculously Funny Challenges, 1 Extremely Determined Book

Howard Calvert

Stacey's Remarkable Books

Stacey Abrams

Jack the Library Cat

Marietta Apollonio

James' Reading Rescue

Dianna Wilson-Sirkovsky

How to Sing a Song

Kwame Alexander

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Car

Kate Dopirak

How to Write a Story

Kate Messner

A Squiggly Story

Andrew Larsen

Llama Llama Loves to Read

Anna Dewdney

Read Me a Book

Barbara Reid

Say Zoop!

Hervé Tullet

Hector and Hummingbird

Nicholas John Frith

What to Do with a Box

Jane Yolen

Night Play: A Bedtime Story in Three Acts

Lizi Boyd

Alzheimer’s Awareness Month

January is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month in Canada, an opportunity to learn more about dementia and understand what people living with dementia experience in their day-to-day-lives. You can also explore our dementia-friendly collection of books.