Staff Picks

Her Story: Celebrating Canadian Women

In honour of Women’s History Month, this book list highlights the voices, achievements, and stories of Canadian women. From trailblazers in history to powerful contemporary voices, these titles for kids and adults celebrate the impact of women across Canada.

Her Space, Her Time: How Trailblazing Women Scientists Decoded the Hidden Universe

Shohini Ghose

Clara at the Door with a Revolver: The Scandalous Black Suspect, the Exemplary White Son, and the Murder that Shocked Toronto

Carolyn Whitzman

Soft As Bones: A Memoir

Chyana Marie Sage

Canadian Women Now + Then: More Than 100 Stories of Fearless Trailblazers

Elizabeth MacLeod

The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus

Emma Knight

I Hear You, Mountains

Kallie George

Mixtape

Jann Arden

More Than a Footnote: Canadian Women You Should Know

Karin Wells

Dreaming Alongside

Monique Gray Smith

Behind You

Catherine Hernandez

Good Victory: Stories

Mikka Jacobsen

Brown Girl in the Snow

Yolanda T. Marshall

A Different Track: Hospital Trains of the Second World War

Alexandra Kitty

Bea Mullins Takes a Shot

Emily Deibert

Queen of Me

Shania Twain

The Book of Records

Madeleine Thien

Anne Arrives

Adapted by Kallie George

Chrystia: From Peace River to Parliament Hill

Catherine Tsalikis

Tegan and Sara: Crush

Tegan Quin & Sara Quin

All Our Ordinary Stories: A Multigenerational Family Odyssey

Teresa Wong

Better Broken

Sarah McLachlan

Witches, Zombies and Ghosts

Get into the Halloween spirit with these books for kids and adults featuring our favourite spooky creatures.

Zomromcom

Olivia Dade

A Haunted Ghost Tour in Canada

Louise Martin

Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

Random House Canada

The Young Witch's Guide to Living Magically: Potions, Lotions, Rituals, and Spells for Kids

Nikki Van De Car

A History of Ghosts, Spirits and the Supernatural

DK Publishing

Little Boo

Maddie Frost

Rose of Jericho

Alex Grecian

Once Upon a Zombie: Tales for Brave Readers

Deborah Underwood

The Whisperings

Joel A. Sutherland

The Unofficial Hocus Pocus Cookbook for Kids: 50 Fun and Easy Recipes for Tricks, Treats, and Spooky Eats Inspired by the Halloween Classic

Bridget Thoreson

One Yellow Eye

Leigh Radford

Scarewaves: Beyond the Grave

Trevor Henderson

Zombie Apocalypse Running Club

Carrie Mac

The Great Zombie Pumpkin Parade!

Robert Burleigh

The Last Witch

C. J. Cooke

The Extraordinary History of Witches

Hazel Atkinson

Witchcraft for Wayward Girls

Grady Hendrix

The Young Necromancer's Guide to Ghosts

Vanessa Ricci-Thode

The Buffalo Hunter Hunter

Stephen Graham

The Ghosts of Bitterfly Bay

Mary Averling

Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials

Marion Gibson

German Heritage Month

Celebrate German Heritage Month with a collection of books for kids and adults that showcases German voices and stories.

The Granddaughter

Bernhard Schlink

Mina Belongs Here

Sandra Niebuhr-Siebert & Lars Baus

The Ribbon Leaf

Lori Weber

Germans of Waterloo Region

Edited by Mathias Schulze, Grit Liebscher & Sebastian Siebel-Achenbac

Grimms' Fairy Tales

Brothers Grimm

Where You Come From

Saša Stanišić

Fox and Bear

Miriam Körner

The Lemon Apron Cookbook

Jennifer Emilson

In the Autumn Forest

Daniela Kulot

Playlist

Sebastian Fitzek

Welcome to Germany with Sesame Street

Christy Peterson

The Hidden Life of Trees: A Graphic Adaptation

Peter Wohlleben, Frederic Bernard & Benjamin Flao

I Can Be All Three

Salima Alikhan

In Search of Your German Roots: A Complete Guide to Tracing Your Ancestors in the Germanic Areas of Europe

Angus Baxter

Waltraut

Gabriele Goldstone

Kairos

Jenny Erpenbeck

The Green Kingdom

Cornelia Funke

Oktoberfest Cookbook

Julia Skowronek

Albert Einstein: A Genius of Space and Time!

Mark Schulman

Beyond the Wall: A History of East Germany

Katja Hoyer

Islamic Heritage Month

Celebrate Islamic Heritage Month with books that highlight Muslim voices and stories. Featuring stories for kids and adults, this collection showcases the richness, diversity, and creativity of Muslim communities.

Detective Aunty: A Novel

Uzma Jalaluddin

Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr

Sara Khan

Almost Sunset

Wahab Algarmi

Being Muslim Today: Reclaiming the Faith From Orthodoxy and Islamophobia

Dr. Saqib Iqbal Qureshi

The Kindest Red: A Story of Hijab and Friendship

Ibtihaj Muhammad & S. K. Ali

Theft

Abdulrazak Gurnah

Mehndi Boy

Zain Bandali

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

Omar El Akkad

The Partition Project

Saadia Faruqi

Land of No Regrets: A Novel

Sadi Muktadir

All the Parts We Exile: A Memoir

Roza Nozari

Muhammad's Recipe for Remembering

Maidah Ahmad

The Dissident Club: Chronicle of a Pakistani Journalist in Exile

Hubert Maury & Taha Siddiqui

Marya Khan and the Disastrous Class Project

Saadia Faruqi

Fundamentally: A Novel

Nussaibah Younis

Game Changers: Stories of Hijabi Athletes From Around the World

Natalya Tariq

Say Something, Poupeh Babaee!

Haleh Massey

My Name is Not Harry: A Memoir

Haroon Siddiqui

Liquid: A Love Story

Mariam Rahmani

Dear Muslim child

Rahma Rodaah

Latin American Heritage Month

Celebrate Latin American Heritage Month with books that uplift Latin American voices and stories. With a mix of Canadian content and global perspectives for kids and adults, this collection highlights the richness, diversity, and creativity of Latin American cultures.