This page gives a list of books in each category that we suggest starting with, if you don’t know where to begin. Each book links to the book page if you want to find out more details.

Picture Books

• The 1-Dogpower Garden Team, Alison Lohans
• The Abaleda Voluntary Firehouse Band, Dianne Young
• Grandpa, Will You Tell Me a Story?, Dianne Young
• The Wind and Amanda’s Cello, Alison Lohans
• Fiddle Dancer, Anne Patton

Early Chapter Books

• Tyler Evans the Great, Alison Lohans
• Ollie Buggins, Detective?, Gillian Richardson
• Germy Johnson’s Stolen Skateboard, Alison Lohans
• Little Red Riding Hood, Linda Aksomitis

Middle Grade

• The Treasure Box, Judith Silverthorne
• The Mystery of the Giant Kohlrabi, Sharon Plumb
• Snow White Plus the Seven Short Guys, by Di_nne Young
• Sisters of the Wolf, Pat Miller-Schroeder
• Full Steam to Canada, Anne Patton
• Longhorns and Outlaws, Linda Aksomitis

Young Adult

• Timefall, Alison Lohans
• Dragon Planet: Kraamlok, Sharon Plumb
• Convictions, Judith Silverthorne
• Run, Linda Aksomitis
• This Land We Call Home, Alison Lohans

Non-Fiction

• An Instinct for Survival, Gillian Richardson
• The Canadian Shield Alphabet, Myrna Guymer
• Honouring the Buffalo, Judith Silverthorne
• L is for Land of Living Skies, Linda Aksomitis
• Kaboom!, Gillian Richardson

Poetry

• This Hole Called January, Paula Jane Remlinger