Staff Picks 2021 Piedad
Time is a FlowerBy Julie Morstad Julie Morstad draws a playful and poignant exploration of the nature of time through the eyes of a child. Time is a seed waiting to grow, a flower blooming, a sunbeam moving across a room....
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Fall Book Clubs!
Check out all of our upcoming book clubs for the Fall 2021 season! All book clubs are free to attend and happen virtually on...
New D+Q: The Bug Club by Elise Gravel
Governor General Award-winning author Elise Gravel has a new book out and it's about all things bugs! The Bug Club is a hilarious, informative,...
Lectures d'été 2021 - Mariana
Voici mes invitations de lecture pour la saison estivale! Ce sont des idées pour explorer, jouer, s’évader, se cultiver, rêver?Il me fait plaisir de...
Summer Reads 2021 - Gigi
It’s summer which means time to finally read books that aren't assigned by my teachers! This summer I have so many anticipated reads and...
Summer Reads 2021-Rifah
Graphic NovelsCyclopedia Exotica by Aminder DhaliwalCyclopedia Exotica is such a clever graphic novel, playing to Dhaliwal’s strength of on-point sociocultural observation and criticism. Using...
La Petite's Summer Reads!
La Petite is back this summer with a list of our favourite novels and chapter books to keep your reading pile stacked high all...
Virtual Storytime: Mirror by Moashella Shortte
It's time for another Virtual Storytime with La Petite D+Q! In this edition, Siena reads Mirror by local author Moashella Shortte. Mirror is a...
I Read Canadian Day!
Andrew Katz, author of I Just Want to Be Super! and How to Catch a Bear Who Loves to Read stopped by La Petite Librairie to...
Dear Black Girls by Shanice Nicole and Kezna Dalz
Dear Black Girls, by Shanice Nicole and illustrated by Kezna Dalz (aka teenadult), is officially out today from Metonymy Press!
Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas is officially out today!
Concrete Rose by the inimitable Angie Thomas is officially out today!
Élise Gravel est de passage en librairie! Élise Gravel stopped by!
Élise Gravel est de passage à la petite librairie D+Q! The inimatable Élise Gravel stopped by the bookshop this afternoon.
Nouveau! Une patate à vélo – LE JEU!!!
Acheter le nouveu jeu d'Elise Gravel ici!Est-ce que ça se peut une patate à vélo? Une licorne qui pète? Basé sur le livre d'Élise...
How to Draw The Investigators with John Patrick Green
It's time for another Virtual Drawing Club! Today John Patrick Green, author of Investigators and Investigators Take the Plunge teaches us how to draw...
Virtual Storytime: Sundus Abdul Hadi Reads Shams!
We love local author Sundus Abdul Hadi's beautiful new picture book, Shams! Watch her read the story in another edition of La Petite D+Q's...
Virtual Drawing Club: Draw Billiam Van Hoof with Sandra Dumais!
Hi Drawing Club! We've been missing you on Wednesdays so we wanted to bring you some virtual activities! Here is a quick video by...
Story Time with Marie-Louise Gay!
Marie-Louise Gay stopped by the store this week to read her new picture book, The Three Brothers, out now from Groundwood Books! Watch the...
Kenneth Oppel Launches HATCH!
Purchase a signed copy of Kenneth Oppel's HATCH from La Petite D+Q and received exclusive access to the virtual launch with the author!