And available for school and library visits!
Rochelle Strauss and Caroline Fernandez
Double Book Launch (water theme!)
Tuesday June 23
6:30-8:30pm
Mabel’s Fables Children’s Bookstore
540 Mt Pleasant Rd
All The Water on the Earth by Rochelle Strauss and illustrated by Madelyn Goodnight (pub: Kids Can Press – picture book)
Asha and Baz Meet Sylvia Earle by Caroline Fernandez and illustrated by Dharmali Patel (pub: Common Deer Press – chapter book)
New Release: June 2026. Looking at the Sky: How Janusz Korczak Fought for Children’s Rights, a new graphic novel published by Kids Can Press, written by Amanda West Lewis, and illustrated by Abigail Rajunov. A Junior Library Guild Selection.
Regan Macaulay
July 18 – Streetsville Comicon, 10am – 3pm at Vic Johnston Community Centre – 335 Church Street, Mississauga, ON, with author Tamara Botting
August 8 – St. Lawrence Barket Market, 11am – 5pm at Market Street on the west side of the St. Lawrence Market – 93 Front Street East, Toronto, ON, with Kurī K9 Massage
August 22 – Stratford Comicon, 10am – 3pm at Best Western Plus the Arden Park Hotel – 552 Ontario Street, Stratford, ON, with author Tamara Botting
September 5 – Barrie Comicon, 10am – 3pm at Eastview Arena – 453 Grove Street East, Barrie, ON, with author Tamara Botting
November 15 – Ajax Comicon, 10am – 3pm at Audley Recreation Centre – Ajax Sportplex – 1955 Audley Road, Ajax, ON, with author Tamara Botting
- Exhibitor and Storytime Reader at Flamborough Book Fair – July 26
NEW BOOK: Releasing November 3, 2026: Nina and the Missing Night (Pownal Street Press, Traditional Program). A poetic, atmospheric picture book exploring the delicate balance between day and night, activity and rest in a world that sometimes forgets to pause.
Pre-order your copy today through your favourite local independent bookstore.
NEW BOOK: Building Homes for All: Technology for A Fair and Green Planet is out on March 17th (Orca Book Publishers)
Unsinkable Cayenne, an NCTE Notable Verse Novel by Jessica Vitalis, won the High Plains Book Award, is a Forest of Reading Red Maple Nominee, and is on the 2025 Telling Tales Reading list as well as the Canadian Children’s Book Centre’s Best Books for Kids and Teens 2025 list. It was also long listed for the Reading the West Book Awards.
My Street Remembers, written by Karen Krossing and illustrated by Cathie Jamieson, was named a Quill & Quire Notable Book for 2025.
Karen’s disability-inclusive picture book PLAYDATE SURPRISE (Scholastic Canada) for ages 3-7 has WON The Word Award 2025 for Books – Children – General Market!
Oksanna is honoured to have her first chapter book, Katie Crumble and the Case of the Missing Underwear, chosen to be on the CBC Spring List of Children’s Books to Read 2025. Katie will be insufferable!