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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Back to School

A collection of picturebooks, graphic novels and chapter books to help your kids get excited for school and ease the transition back.

Llama Llama back to school
Reed Duncan
Ready for Kindergarten
Bethany V. Freitas
The Crayons Go Back to School
Drew Daywalt
Sister Friend
Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
Little Yellow Bus
Erin Guendelsberger
Back Home
Shaista Kaba Fatehali
Mae's First Day of School
Kate Berube
Mission: Back to School
Susan Hood
The Loud House: Back to School Special
Nickelodeon
Pizza and Taco: Too Cool for School
Stephen Shaskan
School Trip
Jerry Craft
This Makes Me Anxious: First Day of School
Courtney Carbone
Welcome Back!
Alexandra Penfold
We Love Our Teacher!
Mike Berenstain
All You Need to Know About Going to School
Felicity Brooks
Starting School
Carron Brown
Where Kids Go to School Around the World
Helena Haraštová
Restart
Gordon Korman
Welcome Back, Maple Mehta-Cohen
Kate McGovern
Finally Seen
Kelly Yang

Cozy Cookbooks

We’ve got cookbooks for all ages. Find a new recipe, try something different, or enjoy a classic with this diverse selection of cookbooks.

Big Dip Energy: 88 Parties in a Bowl for Snacking, Dinner, Dessert, and Beyond!
Alyse Whitney
Koreaworld: a Cookbook
Deuki Hong
Newt: A Cookbook For All
Newt Nguyen
Plant Magic: a Celebration of Plant-based Cooking for Everyone
Desiree Nielsen
Matty Matheson: Soups, Salads, Sandwiches: A Cookbook
Matty Matheson
Seriously, so Good: Simple Recipes for a Balanced Life
Carissa Stanton
Zaytinya: Delicious Mediterranean Dishes From Greece, Turkey, and Lebanon
José Andrés
Let's Make Some Lunch: Recipes Made with Love for Everyone
Sulhee Jessica Woo
Amrikan: 125 Recipes From the Indian American Diaspora
Khushbu Shah
The Depanneur Cookbook: 100 Recipes, 100 Cooks: Stories From Canada's Unlikeliest Restaurant
Len Senater
The 20-minute Vegan: Quick, Easy Food (That Just so Happens to be Plant-based)
Calum Harris
The Global Pantry Cookbook: Transform Your Everyday Cooking with Tahini, Gochujang, Miso, and Other Irresistible Ingredients
Ann Taylor Pittman
Always Hungry!
Laurent Dagenais
Farmhouse Vegetables: a Vegetable-forward Cookbook
Michael Smith
Sundays: a Celebration of Breakfast and Family in 52 Essential Recipes
Mark Pupo
Cooking with My Dad, the Chef: 70+ Kid-tested, Kid-approved, (and Gluten-free!) Recipes for Young Chefs!
Verveine Oringer
The Antiracist Kitchen: 21 Stories (and Recipes)
Baking Wonderland: a Mix and Match Cookbook for Kids!
Jean Parker
Let's Eat: Recipes for Kids Who Cook
DL Acken & Aurelia Louvet
Look and Cook Snacks: a First Book of Recipes in Pictures
Valorie Fisher
The Totally Awesome Ultimate Kids' Cookbook: Simple Recipes & Fun Skills to Cook Fabulous Meals for Your Family
Tiffany Dahle
Cooking Step By Step: More than 50 Delicious Recipes for Young Cooks
Denise Smart

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

 A selection of books for kids, teens and adults to support your continued learning and reflection of the painful history and ongoing impacts of residential schools in Canada.

Today is Orange Shirt Day
Phyllis Webstad
Wînipêk: Visions of Canada From an Indigenous Centre
Niigaan Sinclair
I Lost My Talk
Rita Joe
I'm Finding My Talk
Rebecca Thomas
The Fire Still Burns: Life in and After Residential School
Sam George
Abalone Woman
Teoni Spathelfer
Dad, I Miss You
Nadia Sammurtok
Indigenous Justice: True Cases by Judges, Lawyers & Law Enforcement Officers
Lorene Shyba
The Witness Blanket: Truth, Art and Reconciliation
Carey Newman
You Hold Me Up
Monique Gray Smith
North of Nowhere: song of a Truth and Reconciliation Commissioner
Marie Wilson
Every Child Matters
Phyllis Webstad
Stolen Words
Melanie Florence
Mangilaluk: a graphic Memoir About Friendship, Perseverance, and Resiliency
Bernard Andreason
Our Voice of Fire: a Memoir of a Warrior Rising
Brandi Morin
When We Were Alone
David Robertson
The Heartbeat Drum: The Story of Carol Powder, Cree Drummer and Activist
Deidre Havrelock
Knowing: The Enduring Legacy of Residential Schools
Tanya Talaga
The Secret Pocket
Peggy Janicki
True Reconciliation: How to Be a Force for Change
Jody Wilson-Raybould
On the Side of the Angels
Jose Amaujaq Kusugak
Truth Telling: Seven Conversations About Indigenous Life in Canada
Michelle Good

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