• Author Feature: Judy I. Lin

    What originally made you want to become an author? I was a huge bookworm while growing up and then I […]

  • 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    What originally made you want to become an author ?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.”