Juvenile Nonfiction, Family
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Bonga Bonga & Grandpa
Lucky the Hamster by Geoffrey B. Haddad
When Grandpa’s neighbour goes on holidays and asks him to take care of her pet hamster, Lucky, Bonga Bonga is beyond excited when Grandpa asks for her help. Drawing on his childhood experiences with guinea pigs and rabbits, and the neighbour’s...
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What Is Your Story?
Let’s talk about adoption and kinship by Lynn Deiulis
What is Your Story? is an engaging, colourful book that gives children permission to discover their unique journey of adoption or kinship. The book’s goal is to normalize the questions children have, while at the same time normalizing the need to...
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Worth the Wait
by Andrée Linnell
Sometimes, life doesn’t play out like a nursery rhyme. Sometimes, we have to walk through thunderstorms before we get to our rainbows. Worth the Wait is about the long, difficult road some mothers must travel on the way to the birth of a healthy...
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Eyes Different Than Mine
by Erin Johnson
A six-year-old girl gets a new baby brother. She marvels at his tiny fingers and notices the palm of his hand has different lines than hers. She looks into his sparkling eyes and notices they are a different shape than hers. She is delighted by...
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My Grandma's Doll
by Tammy Hendrickx
"My Grandma’s Doll” is a story about a loving relationship between a grandmother and her granddaughter. It’s about sharing and listening to each other. One day Grandma tells Tammy a story about getting her first doll and how it disappeared. What...
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Macsen's Magical Story
by Janet Corsaro
My name is Macsen Lee, and this is my story. After one year on Earth, God brought me home to a magical place called heaven, and he granted me the gift of being everywhere! My family misses me, but I am with them every day. I am in the flowers in...
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For You
by Robbyn Danyluk
For You is a book about what it takes for some parents to finally have a child of their own. Infertility is an all-too-common hurdle that many people must overcome when wishing to grow their family, and reproductive assistance is often needed in...
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Too Much Fun... Digging in the Dirt!
by Cheryl Robinson
Like a safari though the backyard garden, Too Much Fun... Digging in the Dirt takes readers on a journey though nature that is both imaginative and educational as a little boy and his grandma work together to clear the summer garden of weeds and...
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Mom Taught Values with Quotes and Proverbs
A Memoir of Short Stories by P.M. Boyce
In today’s society, words like “Character,” “Honesty,” “Responsibility,” “Accountability,” and “Respect,” have been replaced by words such as “Acceptance,” “Tolerance,” and “Political Correctness.” This has confused our children. These short...
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Dear Jack
A Letter From A Special Needs Child To Her Sibling by Julie Leavitt Wolfe
"Dear Jack" is a story told through the eyes of Holly, a young girl with special needs. Holly wants to tell her older brother Jack how sorry she is that their mom couldn't be there for him at certain events, like at his hockey games because the...
