Resources & services for youth

Youth reading lists

Explore book lists on a variety of topics and themes, curated by our librarians.

1000 Books Before Kindergarten

Encourage a lifelong love of reading and build early literacy skills with our Growing Readers Together challenge.

Personal Book Recs

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Videos & virtual programs

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Latest Book Recs reviews

The Boy at the Window by Lucy Strange

Looking for a haunting ghost story to deliver drama and suspense in equal measure? Lucy Strange’s ‘The Boy at the Window’ delivers both in this atmospheric tale that is sure…

The Cartoonist Club by Raina Telgemeier

Another hit from Raina Telgemeier! The Cartoonist Club follows a group of school friends who start a club to share their love of comics. With help from their school librarian, they learn…

Intermediate Chapter (Gr 3-5)

I’m a Dumbo Octopus! A Graphic Guide to Cephalopods by Ann Lambelet

Grimpy, a dumbo octopus, guides us through the depths of the ocean to meet several varieties of cephalopods. Cephalopods include Octopuses (or octopodes as some prefer), squids, cuttlefish and nautiluses. …