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Series: Nice Try, Charlie!Hardcover
Matt James9781773061801
$21.95JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 7
Sep 01, 2020
A new picture book about friendship and community from Matt James, acclaimed author and illustrator of The Funeral.With his cart full of treasures and big green hat, Charlie is a neighborhood fixture. When he finds a pie, he sets off to find the owner — and helps some friends along the way. Poignant and funny, this story is an ode to resourcefulness and the compassion that turns neighbors into friends. Charlie and his friends might not have much — but they have each other. Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:C... + Read More
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Series: I Found Hope in a Cherry TreeHardcover
Jean E. Pendziwol9781773062204
$18.95JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 7
Sep 01, 2020
Jean E. Pendziwol’s newest picture book is a lyrical meditation on nature and hope. The child in this story observes the sun by playing with her shadow, though sometimes it disappears. She listens to the wind tell stories, even when it howls like wolves. She tastes snowflakes — sometimes sweet and delicate; other times sharp on her cheeks. And finally, she finds hope in the buds on a cherry tree that survive through the winter to blossom in spring. Jean E. Pendziwol has written a layered, lyrical exploration of the hardships and beauties of nat... + Read More
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Series: Maggie’s TreasureHardcover
Jon-Erik Lappano9781773062372
$19.95JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 7
Sep 01, 2020
When Maggie’s treasure collection grows too big to manage, she finds a creative solution. Maggie finds treasure wherever she goes. Whether it’s a button, a feather or a shiny stone, she picks it up and takes it home. At first the neighbors and city workers are grateful to Maggie for cleaning up; the mayor even gives her an award. But over time Maggie’s collection grows bigger and bigger, until it spills out of her house and garden in an unsightly mess. Her parents tell her “Enough treasure!” and eventually even Maggie realizes that something mu... + Read More
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Series: The Three BrothersHardcover
Marie-Louise Gay9781773063775
$19.95JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 8
Sep 29, 2020
From world-renowned author and illustrator Marie-Louise Gay, a story about three brothers who set off in search of wild animals in a changing climate.This gentle adventure story about the effects of climate change ends on a hopeful note.Finn and his younger brothers, Leo and Ooley, love reading stories about animals living in forests, on mountains or in the arctic.“When I grow up,” says Finn, “I want to be an explorer and travel around the world. I want to see wild animals and strange birds.”“Why wait?” asks Leo.And so, the next morning, they w... + Read More
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Series: Our Little KitchenHardcover
Jillian Tamaki9781773062624
$19.95JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 8
Sep 01, 2020
A picture book about a lively evening in a community kitchen from Governor General’s Award–winning author and illustrator Jillian Tamaki. Tie on your apron! Roll up your sleeves! Pans are out, oven is hot. The kitchen’s all ready, Where do we start?In this lively, rousing picture book from Caldecott Honoree Jillian Tamaki, a crew of resourceful neighbours come together to prepare a meal for their community. With a garden full of produce, a joyfully chaotic kitchen and a friendly meal shared at the table, Our Little Kitchen is a celebration of f... + Read More
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Series: Night WalkHardcover
Sara O'Leary9781554987962
$19.99JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 7
Sep 29, 2020
A child explores her neighborhood on a late-night walk with her dad, finding delight and comfort in moments of quiet and the warm windows into other people’s lives.When a little girl can’t sleep one night, her dad asks if she’d like to go for a walk. They tiptoe through the silent house and step out into the dark.It’s strange and exciting to be out so late. Walking down the street, the girl can see inside the lit-up windows of apartment buildings and houses where people’s lives are unfolding. Kids are having a pillow fight in one house, while a... + Read More
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Series: The Old WomanHardcover
Joanne Schwartz9781773062112
$18.95JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 8
Sep 29, 2020
The Old Woman is a beautiful portrait of an old woman who lives contentedly with her dog, from award-winning author Joanne Schwartz and illustrator Nahid Kazemi.An old woman shares her home with a scruffy old dog, her best friend and constant companion.One fall day, they go for a walk and the woman throws sticks for the dog. She loves hearing the autumn leaves under her feet and the wind in the trees. She looks up at a crow in the sky and imagines what it might feel like to fly. As the wind comes up and the light begins to fade, she remembers p... + Read More
A child’s joy on a snowy day finally helps her mother feel at home in their new country A little girl and her mother walk home from school on a snowy winter day. “So much snow,” says Ma. “So monochromatic.” “Mono crow what?” her daughter replies. Ma misses the sun, warmth and colors of their faraway homeland, but her daughter sees magic in everything — the clouds in the winter sky, the “firework” display when she throws an armful of snow into the air, making snow angels, tasting snowflakes. And in the end, her joy is contagious. Home is where f... + Read More
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Series: The Bad ChairHardcover
Dasha Tolstikova9781773062464
$18.95JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 7
Oct 27, 2020
A fresh and funny picture book about feeling left out and the power of friendship, from the author and illustrator of A Year Without Mom. Every evening before brushing their teeth and getting ready for bed, Vivi and Monkey play the game: Monkey hides under a sheet, and Vivi pretends to look for him. Every evening, Chair wishes more than anything that he could play, too. One night, Chair decides to make Monkey late for the game so that Vivi will look for Chair instead. But nothing goes quite according to plan. Instead of looking for Chair, Vivi ... + Read More
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Series: Cave PaintingsHardcover
Jairo Buitrago9781773061726
$21.95JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 7
Oct 27, 2020
A young space traveler discovers art painted millennia before by a human being—just like him.Our hero travels all alone on a spaceship, through the universe, past galaxies, comets and planets to go visit his grandmother on Earth for the summer holidays. She takes him to visit an ancient cave, where he discovers handprints and drawings of unknown animals made by human beings, just like him. To top off his wonderful holiday she gives him mysterious objects which once belonged to his grandfather — paper and crayons. On the way home he draws what h... + Read More
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Series: A Sweet Meeting on Mimouna NightHardcover
Allison Ofanansky9781773063973
$18.95JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 8
Oct 27, 2020
Set in Morocco, this sweet story of friendship and shared customs between a Jewish family and their Muslim neighbors provides a great introduction to the Moroccan Jewish holiday of Mimouna. It’s Mimouna — the Moroccan Jewish holiday that marks the end of Passover, and when blessings are given for a year of prosperity and good luck. Miriam wants to help her mother make the sweet moufletot pancakes they always eat at their Mimouna party, but after following the rules of Passover, they don’t have any flour in the house! So Miriam’s mother takes he... + Read More
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Series: If You Want to Visit a Sea GardenHardcover
Kay Weisman9781554989706
$18.99JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 5 - 8
Sep 01, 2020
Discover the wonder of ancient sea gardens on the Northwest Coast Sea gardens have been created by First Peoples on the Northwest coast for more than three thousand years. These gardens consist of stone reefs that are constructed at the lowest tide line, encouraging the growth of clams and other marine life on the gently sloped beach. This lyrical story follows a young child and an older family member who set out to visit a sea garden early one morning, as the lowest tides often occur at dawn. After anchoring their boat, they explore the beach,... + Read More
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Series: See to LearnLake: A See to Learn BookHardcover
Kate Moss Gamblin9781554988815
$16.95JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 4 - 7
Sep 01, 2020
Lake: A See to Learn Book, the second book in the See to Learn series, is designed to inspire scientific curiosity, appreciation of beauty and connection to the natural world, through gentle questions and vibrant illustrations. Lake: A See to Learn Book is the second title in a series of non-fiction picture books for very young children that uses lyrical language to encourage a sensitive perception of the natural world and a caring connection with it. The text asks young readers to consider what they see and experience at a lake through the se... + Read More
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Series: The Stray and the StrangersHardcover
Steven Heighton9781773063812
$14.95JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 6 - 9
Sep 29, 2020
Based on a true story, a stray dog befriends an orphan boy in a refugee camp on a Greek island. The fishermen on Lesvos call her Kanella because of her cinnamon color. She’s a scrawny, nervous stray — easily intimidated by the harbor cats and the other dogs that compete for handouts on the pier. One spring day a dinghy filled with weary, desperate strangers comes to shore. Other boats follow, laden with refugees who are homeless and hungry. Kanella knows what that is like, and she follows them as they are taken to a makeshift refugee camp. The... + Read More
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Series: Sleeping with the Light OnHardcover
David Unger9781773063843
$16.95JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 6 - 9
Oct 27, 2020
Life in Guatemala is simple for young Davico and his older brother Felipe ... until soldiers invade, and the blackouts begin. Davico lives with his family above La Casita — the Little House — in Guatemala City in the early 1950s. But it’s not just a little house. It’s also the family restaurant! The restaurant provides plenty of distraction and adventure for Davico and his older brother, Felipe. The mean cook, Augusto, and the always-late waiter, Otto, love to play tricks on Davico. There’s a huge oven that Felipe knows how to light — if he can... + Read More
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Series: No VacancyHardcover
Tziporah Cohen MFA9781773064109
$18.95JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12
Sep 01, 2020
With the help of her Catholic friend, an eleven-year-old Jewish girl creates a provocative local tourist attraction to save her family’s failing motel. Buying and moving into the run-down Jewel Motor Inn in upstate New York wasn’t eleven-year-old Miriam Brockman’s dream, but at least it’s an adventure. Miriam befriends Kate, whose grandmother owns the diner next door, and finds comfort in the company of Maria, the motel’s housekeeper, and her Uncle Mordy, who comes to help out for the summer. She spends her free time helping Kate’s grandmother ... + Read More
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Series: The GreatsHardcover
Deborah Ellis9781773063874
$18.95YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 12
Sep 29, 2020
With the unexpected help of a giant prehistoric sloth, ghostly grandfathers return to help a suicidal teenager.Winning a national high-school geography competition should be the high point of Jomon’s life. So why does he find himself running through the streets of Georgetown, Guyana, later that same night — so angry and desperate? Why does he heave his hard-won medal through the front window of a liquor store? Why does a teenaged boy decide life is not worth living?Arrested by police and detained in a jail cell, Jomon is jolted out of his suic... + Read More
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Series: The Girl from ChimelPaperback
Rigoberta Menchú9781773064543
$14.95JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) to 9
Sep 01, 2020
Nobel Peace Prize winner and noted Maya activist Rigoberta Menchú Tum brings the world of her childhood vividly to life in The Girl from Chimel. This evocative memoir for children is beautifully illustrated by noted Mazatec-Mexican artist Domi. Before the thirty-six-year war in Guatemala, despite the hardships the Maya people had endured since the time of the Conquest, life in their highland villages had a beauty and integrity that were changed forever by the conflict and brutal genocide that were to come. Through stories of her grandparents an... + Read More
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Series: The Honey JarPaperback
Rigoberta Menchú9781773064536
$14.95JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 8 - 12
Sep 01, 2020
In this book, Nobel Peace Prize winner and Maya activist Rigoberta Menchú Tum returns to the world of her childhood. The Honey Jar brings us the ancient stories her grandparents told her when she was a little girl, and we can imagine her listening to them by the fire at night. These Maya tales include creation myths, a classic story about the magic twins (which can also be found in the Popol Vuh), explanations of how and why certain natural phenomena came to exist, and animal tales. The underworld, the sky, the sun and moon, plants, people, ani... + Read More
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Series: The Secret LegacyPaperback
Rigoberta Menchú9781773064550
$14.95JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 8 - 12
Sep 01, 2020
Nobel Peace Prize winner and noted Maya activist Rigoberta Menchú Tum returns once more to the world of her childhood in The Secret Legacy. Seven-year-old Ixkem is chosen by her grandfather amongst all the villagers to inherit the responsibility for tending his special cornfield. Ixkem goes to the field and begins to shout and stomp to frighten away the animals who would like to share the harvest. Suddenly a mass of tiny creatures appear — the b'e'n — secret animal spirits of which there is one for every human on earth. They take Ixkem into the... + Read More
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Nice Try, Charlie! Hardcover 9781773061801 $21.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 7 Sep 01, 2020
I Found Hope in a Cherry Tree Hardcover 9781773062204 $18.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 7 Sep 01, 2020
Maggie’s Treasure Hardcover 9781773062372 $19.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 7 Sep 01, 2020
Our Little Kitchen Hardcover 9781773062624 $19.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 8 Sep 01, 2020
Two Drops of Brown in a Cloud of White Hardcover 9781773062587 $18.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 7 Oct 27, 2020
If You Want to Visit a Sea Garden Hardcover 9781554989706 $18.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 5 - 8 Sep 01, 2020
Series: See to Learn Lake: A See to Learn Book Hardcover 9781554988815 $16.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 4 - 7 Sep 01, 2020