Book Lists 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)
