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Writer’s Block: Nathan Hellner-Mestelman

All of our featured Writer’s Block writers are special, but Nathan Hellner-Mestelman may also have the distinction of being the youngest writer we’ve ever featured! We interview teenager Nathan about his writing habits, asking the world’s big questions, and his non-fiction book for young adults, Cosmic Wonder (Linda Leith Publishing).

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Cozy Fest: Leanne Shirtliffe + The Genius Hour Project

Black History Month Series: Kids and YA.

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Black History Month Series: Kids & YA

The cover of The Stones of Burren Bay by Emily de Angelis. The cover illustration depicts a house at the top of a rugged, stony cliffside, the rain coming in diagonal slashes.

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First Fiction Friday: The Stones of Burren Bay

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Âmî Osâwâpikones (Dear Dandelion)

By (author): SJ Okemow

A debut picture book that celebrates self-love, care, and resilience with one of the most widespread plants—the dandel….

Sam Francisco, King of the Disco

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Illustrated by: Binny Talib

Winner of the Moonbeam Children’s Book Award!A fabulously fun rhyming picture book about what the David Bowie and Quee….

Sangeet and the Missing Beat

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Sangeet loves music, and she’s good at composing it, too. Her favourite instrument is the tabla. One day, Sangeet hears….

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Alone In his cabin, Pirate Glitterbeard sprinkled pink glitter onto his beard and put on his finest pink skirt! All aboa….

Salma Makes a Home

A 2023 NYPL Best Book for Kids!Charming, creative Salma takes on big feelings with even bigger ideas as she navigates li….

Âmî Osâwâpikones (Dear Dandelion)

By (author): SJ Okemow

A debut picture book that celebrates self-love, care, and resilience with one of the most widespread plants—the dandel….

Sam Francisco, King of the Disco

By (author): Sarah Tagholm

Illustrated by: Binny Talib

Winner of the Moonbeam Children’s Book Award!A fabulously fun rhyming picture book about what the David Bowie and Quee….

Sangeet and the Missing Beat

By (author): Kiranjot Kaur

Sangeet loves music, and she’s good at composing it, too. Her favourite instrument is the tabla. One day, Sangeet hears….

Pirate Glitterbeard

By (author): Oksanna Crawley

Alone In his cabin, Pirate Glitterbeard sprinkled pink glitter onto his beard and put on his finest pink skirt! All aboa….

Salma Makes a Home

A 2023 NYPL Best Book for Kids!Charming, creative Salma takes on big feelings with even bigger ideas as she navigates li….

Âmî Osâwâpikones (Dear Dandelion)

By (author): SJ Okemow

A debut picture book that celebrates self-love, care, and resilience with one of the most widespread plants—the dandel….
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YA Picks

The Rule of Thirds

By (author): Chantel Guertin

A fresh voice in YA fiction brings a charming heroine to life in this series debutSixteen-year-old Pippa Greene never go….

On Fire

My dad keeps a fan on top of the filing cabinet in the jail. Marsh turned it on when we got back and aimed it at the on-….

Remote

By (author): Colin Mackay

Something sinister is going on in the catacombs of Duram University. A student is about to find himself part of a new te….

My Indian

By (author): Mi’sel Joe, Sheila O’Neill

***2022 ATLANTIC BOOK AWARDS: APMA BEST ATLANTIC-PUBLISHED BOOK AWARD – SHORTLIST*** ***2022 BMO WINTERSET AWARD – L….

Taking a Chance on Love

By (author): Mary Razzell

Falling in love creates an enchanted time, and when it’s on the magical Sunshine Coast of British Columbia during the Se….

The Girl of Newgate Prison

By (author): David Starr

A young reader novel about Libby, who is thrown into Newgate Prison in the early years of the 19th century and is senten….

The Boy Who Saw the Colour of Air

By (author): Abdo Wazen

Translated by: Nouha Homad

Growing up in a small Lebanese village, Bassim’s blindness limits his engagement with the materials taught in his school….

The Medusa Deep

By (author): David Neil Lee

Nate Silva has enough to deal with at home, with a house full of unwanted relatives and the scars from his last encounte….

Depth of Field

By (author): Chantel Guertin

“With an upbeat tone, clever dialogue, and an artsy point of view, Depth of Field is one relatable teenage girl’s co….

The Lake and the Library

By (author): S. M. Beiko

Wishing for something out of Alice in Wonderland, something beyond her adventureless life, 16-year-old Ash is counting d….

Sophie, in Shadow

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It’s 1914. Sixteen year old Sophie Pritchard, orphaned two years earlier by the sinking of the SS Titanic, is about to b….

The Many Revenges of Kip Flynn

By (author): Sean Dixon

It all started with a black rose and a rich young man. And a house with a creek running through it. And then there she w….

The Rule of Thirds

By (author): Chantel Guertin

A fresh voice in YA fiction brings a charming heroine to life in this series debutSixteen-year-old Pippa Greene never go….

On Fire

My dad keeps a fan on top of the filing cabinet in the jail. Marsh turned it on when we got back and aimed it at the on-….

Remote

By (author): Colin Mackay

Something sinister is going on in the catacombs of Duram University. A student is about to find himself part of a new te….

My Indian

By (author): Mi’sel Joe, Sheila O’Neill

***2022 ATLANTIC BOOK AWARDS: APMA BEST ATLANTIC-PUBLISHED BOOK AWARD – SHORTLIST*** ***2022 BMO WINTERSET AWARD – L….

Taking a Chance on Love

By (author): Mary Razzell

Falling in love creates an enchanted time, and when it’s on the magical Sunshine Coast of British Columbia during the Se….

The Girl of Newgate Prison

By (author): David Starr

A young reader novel about Libby, who is thrown into Newgate Prison in the early years of the 19th century and is senten….

The Boy Who Saw the Colour of Air

By (author): Abdo Wazen

Translated by: Nouha Homad

Growing up in a small Lebanese village, Bassim’s blindness limits his engagement with the materials taught in his school….

The Medusa Deep

By (author): David Neil Lee

Nate Silva has enough to deal with at home, with a house full of unwanted relatives and the scars from his last encounte….

Depth of Field

By (author): Chantel Guertin

“With an upbeat tone, clever dialogue, and an artsy point of view, Depth of Field is one relatable teenage girl’s co….

The Lake and the Library

By (author): S. M. Beiko

Wishing for something out of Alice in Wonderland, something beyond her adventureless life, 16-year-old Ash is counting d….

Sophie, in Shadow

By (author): Eileen Kernaghan

It’s 1914. Sixteen year old Sophie Pritchard, orphaned two years earlier by the sinking of the SS Titanic, is about to b….

The Many Revenges of Kip Flynn

By (author): Sean Dixon

It all started with a black rose and a rich young man. And a house with a creek running through it. And then there she w….
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