Adventures in Desolation Sound by Grant Lawrence (author) and Ginger Ngo (illustrator) (Harbour Publishing). Grant and Heather love TV a lot. Like, a lot a lot. So why did Dad drag them out to the middle of nowhere? “It took us a long time to fall asleep, because Desolation Sound at night was as quiet as a math test. ‘What do you think is on TV right now?’ whispered my sister from her lower bunk. ‘Probably The Love Boat,’ I whimpered back sadly…” But somehow, the amazing land — and the Indigenous Tla’amin people who inhabit it — wins them over. In fact, the wilderness may even beat television!

Bear and the Three Goldilocks by Patrick Horne (author) and Dan Yaccarino (illustrator) (Holiday House). “Once upon a time, there were three Goldilocks. There was Mr. Goldilock, Mrs. Goldilock, and Goldie Goldilock. One day, the Goldilocks went on a camping trip…” Where do they go? To the woods, of, course — which is exactly where the hungry, curious bear lives! Maybe he’ll sneak over to their campsite long enough to try a s’more (or three), strum their ukulele, and take a quick nap in Goldie’s tent, which is just right…

Cranky, Crabby Crow (Saves the World) by Corey R. Tabor (Greenwillow Books). The other animals simply want to hang out with Crow and be pals. “KAW!” he snaps when Squirrel comes over. “KAW!” he spits at Hummingbird. “KAW!” he yells at Bat. What is it with this irritable, feathered menace? Well, it might be that Crow is on a secret mission to rescue the planet from a very big, very bad asteroid that’s about to crash into it!