Reading Lists
ALSC Recommended Reads (Birth-Preschool)

Book suggestions from the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC). 


Canada Reads 2023 Longlist

Canada Reads is back! This year, the great Canadian book debate is looking for one book to shift your perspective.The five panellists and the five books they ch ...
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Canada Reads 2024 Longlist

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Canada Reads Winners 2002-2023

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CBRL New Adult Fiction

Check out some of the latest additions to CBRL's adult fiction catalogue!


Celebrate African Heritage Month

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Circuits & Electrical Engineering for Kids

CBRL now has STEAM Kits available to loan! Our Snap Circuit kits, Makey Makey Kits, and Squishy Circuits Kits are great introductions to building electrical circuits ...
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Community Matters

We’re all in this together! These books explore adult friendships and how kindness and compassion can leave a lasting impression on individuals and their community.


Compassion for Animals

This children's book list offers suggestions to help teach compassion, respect, and responsibility for animals of all sizes and species.


Free to Be Me

If it annoys you when people say boys, girls, and families have to look or act a certain way, you will find these picture books refreshing,


Fun with Friends

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Hackmatack 2024 (English titles grades 4-6)

The Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book Award is a literary program designed to bring together readers in Grades 4-6 with great Canadian books and authors. https://hackmatack.ca/


Hackmatack 2024 (French titles grades 4-6)

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Hackmatack Children's Choice Book List 2021

The Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book Award is a literary program in Atlantic Canada designed to bring together readers 9-12 years old with great Canadian books ...
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Hackmatack Children's Choice Finalists 2023

The Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book Award is a literary program designed to bring together readers in Grades 4-6 with great Canadian books and authors. https://hackmatack.ca/


Hackmatack Children's Choice Finalists 2023

The Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book Award is a literary program designed to bring together readers in Grades 4-6 with great Canadian books and authors. https://hackmatack.ca/


Indigenous Reads for Teens

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LGBTQIA+ for Young Adults

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New Adult Non-Fiction

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Summer Romance Trending on TikTok

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TD Summer Reading Recommended Reads

The TD Summer Reading Club gratefully acknowledges the contributions of The FOLD and GoodMinds.com in compiling this list.


TDSRC Recommended Reads Part I

The TD Summer Reading Club gratefully acknowledges the contributions of The FOLD and GoodMinds.com in compiling this list.


United We Stand

Divided We Fall, United We Stand: a diverse range of stories about friendship, acceptance, and real-world issues important to teens.


Winter Reading from FOLD for kids

The FOLD Foundation was founded in 2014 by author Jael Richardson. In May 2016, the organization launched the Festival of Literary Diversity (FOLD) – the first liter ...
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Wise & Wonderful Children's Books

You're never too old to appreciate these books. Philosophical, metaphorical. and timeless classics.


Your Stories

We all want to see ourselves in a book, and for many of us, the search for a book that feels as though it was written for us, about us, seems fruitless. With heroes ...
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ALSC Recommended Reads Grades P-2

Book suggestions from the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC).


ALSC Recommended Reads Grades P-2

Book suggestions from the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC).


CBRL New Adult Non-Fiction

From politics to sports, memoirs to music, CBRL's new adult non-fiction books have your interests covered!


TDSRC Recommended Reads Part II

The TD Summer Reading Club gratefully acknowledges the contributions of The FOLD and GoodMinds.com in compiling this list.


ALSC Reading Recommendations Grades 3-5

This Grades 3 - 5  book list was created by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC). 


CBRL New Adult and YA Graphic Novels

Graphic novels use high-impact visual art to tell stories and explore ideas. Check out some of the new titles in our Adult and YA collections!


CBRL New YA Fiction

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Embrace Race, Provide Solace & Do Good

These 18 picture books offer a way to engage the broad range of emotions and needs of diverse children in our communities. Use these books to help you do the work of ...
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ALSC Recommended Reads Grades 6-8

Book suggestions from the Association for Library Services to Children (ALSC).


Hackmatack Children's Choice Finalists 2022

The Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book Award is a literary program in Atlantic Canada designed to bring together readers 9-12 years old with great Canadian books ...
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Teen - Books Billie Eilish might like

Check out this list of recommended reads for those who want to read about some darker themes like loneliness, toxic relationships and twisted ideas! If we could reco ...
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Teen - What might Greta Thunberg read?

If we could recommend any books to Greta Thunberg, the amazing climate activist, these would be the ones! Check out this list of recommended reads for anyone interes ...
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Teen - Books BTS might like

Check out this list of recommended reads for fans of music, dancing, romance, dealing with fame and international adventure! If we could recommend any books to ...
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Teen - If you like Lil Nas X. . .

If we could recommend any books to Lil Nas X, the infinitely memeable musician, these would be the ones! Check out this list of recommended reads for anyone interest ...
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