Recommendations

We are always looking for great books to recommend. Check out our staff picks below for some topics of interest. If you don't see what you're looking for, our Idea Exchange staff are always ready to recommend a title for your next read.

Picture Books

Picture books are books that are illustrated and have text. These books are great for sharing with your child. Choose one to share from our lists.

Best Books for Babies [1]
Best Books for Preschoolers [2]
Best Books for Toddlers [3]
Black History Month - Children's Picture Books [4]
Favourite Authors and Illustrators [5]
First Day of Kindergarten/Back to School! [6]
Wordless Picture Books [7]

Chapter Books

Have a child who is reading independently? Try one of these suggested chapter books.

Black History Month - Children's Chapter Books [8]
Early Chapter Books [9]
Fantasy Worlds [10]
If you liked Harry Potter [11]
If you liked Wimpy Kid [12]
Real Kid Dramas [13]

Award Winners

These are the "best of" children's books. Here are awards lists that we like.

2021 Blue Spruce Award Nominees [14]
2021 Silver Birch Fiction Award Nominees [15]
2021 Yellow Cedar Award Nominees [16]
2021 Le Prix Peuplier [17]
2021 Silver Birch Express Award Nominees [18]
Caldecott Award [19]
Governor General's Award for Children's Illustration [20]
Governor General's Literary Awards - Children's Text [21]
Newbery Medal Award [22]

Novelist

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Novelist K-8 Plus [23]

Looking for a good book for elementary school students? Find fiction and nonfiction book reviews, plot summaries, series titles, reading suggestions and book award winners.