Canadian Children's Book Week 2026

Canadian Children's Book Week runs from Sunday April 26 to Saturday May 2 and is put on by the Canadian Children's Book Center every year.

Updated April 10, 2026
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Frostfire
MacKay, Elly
Paper Book
Follow dragon-expert Miriam and curious Celeste on a magical winter's day walk through their garden, where a snow dragon just might be hiding! Elly MacKay's luminous artwork and sweet sibling story will cast a spell over readers of all ages in this playfully imaginative picture book that's...
In the clouds
MacKay, Elly
Paper Book
A luminous journey into the sky for daydreamers and cloud enthusiasts big and small, from renowned paper-diorama artist Elly MacKay. A bored and curious little girl wishes for a bit of sunshine on a cloudy day. But a friendly bird soon whisks her off for an adventure in the sky,...
The trickster shadow
Pawis-Steckley, Joshua Mangeshig
Paper Book
From an acclaimed Ojibwe artist comes a story that offers an empowering universal message about finding inner strength.   Zoon's shadow is always in his way. It makes a mess of...
Weird rules to follow
Spencer, Kim
Paper Book
Winner of a 2024 PNBA Book Award Winner of the 2023 IODE Violet Downey Book Award Winner of the 2023 Jean Little First-Novel Award Winner of the 2023 Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People Winner of the 2023 TD Canadian Children's Literature...
Dragon on the loose
Chan, Marty
Paper Book
When eleven-year-old Hailey and her friend Kyle make a wish on a Chinese lion statue, they accidentally bring a dragon to life. Scared at first, the kids soon realize that Zhu the dragon means them no harm, and they show the dragon around their city. It's all fun and games until...
Cities : how humans live together
Clendenan, Megan
Paper Book
If you could design a city that would be both a great place to live and good for the planet, what would it look like? Today, about four billion people--more than half the world's population--live in cities. This number could rise to seven billion by 2050. Cities face big challenges,...

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