Staff Picks

Browse a selection of titles handpicked by our knowledgeable staff. Explore books that inspire, captivate, and entertain across genres and topics.

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Remembrance Day

This Remembrance Day, explore books for all ages, featuring voices from WWI, WWII, peace studies, Indigenous perspectives, refugees, war victims, Canadian veterans, female soldiers, and peace advocates, offering a broad reflection on the impact of conflict.

Why We Fight: The Roots of War and the Paths to Peace
Christopher Blattman
Brothers in Arms: a True World War II story of Wojtek the Bear and the Soldiers Who Loved Him
Susan Hood
In Flanders Fields: 100 Years
A Bowl Full of Peace: a True Story
Caren Barzelay Stelson
Peace by Chocolate: The Hadhad Family's Remarkable Journey From Syria to Canada
Jon Tattrie
By Chance Alone: a Remarkable True Story of Courage and Survival at Auschwitz
Max Eisen
What the Eagle Sees: Indigenous Stories of Rebellion and Renewal
Eldon Yellowhorn
Putting Peace First: Seven Commitments to Change the World
Eric David Dawson
Canary Girls
Jennifer Chiaverini
Winnie's Great War
Lindsay Mattick
The Librarian of Auschwitz
Antonio Iturbe
Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls Are Used in War
Jessica Dee Humphreys
Sounding Thunder: The Stories of Francis Pegahmagabow
Brain D. McInnes
A Grain of Rice
Nhung N. Tran-Davies
In Flanders Fields: Poetry of the First World War
Where Poppies Grow: a World War I Companion
Linda Granfield
Testaments of Honour: Personal Histories from Canada's War Veterans
Blake Heathcote
The Librarian of Basra: a True Story from Iraq
Jeanette Winter
Two Pieces of Chocolate
Kathy Kacer
Homes: a Refugee Story
Abu Bakr al Rabeeah

I Read Canadian

Celebrate I Read Canadian Day on November 6, 2024, with these fantastic titles for kids, teens, and adults, all written by Canadian authors.

The Secret Keeper
Genevieve Graham
Beatrice and Barb
Kate Jenks Landry
Our Green Heart: The Soul and Science of Forests
Diana Beresford-Kroeger
And Then There Was Us
Kern Carter
The legendary Mo Seto
A.Y. Chan
The Offing
Roz Nay
Getting Us to Grandma's
Nadia L. Hohn
The Knowing
Tanya Talaga
Out on a Limb
Hannah Bonam-Young
Mandeep's Cloudy Days
Kuljinder Kaur Brar
The Unfinished
Cheryl Isaacs
Moon of the Turning Leaves
Waubgeshig Rice
The Lightning Circle
Vikki VanSickle
Still My Tessa
Sylv Chiang
What She Said: Conversations About Equality
Elizabeth Renzetti
The Beauty of Us
Farzana Doctor
How to Know a Crow: The Biography of a Brainy Bird
Candace Savage
Heart On My Sleeve: Stories From a Life Well Worn
Jeanne Beker
Momma's Going to March
Jennifer Maruno
The Coldest Case (A Shana Merchant Novel)
Tessa Wegert

The Art of Writing

Enjoy engaging fiction and non-fiction for readers of all ages, dedicated to celebrating the art of storytelling and the power of writing.

Unstuck
Barbara Dee
1000 Words: a Writer's Guide to Staying Creative, Focused, and Productive All Year Round
Jami Attenberg
Writing an Identity Not Your Own: a Guide for Creative Writers
Alex Temblador
The Book That Almost Rhymed
Omar Abed
The World According to Joan Didion
Evelyn McDonnell
The Mystery Writer: a Novel
Sulari Gentill
Salma Writes a Book
Danny Ramadan
The Genius of Judy: How Judy Blume Rewrote Childhood for All of Us
Rachelle Bergstein
Indigiqueerness: a Conversation About Storytelling
Joshua Whitehead
How to Write a Story
Kate Messner
The Canadian Guide to Creative Writing & Publishing
Patricia Westerhof
How to End a Love Story: a Novel
Yulin Kuang
Brave the Page: a Young Writer's Guide to Telling Epic Stories
Rebecca Stern & Grant Faulkner
You Can't Say That!: Writers for Young People Talk About Censorship, Free Expression, and the Stories They Have to Tell
The Chandler Legacies
Abdi Nazemian
Book and the People Who Make Them
Stephanie Vernet

Hindu Heritage Month

Discover a selection of books for Hindu Heritage Month, that honour and celebrate the remarkable contributions of Hindu Canadians while taking time to deepen your understanding of Hinduism, as well as its rich customs and rituals.

Navya Sings for Navarathri
Lakshmi Thamizhmani
The four-way path : a guide to Purushartha and India's spiritual traditions for a life of happiness, success, and purpose
Héctor García
Blue-Skinned Gods
SJ Sindu
Archie celebrates an Indian wedding
Mitali Banerjee Ruths
Why I Am a Hindu
Shashi Tharoor
A Bindi Can Be...
Suma Subramaniam
American Betiya
Anuradha D. Rajurkar
Honor
Thrity Umrigar
Raashi's Rakhis: a New Celebration of Raksha Bandhan
Sheetal Sheth
A Hindu Life
Cath Senker
The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Hinduism
It's Holi!
Sanyukta Mathur
What a Happy Family
Saumya Dave
Ghee Happy Gods: a Little Board Book of Hindu Deities
Sanjay Patel
The Bhagavad Gita: a New Translation
Gavin Flood & Charles Martin
Kaikeyi
Vaishnavi Patel
Once Upon a Diwali
Anita Mishra
Honor: a Novel
Thrity N. Umrigar
Ganesha Goes Green
Lakshmi Thamizhmani
American as Paneer Pie
Supriya Kelkar

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