Photography in youngCanLit: A booklist for World Photography Day (August 19)

While numerous books, especially those of non-fiction, feature photographs,  there are many in which characters are engaged in photography or in which photographs move the plot forward.  Here, I've selected a list of picture books, fiction, young adult and non-fiction books in which photography or an image viewer (in the case of Super Duper Monster Viewer), and that includes still photography, digital and video, are key.  Each of these youngCanLit titles deserves to be recognized in this booklist in celebration of World Photography Day, August 19.

PICTURE BOOKS

Finders Keepers for Franklin
by Paulette Bourgeois
Illustrated by Brenda Clark
Kids Can Press
29 pp.
Ages 3-7
1997

Super-Duper Monster Viewer
by Kevin Sylvester
Groundwood Books
32 pp.
Ages 4-7
2016

Willow’s Smile
by Lana Button
Illustrated by Tania Howells
Kids Can Press
32 pp.
Ages 3-7
2016







FICTION and YOUNG ADULT

Barry, Boyhound
Andy Spearman
Knopf
230 pp.
Ages 9-12
2005

The Book of Spirits and Thieves
by Morgan Rhodes
Razorbill
358 pp.
Ages 12+
2015

The Darkest Magic (The Book of Spirits and Thieves, Book 2)
by Morgan Rhodes
Razorbill
448 pp.
Ages 12+
2016

Dying to Go Viral
by Sylvia McNicoll
Fitzhenry & Whiteside
251 pp.
Ages 12+
2013

Finding Grace
by Becky Citra
Second Story Press
195 pp.
Ages 9-12
2014

Ghosts of the Pacific
by Philip Roy
Ronsdale Press
251 pp.
Ages 11-14
2011

Grind
by Eric Walters
Orca Book Publishers
100 pp.
Ages 13-15
2004

The Journal
by Lois Donovan
Ronsdale Press
204 pp.
Ages 10+
2015

Jump Cut
by Ted Staunton
Orca Book Publishers
220 pp.
Ages 9-12
2012

Leftovers
by Heather Waldorf
Orca Book Publishers
198 pp.
Ages 12-16
2009

Lights, Camera, Disaster! (Macdonald Hall #6)
by Gordon Korman
Scholastic Canada
232 pp.
Ages 8-12
2004

Lucky Jonah
by Richard Scrimger
HarperCollinsCanada
223 pp.
Ages 12-14
2016

Mission Mumbai: A  Novel of Sacred Cows, Snakes, and Stolen Toilets
by Mahtab Narsimhan
Scholastic Press
272 pp.
Ages 9-12
2016

My Life Before Me
by Norah McClintock
Orca Book Publishers
248 pp.
Ages 12+
2015

Nine Doors
by Vicki Grant
Orca Book Publishers
96 pp.
Ages 11-14
2009

Northern Exposures
by Eric Walters
Fitzhenry & Whiteside
208 pp.
Ages 8-12
2008

Picture This
by Norah McClintock
Orca Book Publishers
128 pp.
Ages 12+
2009

RanVan: Magic Nation
by Diana Wieler
Groundwood Books
229 pp.
Ages 13+
1997

The Rule of Thirds (A Pippa Greene Novel)
by Chantel Guertin
ECW Press
192 pp.
Ages 13+
2013

Depth of Field (A Pippa Green Novel)
by Chantel Guertin
ECW Press
208 pp.
Ages 13+
2014

Leading Lines (A Pippa Greene Novel)
by Chantel Guertin
ECW Press
216 pp.
Ages 13+
2015

Scarlet Thunder
by Sigmund Brouwer
Orca Book Publishers
172 pp.
Ages 12-14
2008

Scenes from the Epic Life of a Total Genius
by Stacey Matson
llustrated by Simon Kwan
Scholastic Canada
255 pp.
Ages 10-13
2015

Shooter
by Caroline Pignat
Razorbill Canada
320 pp.
Ages 12+
2016

Thirty-six Exposures
by Kevin Major
Delacorte
154 pp.
Ages 15+
1984

Young Man With Camera
by Emil Sher
Pictures by David Wyman
Scholastic Canada
218 pp.
Ages 13+
2015

NON-FICTION

Beyond Bullets : A Photo Journal of Afghanistan
by Rafal Gerszak  with Dawn Hunter
Annick
128 pp.
Ages 12-15
2011

Canada from Above: A Photo Journey
by Heather Patterson
Scholastic
30 pp.
Ages 9-12
2010

Fantastic Female Filmmakers 
by Suzanne Simoni
Second Story Press
122 pp.
Ages 9-13
2008

It's a Snap!: George Eastman's First Photo
by Monica Kulling
Illustrated by Bill Slavin
Tundra Books
32 pp.
Ages 6-10
2009

Learn to Speak Film: A Guide to Creating, Promoting & Screening Your Movies
by Michael Glassbourg
Illustrated by Jeff Kulak
Owlkids
96 pp.
Ages 10-13
2013

Photographing Greatness: The Story of Karsh
by Lian Godall
Napoleon
96 pp.
Ages 11-14
2008







Readers of CanLit for LittleCanadians, please let me know of any titles I should add to this list. Thanks.

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