Family Day often gets overlooked in the hustle and bustle of everyday life. This year, Family Day falls on a Monday, Feb 20, which provides the perfect opportunity to spend a long weekend relaxing, sitting by the fire, and reading some great titles with your loved ones.

Enjoy a book together or just enjoy each others’ company as you delve into your own read. This Family Day, take a break from running around, get cozy with a blanket and a cup of hot chocolate, and grab any one of these great titles.

Children

For Very Young Children:

My First NHL Books by Christopher Jordan is a series of six NHL board books. What better way to introduce your child to the action-packed world of hockey than through this new series aimed at the youngest of hockey fans? Perfect for ages 2-4.

Hop, Skip and Jump, Maisy! by Lucy Cousins is a Maisy First Science Book. Ages 2-5 are encouraged to channel their energy into into stretching, jumping, running, playing ball, jumping rope, somersaulting, and lots more with Maisy the Mouse.

Demolition by Sally Sutton is the perfect title for little boys and girls, aged 3-5, who love big machines. This rambunctious book, reverberates with sound words, and is guaranteed to have small kids rapt.

For Young Children:

10 Valentine Friends by Janet Schulman is a great Valentine’s Day read for children aged 3-8. 10 little neighbors are busy making Valentines for their closest friends and everyone is sure to get a Valentine at the big Valentine’s Day party.

The Lorax Pop-Up! by Dr. Seuss is a classic Dr. Suess title with a pop-up twist. Children, aged 3-8, will love the dynamic pop-up spreads.

For Older Children:

The Ecosystems Series by Karen Patkau features Who Needs a Jungle?, Who Needs a Swamp? and Who Needs an Iceberg? It is a fabulous series for boys and girls, aged 7-10, who are curious about the environment.

Who Will Save My Planet? by Cristina Urrutia is a unique and powerful wordless book that uses striking photos to show the impact of humans on the environment. It is just the title for your little green activist, aged 7 plus.

For Young Adults:

Inheritance by Christopher Paolini tells the story of Eragon, who not so very long ago, was nothing more than a poor farm boy, and his dragon, Saphira, only a blue stone in the forest. Now the fate of an entire civilization rests on their shoulders.

The Gathering by Kelley Armstrong is set in a small medical-research town on Vancouver Island. How small? You can’t find it on the map. Recently strange things started happening in this claustrophobic town, and Maya’s determined to get to the bottom of them.

In The Taming by Teresa Toten and Eric Walters, Katie likes to believe she’s invisible. It safer than being exposed as who she is: shy, poor, and vulnerable. So getting up in front of audience as the lead in her school’s production of The Taming of the Shrew should be complete torture but something totally unexpected happens when she gets on stage.

For Her:

The Winter Palace by Eva Stachniak reveals that behind every great ruler lies a betrayal. You’ll be swept into the passionate, intimate, and treacherous world of Catherine the Great, Russia’s greatest matriarch, from her earliest days in court.

Ru by Kim Thuy will take you on an unforgettable journey from a palatial residence in Saigon to a crowded and muddy Malaysian refugee camp, and onward to a new life in Quebec; where a young girl feels the embrace of a new community, and revels in the chance to be part of the American Dream.

Death Comes to Pemberley by P. D. James is a marvellous, thrilling re-creation of the world of Pride and Prejudice. The year is 1803, and Darcy and Elizabeth have been married for six years. They have two handsome, healthy sons, but their peace is threatened and old sins and misunderstandings are rekindled on the eve of the annual autumn ball.

For Him:

The Accident by Linwood Barclay centres around Glen who is propelled into a vortex of corruption and illegal activity, pursued by mysterious killers, and confronted by threats from neighbors he thought he knew. He must now take desperate measures and go to terrifying new places in himself to avenge his wife and protect his child.

Into the Silence by Wade Davis is a monumental work of history and adventure, ten years in the writing. Wade Davis asks not whether George Mallory was the first to reach the summit of Everest, but rather why he kept on climbing on that fateful day. His answer lies in a single phrase uttered by one of the survivors as they retreated from the mountain: “The price of life is death.”

The Leopard by Jo Nesbo is another gripping installment in this prize-winning series by the internationally #1 bestselling crime writer in Norway. Two women are found murdered in Oslo — both of them have drowned in their own blood. What mystifies the police is that the puncture wounds in the victims’ faces have been caused from the inside of their mouths.