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Series: Candle for Christmas /tpPaperback
Jean Speare9780888991492
$4.95JUVENILE FICTION Grade (US) from P - k
Sep 01, 1991
Tomas, a young native boy, is staying with the reserve nurse while his parents go to check on their cattle. It is a very harsh, cold winter, and although they have promised to return in time for Christmas, they haven't appeared by Christmas Eve. Tomas falls asleep and dreams of a candle so large that it lights up the night sky. When he awakes he finds that his dream has helped his parents find their way home.
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Series: A Coyote Columbus StoryPaperback
Thomas King9780888998309
$12.99JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 5 - 8
Sep 01, 2007
A retelling of the Christopher Columbus story from a Native point of view turns this tale on its ear! Coyote, the trickster, creates the world and all the creatures in it. She is able to control all events to her advantage until a funny-looking red-haired man named Columbus changes her plans. He is unimpressed by the wealth of moose, turtles and beavers in Coyote’s land. Instead he is interested in the human beings he can take to sell in Spain. Thomas King uses a bag of literary tricks to shatter the stereotypes surrounding Columbus’s voyages. ... + Read More
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Series: A Coyote Solstice TaleHardcover
Thomas King9780888999290
$14.95JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 5 - 8
Sep 01, 2009
Winner of the American Indian Library Association Youth Literature Awards, Best Picture Book.Trickster Coyote is having his friends over for a festive solstice get-together in the woods when a little girl comes by unexpectedly. She leads the party-goers through the snowy woods to a shopping mall -- a place they have never seen before. Coyote gleefully shops with abandon, only to discover that fi lling your shopping cart with goodies is not quite the same thing as actually paying for them. The trickster is tricked and goes back to his cabin in t... + Read More
Many girls are named after flowers (or even forms of the word flower, such as Flora), which inspired Linda Wolfsgruber to create this utterly charming book. Girls names in different languages accompany her imaginative illustrations, so that the reader discovers, for example, that Gul means rose in Turkish, but that it is Rosa in Spanish and Raisa in Hebrew. Other names in the book include those for buttercup, sunflower, lily of the valley, daisy, bluebell, snowdrop, hyacinth, camomile, violet, tulip, poppy and lily. This is a beautiful and int... + Read More
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Series: A Dog Came, TooPaperback
Ainslie Manson9780888991874
$6.95JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 6 - 9
Nov 01, 1995
Most Canadians may not know that Alexander MacKenzie was accompanied by a big brown dog on his long journey to the Pacific Coast of Canada. Our Dog, as he was known to his companions, protected the explorer and the Native guides that helped him all along his way. Manson's focus on the role of the Natives, as well as that of the heroic Our Dog, brings new insight to this exploration story.
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Series: A Few BitesHardcover
Cybèle Young9781554982950
$18.95JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 7
Sep 01, 2012
In this sequel to A Few Blocks, acclaimed artist Cybèle Young uses collage and paper sculpture to tell the story of an older sister creating imaginary worlds to persuade her brother to eat his lunch. In the end he turns the tables.It’s time for Ferdie to eat lunch, but he’d much rather find the special part for his fighter ship. When big sister Viola promises to help him, he comes to the table. But he finds broccoli on his plate, and carrots! Ever resourceful and imaginative, Viola convinces Ferdie that dinosaurs ate broccoli to escape their fi... + Read More
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Series: A Few BlocksHardcover
Cybele Young9780888999955
$18.95JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 7
Aug 27, 2011
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2011 and a finalist for the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Award
"It was time for Ferdie and Viola to go to school. But Ferdie had eleven cars to wash, the highest tower ever to build and a snake drawing that wasn't done…" 
Ferdie doesn't want to go to school, but go to school he must, and fortunately his imaginative older sister Viola paves the way. She tells him to put on his superfast cape and his rocket blaster boots and then off they go! Time and again Viola uses her rich imagination to keep Ferdie on his way. B... + Read More
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Series: A Gift from ChildhoodHardcover
Baba Wague Diakite9780888999313
$19.95JUVENILE NONFICTION Grade (US) to 5
Mar 01, 2010
Baba Wague is only four years old when he is sent to the tiny Malian village of Kassaro to be raised by his paternal grandparents, according to the family tradition. Under his grandmother's patient and wise tutelage, he comes to love his close-knit village community. He learns how to catch a catfish with his bare hands, learns the true meaning of the appearance of a snake in the granary, flees from an army of bees and mistakes a hungry albino cobra snake for a pink inner tube. And he survives, with trepidation and pride, his circumcision -- a c... + Read More
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Series: A New LifePaperback
Rukhsana Khan9780888999306
$12.95JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 8 - 11
Feb 01, 2009
Eight-year-old Khadija, her older brother, Hamza, and their parents have just arrived in Canada from Pakistan. In their classrooms on the first day of school Khadija and Hamza are confronted by a sea of unfamiliar faces. Everyone looks so different from the way they did back home. At first Khadija and Hamza feel left out at recess, and they both become the targets of school bullies. It's really hard to have to speak English all day long. And Khadija just can't figure out how to get enough water out of the drinking fountain. Hamza, in particula... + Read More
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Series: A Salmon for Simon2nd editionPaperback
Betty Waterton9780888992765
$7.95JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 7
Apr 01, 1997
Simon has always longed to catch a salmon. But when his luck suddenly changes and an eagle accidentally drops one into a tidal pool, Simon is torn between sympathy for the fish and the desire to catch something of his own.All summer long, Simon, a young First Nations boy, has been desperate to catch a salmon. He goes fishing every day, but has no luck. Then one day a high-flying eagle drops a salmon into a clam hole right before his eyes, and Simon must decide whether to take it home or let it go.This simple story, with its evocative watercolor... + Read More
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Series: A Small NativityHardcover
Aquiles Nazoa9780888998392
$9.95JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 8
Oct 01, 2007
This delightful retelling of the Christmas story in a contemporary Latin American setting is by Aquiles Nazoa, one of the most famous poets of Venezuela. Ana Palmero Caceres, a young Venezuelan artist and designer, has enriched the text with marvelous, densely symbolic paintings presented as a series of altarpieces adorned with gold leaf. She uses decorative symbols as well as flora and fauna native to the Americas to tell the story of humble Mary and Joseph seeking a place for the birth of their child. This version of the Nativity speaks to a ... + Read More
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Series: A Thief in the House of Memory2nd editionPaperback
Tim Wynne-Jones9780888997425
$12.95YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) to 11
May 18, 2006
It has been six years since sixteen-year-old Dec's free-spirited mother, Lindy, disappeared. Dec feels so trapped in the present that he has avoided examining his past. But when an intruder dies in the museum-like family home, the man's death sends forth tremors that reawaken forgotten memories. Suddenly Dec is flooded with visions of his mother so tangible it's hard to believe they're not real. At least Dec has his best friend -- gifted, funny Ezra -- to help him sort out what's real and what isn't. But as Dec's dream visions of his mother tu... + Read More
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Series: A Thief in the House of MemoryNew editionElectronic book text, EPUB
Tim Wynne-Jones9781554980444
$8.95YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) to 11
Aug 16, 2004
It has been six years since sixteen-year-old Dec's free-spirited mother, Lindy, disappeared. Dec feels so trapped in the present that he has avoided examining his past. But when an intruder dies in the museum-like family home, the man's death sends forth tremors that reawaken forgotten memories. Suddenly Dec is flooded with visions of his mother so tangible it's hard to believe they're not real. At least Dec has his best friend -- gifted, funny Ezra -- to help him sort out what's real and what isn't. But as Dec's dream visions of his mother tu... + Read More
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Series: A Troublesome BoyHardcover
Paul Vasey9781554981540
$16.95YOUNG ADULT FICTION Grade (US) to 9
May 01, 2012
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book About the Past, and selected as an Honor Book by the Society of School Librarians International Teddy can't believe how fast his life has changed in just two years. When he was twelve, his father took off, and then his mother married Henry, a man Teddy despises. But Teddy has no control over his life, and adults make all the decisions, especially in 1959. Henry decides that Teddy should be sent to St. Ignatius Academy for Boys, an isolated boarding school run by the Catholic church. St. Iggy's, Teddy learns, is a cold... + Read More
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Series: A Troublesome BoyPaperback
Paul Vasey9781554981557
$9.95YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) to 14
May 01, 2012
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book About the Past, and selected as an Honor Book by the Society of School Librarians International Teddy can't believe how fast his life has changed in just two years. When he was twelve, his father took off, and then his mother married Henry, a man Teddy despises. But Teddy has no control over his life, and adults make all the decisions, especially in 1959. Henry decides that Teddy should be sent to St. Ignatius Academy for Boys, an isolated boarding school run by the Catholic church. St. Iggy's, Teddy learns, is a cold... + Read More
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Series: AbuelosHardcover
Pat Mora9780888997166
$18.95JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 7
Oct 01, 2008
International Latino Book Award for Best English Picture Book In this delightful story two young children, Ray and Amelia, discover the old New Mexican tradition of "los abuelos" for the first time. Long ago, in the cold midwinter of northern New Mexico, village men would go up into the mountains, disguise themselves as scary old men and then go down to the village to see who had been good and who had been bad. The abuelos — wearing masks and covered with soot — would tease the children and then have them sing or dance around the fire. This mid... + Read More
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Series: AbuelosPaperback
Pat Mora9781554981014
$9.95JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 7
Mar 05, 2011
International Latino Book Award for Best English Picture Book In this delightful story two young children, Ray and Amelia, discover the old New Mexican tradition of los abuelos for the first time. Long ago, in the cold midwinter of northern New Mexico, village men would go up into the mountains, disguise themselves as scary old men and then go down to the village to see who had been good and who had been bad. The abuelos -- wearing masks and covered with soot -- would tease the children and then have them sing or dance around the fire. This m... + Read More
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Series: AbuelosHardcover
Pat Mora9780888997173
$18.95JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 7
Oct 01, 2008
This edition is in Spanish. In this delightful story two young children, Ray and Amelia, discover the old New Mexican tradition of "los abuelos" for the first time. Long ago, in the cold midwinter of northern New Mexico, village men would go up into the mountains, disguise themselves as scary old men and then go down to the village to see who had been good and who had been bad. The abuelos – wearing masks and covered with soot – would tease the children and then have them sing or dance around the fire. This midwinter masquerade, which contai... + Read More
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Series: AbuelosPaperback
Pat Mora9781554981021
$9.95JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 7
Mar 05, 2011
This edition is in Spanish. In this delightful story two young children, Ray and Amelia, discover the old New Mexican tradition of "los abuelos" for the first time. Long ago, in the cold midwinter of northern New Mexico, village men would go up into the mountains, disguise themselves as scary old men and then go down to the village to see who had been good and who had been bad. The abuelos -- wearing masks and covered with soot -- would tease the children and then have them sing or dance around the fire. This midwinter masquerade, which cont... + Read More
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Series: After Sylvia /hcHardcover
Alan Cumyn9780888996121
$18.95JUVENILE FICTION Grade (US) from 3 - 6
Jul 05, 2004
Nominated for the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award and the TD Children's Literature AwardAs the new school year unfolds, the magic of the Skye brothers' antic adventures is replaced by a different kind of magic — of stillness, when Owen visits the haunted house in the dead of winter, and of insight, as he begins to see his father in a new light. Owen is growing up, but happily for readers, he never loses his most endearing qualities — his sweet vulnerability, his impulsive courage, and his imagination as big as t... + Read More
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Series: After Sylvia2nd editionPaperback
Alan Cumyn9780888998682
$8.95JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 8 - 11
May 01, 2008
Nominated for the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award and the TD Children's Literature Award As the new school year unfolds, the magic of the Skye brothers' antic adventures is replaced by a different kind of magic — of stillness, when Owen visits the haunted house in the dead of winter, and of insight, as he begins to see his father in a new light. Owen is growing up, but happily for readers, he never loses his most endearing qualities — his sweet vulnerability, his impulsive courage, and his imagination as big as ... + Read More
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Series: Against the OddsHardcover
Marjolijn Hof9780888999351
$18.95JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) to 9
Oct 01, 2009
USBBY Outstanding International Books selection Kiki lives with her mother and father and their very old fat dog, Mona. Life is good except that Kiki's father, a doctor, feels compelled to go off on missions to dangerous and faraway war zones. No matter how persuasive her arguments, Kiki cannot convince him to stay home. Kiki's mother explains to her about odds – how it is very unlikely that her father will die because, after all, how many of her friends' fathers have died? The odds are very good it won't happen. When her father actually does... + Read More
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Series: Against the OddsPaperback
Marjolijn Hof9780888999504
$12.95JUVENILE FICTION Grade (US) to 4
Oct 01, 2009
USBBY Outstanding International Books selection Kiki lives with her mother and father and their very old fat dog, Mona. Life is good except that Kiki's father, a doctor, feels compelled to go off on missions to dangerous and faraway war zones. No matter how persuasive her arguments, Kiki cannot convince him to stay home. Kiki's mother explains to her about odds — how it is very unlikely that her father will die because, after all, how many of her friends' fathers have died? The odds are very good it won't happen. When her father actually does g... + Read More
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Series: Alba y OcasoHardcover
Jorge Luján9780888995353
$15.95JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 10 - 11
Apr 10, 2003
Series: AlegoHardcover
Ningeokuluk Teevee9780888999436
$17.99JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 7
Aug 01, 2009
An enchanting and utterly authentic introduction to the life of an Inuit child and her world. Written and illustrated by Ningeokuluk Teevee, one of the most interesting young artists in Cape Dorset, home to the great tradition of Inuit art, this is a beautifully simple story, written in Inuktitut and English, about a young Inuit girl who goes to the shore with her grandmother to collect clams for supper. Along the way she discovers tide pools brimming with life – a bright orange starfish, a creepy-crawly thing with many legs called an ugjunnaq,... + Read More
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Series: Alexander MackenziePaperback
Ainslie Manson9780888994837
$9.95JUVENILE NONFICTION Grade (US) to 5
Nov 01, 2002
Alexander Mackenzie was the first European to cross North America by land. The journey, which took place in 1793, demanded courage and determination and could never have been achieved without the help of the First Nations people. Mackenzie's successful crossing opened up a store of new opportunities for Europeans, but it led to a dramatic invasion of the lives of the Native peoples. Richly detailed and informative sidebars describe the songs of the voyageurs, life in the pays d'en haut, pemmican (a little time reconciles it to the palate), Our... + Read More
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Series: Alfombras de AserrinHardcover
Amelia Lau Carling9780888996244
$11.95JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 7
Feb 02, 2005
La familia Lau, del laureado libro — La tienda de mamá y papá han sido invitados a pasar Pascuas con sus primos en Antigua, Guatemala. Aunque ellos son chinos y budistas, Mami queda fascinada por el espectáculo de Pascua. La ciudad de Antigua es conocida por sus procesiones de Pascua, durante las cuales se cargan por las calles antiguas estatuas religiosas. Pero lo más impresionante son las espectaculares alfombras de aserrĂn, que la gente paso horas creando, y que luego verán desaparecer mientras las procesiones caminan sobre ellas. En la ma... + Read More
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Series: Alfombras de Aserrin /tpPaperback
Amelia Lau Carling9780888997302
$6.95JUVENILE FICTION Grade (US) from P - 2
Aug 14, 2005
La familia Lau, del laureado libro — La tienda de mamá y papá han sido invitados a pasar Pascuas con sus primos en Antigua, Guatemala. Aunque ellos son chinos y budistas, Mami queda fascinada por el espectáculo de Pascua. La ciudad de Antigua es conocida por sus procesiones de Pascua, durante las cuales se cargan por las calles antiguas estatuas religiosas. Pero lo más impresionante son las espectaculares alfombras de aserrĂn, que la gente paso horas creando, y que luego verán desaparecer mientras las procesiones caminan sobre ellas. En la maña... + Read More
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Series: Alfredito Flies HomeHardcover
Jorge Argueta9780888995858
$17.95JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 9
Oct 01, 2007
Alfredito and his family are getting ready to return to their old home in El Salvador for Christmas, their first time back since they left as refugees. But they will make this trip on a plane — the first time any of them has ever flown. The excitement mounts as they drive to the airport, get on the plane and fly up into the air, each step bringing an increasing level of amazement. But the greatest moment of all is when they finally arrive and their beloved relatives meet them. Their old house looks and feels as it always did. The smells, the fo... + Read More
Alfredito and his family are getting ready to return to their old home in El Salvador for Christmas, their first time back since they left as refugees. But they will make this trip on a plane — the first time any of them has ever flown. The excitement mounts as they drive to the airport, get on the plane and fly up into the air, each step bringing an increasing level of amazement. But the greatest moment of all is when they finally arrive and their beloved relatives meet them. Their old house looks and feels as it always did. The smells, the f... + Read More
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Series: All Along the River /hcHardcover
Blair Drawson9780888995469
$16.95JUVENILE FICTION Grade (US) from P - 2
Apr 10, 2003
Grandpa Joe and his grandaughter are having a tea party on the lawn, when he begins to tell a wonderful tale of his boyhood feats of derring-do. He once paddled down the river in search of a great sleeping river giant, and along the way he came upon huge fish, fierce pirates, beautiful mermaids, wild animals, and friendly Chipewyan. But did he find the great river giant? This beautiful, lavishly illustrated picture book by Blair Drawson, one of Cananda's most noted graphic artists, perfectly captures the summer-day fantasies of children both... + Read More
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Series: Amos's Sweater2nd editionPaperback
Janet Lunn9780888998453
$9.99JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 7
Oct 01, 2007
Winner of the Governor General's Award for Illustration, the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award and the Ruth Schwartz Award Amos the sheep is old and cold and tired of giving up all his wool. But despite his noisy objections, Aunt Hattie shears Amos once again and knits his wool into a brightly colored sweater for Uncle Henry. Poor Amos decides that this time he has had enough — and he sets out to reclaim what is rightfully his.
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Series: Ancient ThunderPaperback
Leo Yerxa9781554981274
$12.99JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 0 - 5
Feb 01, 2012
Winner of the Governor General's Award A beautiful and visionary book, Ancient Thunder celebrates wild horses and the natural world of the prairies. Using an extraordinary technique, Leo Yerxa, an artist of Ojibway ancestry, makes paper look like leather, so that his illustrations seem to be painted on leather shirts. The art is accompanied by a rich song of praise for the wild horses that came to play such an important role in the lives of the First Peoples. Years in the making, the book is truly a work of art — one that reflects Yerxa's sense... + Read More
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Series: Ancient ThunderHardcover
Leo Yerxa9780888997463
$18.95JUVENILE FICTION Grade (US) to K
Sep 01, 2006
Winner of the Governor General's Award for Children's Illustration A beautiful and visionary book, Ancient Thunder celebrates wild horses and the natural world of the prairies. Using an extraordinary technique, Leo Yerxa, an artist of Ojibway ancestry, makes paper look like leather, so that his illustrations seem to be painted on leather shirts. Each shirt is accompanied by a rich song of praise for the wild horses that came to play such an important role in the lives of the First Peoples. Years in the making, the book is truly a work of art — ... + Read More
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Series: Angel Square2nd editionPaperback
Brian Doyle9780888996091
$9.95JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 11
Nov 03, 2003
A Phoenix Honor Award Book Young Tommy is seeing Angel Square through new eyes since his best friend's father was beaten up just because he's Jewish. Brian Doyle brings his award-winning blend of humor and wisdom to bear in this mystery that confronts the issue of racial hatred.
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Series: Angel SquareNew editionElectronic book text, EPUB
Brian Doyle9781554980000
$9.95JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 11
Oct 01, 1987
A Phoenix Honor Award Book Young Tommy is seeing Angel Square through new eyes since his best friend's father was beaten up just because he's Jewish. Brian Doyle brings his award-winning blend of humor and wisdom to bear in this mystery that confronts the issue of racial hatred.
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Series: Ann & SeamusHardcover
Kevin Major9780888995612
$16.95JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) to 12
Sep 01, 2003
Seventeen-year-old Ann Harvey is one of the great unsung heroes of maritime history. In 1828, off the Newfoundland fishing village of Isle aux Morts, Ann Harvey, her father and younger brother, came upon the wreck of the Despatch, an Irish immigrant ship originally destined for Quebec City. In thick fog and fierce wind it had run aground. Ann's courage and strength at the oars of the rescue boat were largely responsible for saving more than 160 dirt-poor passengers stranded amid the raging storm, left "like seabirds clinging to the rocks." Ann'... + Read More
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Series: Apart /hcHardcover
Rod MacIntyre9780888997500
$18.95JUVENILE FICTION Grade (US) to 8
Sep 01, 2007
Jessica, a serious, bookish sixteen-year-old from New Brunswick, places a Personals ad in the Globe and Mail. She is looking for her father, a drug-dealing philanderer who has recently taken off with the local hairdresser. Seventeen-year-old Sween -- an authority-defying drop-out from northern Saskatchewan -- responds. Over time they establish an intense but long-distance relationship in which they provide each other with advice and support as Jessica finds herself attracted to one of her father's biker friends, and Sween suffers a nervous brea... + Read More
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Series: ApartPaperback
Rod MacIntyre9780888998347
$9.95JUVENILE FICTION Grade (US) to 8
Sep 01, 2007
Jessica, a serious, bookish sixteen-year-old from New Brunswick, places a Personals ad in the Globe and Mail. She is looking for her father, a drug-dealing philanderer who has recently taken off with the local hairdresser. Seventeen-year-old Sween -- an authority-defying drop-out from northern Saskatchewan -- responds. Over time they establish an intense but long-distance relationship in which they provide each other with advice and support as Jessica finds herself attracted to one of her father's biker friends, and Sween suffers a nervous brea... + Read More
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Series: ApplesauceHardcover
Klaas Verplancke9781554981861
$18.95JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 2 - 5
Aug 01, 2012
A very real, funny, touching picture book about a boy’s conflicted feelings for his father, from Belgium’s illustrious children’s book creator, Klaas Verplancke.Johnny’s daddy has smooth cheeks, an apple in his throat and sounds like a mom when he sings in the bath. At other times a cactus grows out of his chin and his breath smells like cauliflower. At times he has warm hands and his fingers taste like applesauce. Other times his hands are cold and flash like lightning, and he becomes a thunder daddy. When this happens Johnny wants to find a n... + Read More
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Series: Arctic AdventuresHardcover
Raquel Rivera9780888997142
$18.95JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) to 8
Jun 01, 2007
The land, hunting, hunger, magic and extreme weather are themes that resonate for Inuit who live in the Far North. These stories, drawn from the lives of four Inuit artists, offer young readers a glimpse into this rich, remote culture, past and present. Accompanying each story are illustrations by Jirina Marton, who has spent time in the Arctic and whose deep appreciation for its subtle beauty shines through her art. In addition to the stories, there is a feature spread on each artist with a photograph, a brief biography and a reproduction of o... + Read More
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Series: Bilingual Cooking PoemsArroz con leche / Rice PuddingBilingual editionHardcover
Jorge Argueta9780888999818
$18.95JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 4 - 7
Sep 01, 2010
Kirkus 2010 Best Children's Books selection The cuisines of many different cultures all over the world include rice and rice pudding. In this title in the Cooking Poems series, Jorge Argueta gives us a bilingual recipe for the classic Latin American version. From sprinkling the rice into the pot, to adding a waterfall of milk, cinnamon sticks, salt stars and sugar snow, Jorge Argueta's recipe is not only easy to follow, it is a poetic experience. The lively illustrations by Fernando Vilela feature an enthusiastic young cook who finds no end of ... + Read More
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Series: Art RoomHardcover
Susan Vande Griek9780888994493
$15.95JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 7
Apr 01, 2002
Winner of the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award Emily Carr (1871-1945) was a great artist of the Northwest Coast. One of the few woman painters of her generation, she has been exhibited with and compared to Georgia O'Keeffe and Frida Kahlo, two other women artists whose work is finally receiving the recognition it deserves. The Art Room is set in the early 1900s, when Carr was teaching art to children to support herself. Susan Vande Griek has created a delightful story-poem filled with Carr's love of animals, her insistence on pa... + Read More
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Series: As Long as the Rivers FlowPaperback
Larry Loyie9780888996961
$12.99JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) to 8
Sep 04, 2005
Winner of the Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction From the mid-1800s to the late 1990s, the education of Indigenous children was taken on by various churches in government-sponsored residential schools. More than 150,000 children were forcibly taken from their families in order to erase their traditional languages and cultures. As Long as the Rivers Flow is the story of Larry Loyie’s last traditional summer before entering residential school. It is a time of adventure and learning from his Elders. He cares for an abandoned ba... + Read More
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Series: Aunt Olga's Christmas PostcardsHardcover
Kevin Major9780888995933
$18.95JUVENILE FICTION Grade (US) to P
Jul 03, 2005
Winner of the Ann Connor Brimer Award Great-great Aunt Olga has been a collector of Christmas postcards all her life. She's ninety-five, and many of the cards come from very long ago. The Yuletide season is the occasion to share her postcards and her Christmas memories with her favorite niece, Anna. Decked out in red, Aunt Olga is not averse to a little fun over tea, teaching Anna how to write her very own Christmas rhymes. Delightful whimsical drawings and a warmly humorous text, along with fascinating historical postcards from the author's pe... + Read More
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Series: Bad BoyPaperback
Diana Wieler9780888990839
$9.95YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) to 13
Mar 01, 1990
Hockey is the only game worth playing in the rough-and-tumble prairie town of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. When sixteen-year-old A.J. Brandiosa makes the Triple A team of his dreams, he can hardly believe that his life is finally coming together.And then it falls apart. A.J. makes an unexpected discovery about his best friend and teammate, Tulsa Brown, and he can't keep his rage and fear from spilling onto the ice. An aggressive defenseman is becoming a violent one…An explosive novel by award-winning author Diana Wieler that looks honestly at teena... + Read More
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Series: Bad BoyElectronic book text, EPUB
Diana Wieler9781554980680
$9.95YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) to 13
Mar 01, 1990
Hockey is the only game worth playing in the rough-and-tumble prairie town of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. When sixteen-year-old A.J. Brandiosa makes the Triple A team of his dreams, he can hardly believe that his life is finally coming together.And then it falls apart. A.J. makes an unexpected discovery about his best friend and teammate, Tulsa Brown, and he can't keep his rage and fear from spilling onto the ice. An aggressive defenseman is becoming a violent one…An explosive novel by award-winning author Diana Wieler that looks honestly at teena... + Read More
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Series: Banjo of DestinyHardcover
Cary Fagan9781554980857
$16.95JUVENILE FICTION Grade (US) to 4
Mar 05, 2011
Nominee for the 2012 Silver Birch Express Award in the Ontario Library Association's Forest of Reading Program. Jeremiah Birnbaum is stinking rich. He lives in a house with nine bathrooms, a games room, an exercise room, an indoor pool, a hot tub, a movie theater, a bowling alley and a tennis court. His parents, a former hotdog vendor and window cleaner who made it big in dental floss, make sure Jeremiah goes to the very best private school, and that he takes lessons in all the things he will need to know how to do as an accomplished and impres... + Read More
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Series: Banjo of DestinyPaperback
Cary Fagan9781554980864
$9.95JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) to 9
Mar 05, 2011
A funny, offbeat story about a kid who pursues an unexpected passion — to play the banjo.Jeremiah Birnbaum is stinking rich. He lives in a house with nine bathrooms, a games room, an exercise room, an indoor pool, a hot tub, a movie theater, a bowling alley and a tennis court. His parents make sure Jeremiah goes to the very best private school, and that he takes lessons in all the things he will need to know how to do as an accomplished and impressive young man, including, of course, classical piano.But one day Jeremiah hears the strums, plucks... + Read More
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Series: Banjo of DestinyElectronic book text, EPUB
Cary Fagan9781554981410
$9.95JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) to 9
Mar 05, 2011
Nominee for the 2012 Silver Birch Express Award in the Ontario Library Association's Forest of Reading Program. Jeremiah Birnbaum is stinking rich. He lives in a house with nine bathrooms, a games room, an exercise room, an indoor pool, a hot tub, a movie theater, a bowling alley and a tennis court. His parents, a former hotdog vendor and window cleaner who made it big in dental floss, make sure Jeremiah goes to the very best private school, and that he takes lessons in all the things he will need to know how to do as an accomplished and impres... + Read More
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Series: Barrilete Span ed /tpPaperback
Elisa Amado9780888993816
$6.95JUVENILE NONFICTION Grade (US) from P - 3
Nov 01, 1999
In Guatemala there is a village called Santiago Sacatepequez. It is a very small but famous place because once a year, on the Day of the Dead, the people of Santiago fly some of the biggest kites in the world. As large as seven meters (twenty-three feet) wide, they fill the sky over the cemetery with brilliant colors. Juan and his brothers always helped their grandfather build the kite for the day of the dead. But their grandfather has recently died, and the boys must carry on the tradition on their own. Elisa Amado's text and Joya Hairs' bea... + Read More
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Series: Bat SummerPaperback
Sarah Withrow9780888993526
$8.95JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12
Sep 01, 1998
Terence isn't cool like his best friend, Tom, but at least he's not a weirdo like Lucy, who sees life upside-down and thinks she's a bat. Yet Lucy knows things that other people don't -- about the gaps in life, and seeing things more clearly with your eyes closed, and how you have to learn to fly on your own if you want to survive. Sarah Withrow has penned a startling novel about extraordinary Lucy, who believes she's a bat, and ordinary Terence, who believes in believing.
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Series: Bat SummerElectronic book text, EPUB
Sarah Withrow9781554980581
$8.95JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12
Sep 01, 1998
Terence isn't cool like his best friend, Tom, but at least he's not a weirdo like Lucy, who sees life upside-down and thinks she's a bat. Yet Lucy knows things that other people don't -- about the gaps in life, and seeing things more clearly with your eyes closed, and how you have to learn to fly on your own if you want to survive. Sarah Withrow has penned a startling novel about extraordinary Lucy, who believes she's a bat, and ordinary Terence, who believes in believing.
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Series: Be a Baby /hcHardcover
Sarah Withrow9780888997760
$17.95JUVENILE FICTION Grade (US) to P
Sep 01, 2007
Babies love books about babies. As every parent knows they will spend hours looking at images of creatures like themselves. In this book they will find a most delightful and enchanting baby with whom they can identify whether they are happy, sad, crying or sleepy. Parents love books that they can read over and over because the language in them is so beautiful. They will be as delighted as their babies by Sarah Withrow's perfect rhyming lullaby. Manuel Monroy's illustrations depict the state of babyhood at its most appealing and charming -- his ... + Read More
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Series: Beautiful GriseldaHardcover
Isol9781554981052
$18.95JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 7
Oct 22, 2011
Princess Griselda was so beautiful that almost everyone she met fell head over heels in love with her. And that's not just a saying. They actually lost their heads. In this wonderfully original fairy tale Isol takes on the dangers of narcissism. Griselda not only causes anyone who looks at her to lose his head -- she collects the lost heads, oblivious to the fact that everyone is terrified of looking at her. Eventually she runs out of companions, until she finally finds a prince so myopic that for a short while he is able to be with her (befor... + Read More
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Series: Becca at SeaHardcover
Deirdre Baker9780888997371
$18.95JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12
Aug 01, 2007
Shortlisted for the Canadian Library Association's Book of the Year for Children Award Young Becca has often gone with her parents to visit her grandmother at her rustic cabin in the Gulf Islands. But this year her mother is expecting a baby, and Becca is sent alone for the first time. The island becomes a place of mystery and challenges when, on the very first night, she finds an oyster full of pearls. That marks the beginning of small but significant adventures that leave her seeing the island, her family and herself through new eyes.
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Series: Becca at SeaPaperback
Deirdre Baker9780888997388
$9.95JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12
May 01, 2018
“One girl’s winter, spring and summer of wonder and growth on a glorious northwest coast island.” — KirkusBecca has often gone with her parents to visit Gran at her rustic cabin by the sea. But this year Becca’s mother is expecting a baby, and Becca visits her grandmother on her own. The prospect of spending time at Gran’s — with her peculiar plumbing and ridiculous Scrabble rules — is hardly appealing.Then, on her very first night, Becca finds an oyster full of pearls. One pearl for every adventure to come?As her mother’s pregnancy progresses,... + Read More
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Series: Groundwork GuidesBeing MuslimNew editionHardcover
Haroon Siddiqui9780888998866
$18.95YOUNG ADULT FICTION Grade (US) to 9
Mar 01, 2008
"[The Groundwork Guides] are excellent books, mandatory for school libraries and the increasing body of young people prepared to take ownership of the situations and problems previous generations have left them." -- Globe and Mail Being Muslim presents an up-front and readable explanation of the most complex and emotion-laden issues of our troubled times. The varying branches of Islam are analyzed and their history outlined -- but the focus is on the present. In speaking about and crossing political, cultural and religious divisions, this book ... + Read More
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Series: Groundwork GuidesBeing Muslim2nd editionPaperback
Haroon Siddiqui9780888998873
$10.00YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION Age (years) from 14
Mar 01, 2008
Being Muslim is written for Muslims and non-Muslims alike. It presents a readable explanation of the most complex and emotion-laden issues of our troubled times. The varying branches of Islam are analyzed and their history outlined — but the focus is on the present. In speaking about and crossing political, cultural and religious divisions, this book offers a unique perspective, forged in Canada, a country where people from everywhere on earth have found a way to live in peace. Terrorism. Wars. Jihad. Hijab. Polygamy. Muhammad's many wives. Mus... + Read More
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Series: Groundwork GuidesBeing MuslimNew editionElectronic book text, EPUB
Haroon Siddiqui9781554980017
$10.00YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION Age (years) to 14
Jul 01, 2006
Being Muslim is written for Muslims and non-Muslims alike. It presents a readable explanation of the most complex and emotion-laden issues of our troubled times. The varying branches of Islam are analyzed and their history outlined — but the focus is on the present. In speaking about and crossing political, cultural and religious divisions, this book offers a unique perspective, forged in Canada, a country where people from everywhere on earth have found a way to live in peace. Terrorism. Wars. Jihad. Hijab. Polygamy. Muhammad's many wives. Mus... + Read More