BC Books for Kids

To celebrate BC Book Day here is a list to get you started exploring the riches of the BC Book ecosystem. We are lucky to have many talented authors and illustrators call BC home.

Updated April 16, 2024
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Oolichan moon
Beynon, Samantha
Ebook
Oolichan Moon is a beautifully illustrated children's book about passing down traditional knowledge from Nisga'a Elders and the sacredness of traditional foods, particularly the oolichan fish. Together, author Samantha Beynon and illustrator Lucy Trimble have created a children's book rich...
A true home
George, K.
Paper Book
When Mona the Mouse stumbles across the wondrous world of the Heartwood Hotel in the middle of a storm, she desperately hopes they'll let her stay. As it turns out, Mona is precisely the maid they need at the grandest hotel in Fernwood Forest, where animals come from far and wide for safety, luxury,...
Maybe a whale
Pendreigh, Kirsten
Paper Book
After Grandpa dies, a girl and her mother take the trip he had planned for her, kayaking along the Pacific west coast to look for the whales that he loved. The trip will do them good, Mom says, but the girl isn't sure. How can that be true when Grandpa isn't there? And how will they find a...
The most magnificent idea
Spires, Ashley
Paper Book
The long-awaited sequel to the runaway bestseller The Most Magnificent Thing! This is the story of a girl who, with her dog at her side, loves to make things. Her brain is an 'idea machine,' always so full of ideas, she can hardly keep up! But then, one day... it isn't. All of a sudden, the girl can...

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