Dive into Canadian reads

Books by and about people in Canada!

Bestsellers

Check out our selection of bestselling books

By Robert Munsch, Illustrated By Dave Whamond
RI Racialized Identities
Bestseller
Jamaal may be the oldest kid in his family, but he somehow got stuck with the smallest room. His parents agree that it isn’t fair, but that is just how it is. But Jamaal isn’t satisfied by the answer – if his parents aren’t going to fix the house, he will use creativit...
Bestseller
Making friends isn't easy, but losing them is even harder!Natalie has never felt that she's enough -- athletic enough, stylish enough, or talented enough. And on the first day of middle school, Natalie discovers that things are worse than she thought -- now she's not even...
By Tui T. Sutherland, Illustrated By Mike Holmes
Bestseller
Not every dragonet wants a destiny ... Clay has grown up under the mountain, chosen along with four other dragonets to fulfill a mysterious prophecy and end the war between the dragon tribes of Pyrrhia. He's not so sure about the prophecy part, but Clay can't imagine not ...
Bestseller
After the tragic death of their father, Emily and Navin move with their mother to the home of her deceased great-grandfather. The strange house proves to be dangerous. Before long, a tentacled creature lures the kids' mom through a door in the basement. Em and Navin, desperate...
IE Immigrant Experiences RR Religion and Religious Identity
Bestseller
A New York Times bestseller! JOSEF is a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany. With the threat of concentration camps looming, he and his family board a ship bound for the other side of the world... ISABEL is a Cuban ...

Featured

Award Winners

Find a new favourite with these award winners

SJ Social Justice IS Indigenous Stories
Shortlisted, Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, Sundogs 2025
In this acclaimed book, readers meet thirteen-year-old twins Leon and Eloise who live in Matimekush, an Innu community in Northern Quebec.While Leon spends all his free time playing hockey, and wondering how he can prove he has the talent to make it big in a place w...
By Sylv Chiang, Illustrated By Mathias Ball
RP Read with Pride
Award Winner, CBC Kids Reads 2024
Evelyn is worried about Tessa. Tessa doesn’t want to play the same games they used to play together, but Evelyn is determined to find new ways to connect with her older sibling. And she is also learning to see Tessa as non-binary and using new pronouns for them. Evelyn learn...
Reading is fun with Brady Brady! Enjoy books together.
Gear up for hockey season! Explore books now.
Fall Fiction

Browse our Fall Fiction collection

By Rachel Matson, Illustrated By Joey Chou
On a teeny tiny farm, While the moon shone bright, All the forest creaturesPrepared for party night. This teeny tiny turkey doesn't know what to bring to a harvest party with all of her f...
By Lucille Colandro, Illustrated By Jared Lee
There was an old lady who swallowed a turkey.I don't know why she swallowed the turkey,But she's always been quirky! It's Thanksgiving and this time the Old Lady is swallowing a turkey, a ball,...
Clifford’s Thanksgiving Visit brings readers along as Clifford travels to the city to spend the holiday with his mom. Can Clifford find her apartment in time for Thanksgiving dinner?This classic storybook is back in print with an updated cover and a full pa...
Bat just wants to make friends, but everyone is scared of him!When other animals see Bat’s shadow at their window, they’re terrified and think he’s a monster. How can Bat show them that he just wants to share some cake?This is the p...
On the day before Thanksgiving, a group of children visit a turkey farm and meet Farmer Mack Nuggett and his coop of cockerels: Ollie, Stanley, Larry, Moe, Wally, Beaver, Shemp, and Groucho. The children and turkeys giggle and gobble, and everything is gravy. As the trip comes...