Welcome to the CCBC’s searchable book bank!
Featuring the NEW online Best Books for Kids & Teens database and our Accessible Books Bank.
Best Books for Kids & Teens
The go-to resource for the best new Canadian books and magazines for children and teens. Whether you're stocking a bookshelf in a classroom, library or at home, every title included has been given our stamp of approval, ensuring you get only the highest quality literature. Starred selections represent titles of exceptional calibre.
Our expert committees of educators, booksellers and school and public librarians from across Canada handpick the selections. Committees look for excellence in writing and illustration and, most importantly, they select books that appeal to children and young adults.
Accessible Books Bank
Discover titles that are available as ebooks, audiobooks, large print, braille, and more. Check back often for new books and helpful links. See our Accessible Books Bank FAQ page for more information on the Accessible Books Project and this resource.
Where possible we vet titles or ensure books are produced by Benetech certified publishers (an independent third-party digital accessibility certification program). However, we cannot guarantee that every title will meet the needs of every reader. If you have feedback on the books listed, please reach out to info@bookcentre.ca
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Six Little Sticks
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Sloth and Squirrel on Vacation
 Grade 2 - 3Humorous Stories | Social Themes | AnimalsCathy Ballou MealeyKelly Collier -
A Stronger Home
 A Stronger Home
 Grade 2 - 3Social Themes | FamilyKatrina ChenElaine SuDelphie Côté-Lacroix -
A Summer without Anna
 A Summer without Anna
 Grade 2 - 3Family | Health & Daily Living | Social ThemesKate Jenks LandryRisa Hugo -
Sundays Are for Feasts
 Sundays Are for Feasts
 Grade 1 - 2Cooking & Food | Middle Eastern & Arab American | FamilyLeila BoukarimRuaida Mannaa -
Tanna's Puppy
 Tanna's Puppy
 Grade 2 - 3Animals | Places | Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island | Social ThemesRachel Qitsualik-TinsleySean Qitsualik-TinsleyMichelle Simpson -
To My Irniq: To My Son
 To My Irniq: To My Son
 Grade 1 - 2Bedtime & Dreams | Boys & Men | Places | InuitNadia SammurtokHsulynn Pang -
Together, a Forest
 Together, a Forest
 Grade 2 - 3Neurodiversity | Science & Nature | DisabilityRoz MacLeanRoz MacLean -
Wait 'Til You're Older
 Wait 'Til You're Older
 Grade 2 - 3Science & Nature | Girls & Women | Social ThemesMaria MarianayagamIrina Avgustinovich -
What Fish Are Saying
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What Makes a Bird?
 What Makes a Bird?
 Grade 2 - 3Social Themes | Animals | Imagination & PlayMegan PomperMaia Hoekstra -
When a Tree Falls
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When the Air Sang
 When the Air Sang
 Grade 2 - 3Animals | Science & Nature | Family | Girls & WomenLaura BontjeSarah Whang -
Wind, Stop Blowing!