• Author Feature: Vivian Zhou

    What originally made you want to become an author ? I’ve liked writing short and fanciful stories (often unfinished) since I […]

  • Author Feature: Kristy Jackson

    Where do you find the inspiration for your books? I’m someone who has LOTS of story ideas. Inspiration can come […]

  • Author Feature: Jess Hannigan

    Where do you find the inspiration for your books? Are you inspired to create the pictures or the story first? […]

  • Author Feature: Victoria Koops

    Where do you find the inspiration for your books? I collect inspiration like a magpie collects shiny trinkets. One of […]

  • Illustrator Feature: Nadia Alam

    What made you interested in becoming an illustrator? Books and drawing have been constants in my life. I love reading […]

  • Author Feature: Cheryl Isaacs

    Where do you find the inspiration for your writing? Everywhere. I don’t tend to plan my stories; they come from […]

  • Illustrator Feature: Tiffani Brown

    What made you interested in becoming an illustrator? Honestly, I have always had a love for storytelling, painting, and drawing, and […]

  • Q&A with Helaine Becker

    Where do you find the inspiration for your writing? Everywhere! Paying attention to what’s going on around me. From other […]

  • Q&A with Richard Scrimger

    Where do you find the inspiration for your writing? I find inspiration everywhere. An old man running for a streetcar, […]

  • Q&A with Jessica Rose

    We were so lucky to this month to get the chance to talk with Jessica Rose, author of Let’s Get […]

  • Q&A with Dom Pelletier

    We had the opportunity to chat with Dom Pelletier, the author and illustrator of the Lunch Club series. Read on […]

  • Q&A with Erin Bow

    We had the opportunity to chat with Erin Bow, the author of Simon Sort of Says. Read on to learn more […]

  • Q&A with Lana Button

    We had the opportunity to chat with Lana Button, the author of What if Bunny’s Not A Bully? Read on to […]

  • Q&A with Nadia L. Hohn

    We had the opportunity to chat with Nadia L. Hohn, the editor of The Antiracist Kitchen and author of Malaika, […]

  • Dragonfly Tales … Belonging

    In this video, Laura and her daughter Ruby talk about the importance of seeingourselves in the stories we read They […]

  • Dragonfly Tales … Elements of Mystery

    Laura and her daughter Ruby have a new series called Dragonfly Tales. They spent the summer reading a lot of great books from our Telling Tales authors. In this video, they share some books for kids ages 8 to teen—and all the stories include elements of mystery!

  • Great Reads this Summer

    Reading has the ability to transport us from our current reality to a world of fantasy, different locations and adventures […]

  • Get Creative this Summer

    One of our favourite ways to appreciate the outdoors is to explore one of our favourite locations…RBG Canada.Read more

  • Fright Night at Twilight

    My parents always call me Sassy Tassy when they are in a good mood, but past week they haven’t been. We used to live in a little 2-story apartment building, and Mr. Garrett is the landlord. My father lost his job as a waiter, when the restaurant ownership changed. We didn’t have enough money to pay our rent. So that’s how I am here now, at the old creepy, abandoned house on Weston Street.

  • The Haunted Castle

    In the late 1950s there was a boy named Sami. One day Sami was taking a walk in his neighborhood and he saw a castle that had not been there before. “This is odd,” thought Sami, “This castle hasn’t been here before.”

  • The Haunted Mess

    It was night time in a small town called Scareville they called it that because their Halloweens were always the scariest 8 of the people in the town were in a secret club.

  • The Scratch

    I heard a scratch at the door. I don’t usually get scared when my parents go out, but my stomach was in a hard knot knot making me feel anxious.

  • Billy Goats Gruff Remake

    Once upon a time there were three billy goats eating away at the grass on their side of the bridge, but one day all the grass was gone. So the billy goat gruff decided to send over the smallest goat first.