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Perfect Books
Cozy and thriving independent book store opened in 1994. Wide variety of Children's books and Young Adult books.
Indigo - Barrhaven
Indigo is a large chain store with a vast selection of children and YA novels. The company's mission statement states that through their products and marketing, they want to represent all communities wish to show diversity and inclusion and to better…
Singing Pebble Books
Singing Pebble Books is a self-care bookstore that opened in 1988. It has a small but thoughtful Children's and Young Adult Literature section.
Books on Beechwood
This is a locally owned bookstore that has been serving the Beechwood community and surrounding neighborhoods since 1994. There is a good variety of children’s literature, middle-grade and YA novels at the back of the bookstore.
Indigo - Innes
Born in Toronto in 1940, Indigo is now Canada's largest bookstore. The store has a section that is dedicated to children's literature, featuring children's picture books and novels.
Barely Bruised Books
This small, independent bookstore sells a variety of new and used books of different genres of books and promotes community and diversity. They sell new and used copies of these books, as well as offering all children's literature for free.
Chapters Rideau
Corporate-owned chain bookstore. Two floors, one of which is primarily dedicated to fiction. There is a dedicated children's book section.
Rutter, Helen
Rutter lives in Sheffield, England, and has been an actor for years, appearing both on the stage and on TV. She says she has really always been a writer.
Northshire Bookstore - Saratoga Springs
The family-owned store opened in 2013. It has an entire floor dedicated to children. The store's website says, "We have tried to create a store that fosters browsing and discovery."
DiCamillo, Kate
DiCamillo's first book,Because of Winn-Dixie, was published in 2000, while she was working at a book warehouse in Minneapolis, MN; it was named a Newbery Award Honor Book. She was awarded the Newbery Medal in 2004 forThe Tale of Despereaux (2003) and…
Pride
This novel is an updated version of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. It brings in themes of cultural identity, class, and gentrification in a romance setting. It discusses diversity and hardship in the teenage years and reimagines a classic story.
The Bookshop Cat
A cat finds a job in a children's bookshop, where he helps children of many races and genders come together over books.
Graphs about a sampling of authors at Singing Pebble Books January 2022
RACE/ ETHNICITY - 64.3% White, 21.4% Black / African, 14.3% MulticulturalGENDER IDENTITY - 42.9% Female, 35.7% Male, 14.3% Non-Binary, 7.1% Trans MaleSEXUALITY - 35.7% LGBTQ+, 35.7% Unspecified, 28.6% Straight
Graphs about a sampling of the books at Singing Pebble Books January 2022
RACE/ ETHNICITY (Primary Characters) - 50% White, 6.3% Latinx, 6.3% Multicultural, 6.3% Brown Skin, 25% Black / AfricanRACE/ ETHNICITY (Secondary Characters) - 45% White, 10% Latinx, 10% Black / African ,5% Indigenous, 5% Asian
GENDER IDENTITY…
Molly Bang Exercise
Created as an exercise from Molly Bang's Picture This, this picture takes the word 'shark' and breaks it down to its simpliest colours and shapes. This image was created using only construction paper, glue and scissors. It has a focus on darker…
Interview with Amanda West Lewis
An interview with author, play director, and calligrapher Amanda West Lewis, lead by interviewer Brooklyn Wilkins. The interview covers Lewis's creative process in regards to her works with children. As someone who works so closely with youth in…
The Girl and the Wolf
A retelling of the "Little Red Riding Hood" story; in this version, the wolf is a helper, and the little girl must rely on both his knowledge and her own to find her way to safety. TheKirkus review states, "Readers will likely infer the girl and her…
Gender Representation in Children's Literature Shelf at Perfect Books
Pie charts and a bar graph representing the distribution of gender representation within a sample of picturebooks at Perfect Books.
Race/Ethnicity Representation in Children's Literature Shelf at Perfect Books
Pie charts and a bar graph representing the distribution of race/ethnicity representation within a sample of picturebooks at Perfect Books.