Fiction

• Book Uncle and Me by Uma Krishnaswami  (Anansi/Groundwood)
• The Case of the Girl in Grey by Jordan Stratford, art by Kelly Murphy (Knopf)
• Dear Canada: These Are My Words by Ruby Slipperjack (Scholastic)
• Everyday Hero by Kathleen Cherry (Orca)
• Heart of a Champion by Ellen Schwartz (Tundra)
• Howard Wallace, P.I. by Casey Lyall (Sterling)
• Look Out for the Fitzgerald-Trouts by Esta Spalding, illustrated by Sydney Smith (Tundra)
• Magic Animal Adoption Agency 3: The Missing Magic by Kallie George, illustrated by Alexandra Boiger (HarperCollins Canada)
• Mark of the Plague by Kevin Sands (Simon and Schuster)
• Pandas on the Eastside by Gabrielle Prendergast (Orca)
• Sea Change by Frank Viva (Tundra)
• Yellow Dog by Miriam Korner (Red Deer Press)

Non-fiction

• 5 Giraffes by Anne Innis Dagg (Fitzhenry and Whiteside)
• Adrift at Sea: A Vietnamese Boy’s Story of Survival by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch with Tuan Ho (pajamapress)
• All the Dirt: A History of Getting Clean by Katherine Ashenburg (Annick)
• Deep Roots: How Trees Sustain Our Planet by Nikki Tate (Orca)
• Diwali: Festival of Lights by Rina Singh (Orca)
• Dot to Dot in the Sky: Stories of the Aurora Borealis by Joan Marie Galat, illustrated by Lorna Bennett (Whitecap Books)
• Fight To Learn: The Struggle to Go to School by Laura Scandiffio (Annick)
• Half-Truths and Brazen Lies: An Honest Look at Lying by Kira Vermond, illustrated by Clayton Hanmer (OWLKIDS)
• I Am Not A Number by Jenny Kay Dupuis and Kathy Kacer, illustrated by Gillian Newland (Second Story Press)
• Level the Playing Field: The Past, Present, and Future of Women’s Pro Sports by Kristina Rutherford (OWLKIDS)
• Making Canada Home:  How Immigrants Shape This Country by Susan Hughes (OWLKIDS)
• Pride: Celebrating Diversity & Community by Robin Stevenson (Orca)
• Water WOW! A Visual Exploration by Antonia Banyard & Pula Ayer, art by Belle Wuthrich (Annick)