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1.
Stephen and the Beetle Hardcover Jorge Luján 9781554981922 $18.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 2 - 5 Aug 01, 2012

A small boy’s encounter with a beetle could have drastic consequences in this simple, strongly moral story, with strikingly original art from one of Italy’s finest children’s book illustrators.When Stephen spots a beetle he takes off his shoe and raises his arm, ready to strike... but then he has second thoughts. He lays his head down on the ground and the beetle walks right up to him. At the last moment the beetle turns aside and each can go on with the day, having avoided the worst.In this very simple story Jorge Luján presents the kind of de... + Read More
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Applesauce Hardcover Klaas Verplancke 9781554981861 $18.95 JUVENILE 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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Snow Children Hardcover Masako Yamashita 9781554981441 $17.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 7 Aug 01, 2012

A gentle, sweetly illustrated story about two snow children who discover the importance of global warming and decide to do something about it.Yuta and Yuna are snow children. They are attending an ice festival in their hometown when they hear about a meeting on global warming. Yuna doesn’t want to go, but Yuta persuades her. On their way they meet a family of rabbits who have almost been buried by an avalanche, hungry polar bears who can no longer hunt on the frozen ocean, and a herd of caribou who can’t find the grasses they like to eat.Snow p... + Read More
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Series: Stella and Sam Stella! A Treasury Hardcover Marie-Louise Gay 9781554982929 $24.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 2 - 5 Oct 01, 2012

Here at last are all five of Marie-Louise Gay’s beloved Stella picture books bound into one glorious volume. Marie-Louise Gay published Stella, Star of the Sea more than ten years ago. It was an immediate hit, and since then she has written and illustrated four more books featuring the engaging red-headed heroine, Stella, and her little brother, Sam — Stella, Queen of the Snow; Stella, Fairy of the Forest; Stella, Princess of the Sky and, most recently, When Stella Was Very, Very Small. With gentle humor, freshness, a sense of whimsy and exquis... + Read More
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Nocturne Hardcover Isol 9781554981793 $17.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) to 4 Sep 01, 2012

A boring dream is a waste of a night! Nocturne: Dream Recipes offers the solution. Anyone can use this witty book with glow-in-the-dark pictures to inspire nights of wonderful dreams. Nocturne: Dream Recipes is a unique bedtime book that hints at the magic inherent in dreaming. Twelve glow-in-the-dark pictures present possible inspirations for a night in which the hidden world becomes visible. Just choose a dream from among the pictures and descriptions in the book, and then turn off the light to see a surprising glow-in-the-dark image. Include... + Read More
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A Few Bites Hardcover Cybèle Young 9781554982950 $18.95 JUVENILE 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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La Malinche The Princess Who Helped Cortés Conquer the Aztec Empire Hardcover Francisco Serrano 9781554981113 $18.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Oct 01, 2012

This beautifully illustrated book tells the story of "La Malinche," the remarkable woman who became an interpreter and advisor to Hernán Cortés. To some she was the mother of a mestizo Mexico, while to others she was a traitor to her people.In the early 1500s, Hernán Cortés and his conquistadors defeated the great Aztec Empire, built a new city for colonists from Spain and took control of vast lands stretching from today’s southwestern US down through most of Central America.But many people don’t know that one of the reasons for the succe... + Read More
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One Year in Coal Harbour Paperback Polly Horvath 9781554981885 $14.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Sep 01, 2012

The long-awaited, ever-so-charming follow-up to the Newbery Honor Book Everything on a Waffle!Readers rejoice — Primrose Squarp is back! The wise and curious heroine of the Newbery Honor Book Everything on a Waffle is facing another adventure-filled year in Coal Harbour. Even though her parents, once lost at sea, are home, there’s a whole slew of problems and mysteries to keep Primrose — and eager fans — busy. There’s Uncle Jack and Kate Bowzer, who may (or may not) be in love. There’s Ked, a foster child, who becomes Primrose’s friend. And the... + Read More
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That Night's Train Hardcover Ahmad Akbarpour 9781554981694 $14.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) to 9 Oct 01, 2012

A young motherless girl becomes friends with a teacher/writer who weaves the story of their friendship into her novel. A moving book about promises and the nature of stories.On a train trip with her grandmother, young Banafsheh meets a woman who reminds her of her dead mother. The woman is a teacher and a writer, and she promises she will call Banafsheh and come and tell her stories. Later, the teacher weaves the encounter into a story that she tells to the children in her classroom. The children are entranced by the story and imagine how it wi... + Read More
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That Night's Train Paperback Ahmad Akbarpour 9781554981700 $9.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) to 9 Oct 01, 2012

A young motherless girl becomes friends with a teacher/writer who weaves the story of their friendship into her novel. A moving book about promises and the nature of stories.On a train trip with her grandmother, young Banafsheh meets a woman who reminds her of her dead mother. The woman is a teacher and a writer, and she promises she will call Banafsheh and come and tell her stories. Later, the teacher weaves the encounter into a story that she tells to the children in her classroom. The children are entranced by the story and imagine how it wi... + Read More
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Nobody Knows Hardcover Shelley Tanaka 9781554981403 $16.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) to 10 Aug 01, 2012

Based on a true story, from the award-winning film by Hirokazu Kore-eda, this is a powerfully moving novel about four children who become invisible to almost everyone in their community and manage — for a time — to survive on their own.It’s autumn in Tokyo, and twelve-year-old Akira and his younger siblings, Kyoko, Shige and little Yuki, have just moved into a new apartment with their mother. Akira hopes it’s a new start for all of them, even though the little ones are not allowed to leave the apartment or make any noise, since the landlord d... + Read More
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Nobody Knows Paperback Shelley Tanaka 9781554981182 $9.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) to 10 Aug 01, 2012

A powerful and moving novel about four children who are abandoned by their mother and forced to survive on their own. Based on the award-winning film Nobody Knows, inspired by actual events that took place in Tokyo.It’s autumn in Tokyo, and twelve-year-old Akira and his younger siblings, Kyoko, Shige and little Yuki, have just moved into a new apartment with their mother. Akira hopes it’s a new start for all of them, even though the little ones are not allowed to leave the apartment or make any noise, since the landlord doesn’t permit young chi... + Read More
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Series: Breadwinner Series My Name Is Parvana Hardcover Deborah Ellis 9781554982974 $16.95 JUVENILE FICTION Grade (US) to 6 Sep 01, 2012

In this stunning sequel to The Breadwinner, Parvana, now fifteen, is found in a bombed-out school and held as a suspected terrorist by American troops in Afghanistan. On a military base in post-Taliban Afghanistan, American authorities have just imprisoned a teenaged girl. The army major thinks she may be a terrorist working with the Taliban. The girl does not respond to questions in any language and remains silent, even when she is threatened, harassed and mistreated over several days. The only clue to her identity is a tattered shoulder bag c... + Read More
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My Book of Life by Angel Paperback Martine Leavitt 9781554981175 $14.95 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) to 14 Sep 15, 2012

From Governor General’s Award nominee and National Book Award finalist Martine Leavitt, a stunning verse novel about a sixteen-year-old sex worker trying to survive in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside during the time of the Pickton murders.It starts when Call sees sixteen-year-old Angel stealing shoes at the mall. He just buys her Chinese food at first, but before long Call is supplying her with "candy" and saying he loves her. Angel ends up living with him and walking the Kiddy Stroll in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside — a neighborhood with a reput... + Read More
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Last Leaf First Snowflake to Fall Paperback Leo Yerxa 9781554981243 $9.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 5 - 8 Sep 15, 2012

A beautifully illustrated, award-winning picture book from Leo Yerxa, an artist of Ojibway ancestry, now available in paperback.Last Leaf First Snowflake to Fall takes us on a dreamlike voyage into nature at that secret moment when fall turns into winter. We find ourselves in a kind of paradise, which humans may be part of but which they have not despoiled. A father and son lead us through forests, down rivers, over lakes and ponds. Along the way we experience the primordial beauty of the physical world. This is nature as we all feel in our hea... + Read More
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Un Barrilete / Barrilete Paperback Elisa Amado 9781554981120 $9.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 5 - 9 Aug 01, 2012

Now available in a bilingual paperback edition, this is a beautifully photographed story about three Guatemalan brothers who, upon the death of their grandfather, lead their family’s Day of the Dead celebrations.In Guatemala, there is a village called Santiago Sacatepéquez. 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) in diameter, they fill the sky over the cemetery with brilliant colors. Juan and h... + Read More
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Doctor Kiss Says Yes Hardcover Teddy Jam 9781554981946 $17.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 7 Jun 30, 2012

A new edition of the magical Governor General’s Award-winning book, now reissued as a fundraiser for IBBY Canada’s Joanne Fitzgerald Fund.Doctor Kiss is quite prepared to say yes when she finds a letter asking her to come to the aid of a young knight who has been injured in battle. She waits until after her usual goodnight kisses and hugs from her parents, and then she takes her medical bag and climbs through her bedroom window into a gilded, magical world from the age of chivalry.Teddy Jam and Joanne Fitzgerald have created a richly satisfying... + Read More
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Tecumseh Hardcover James Laxer 9781554981236 $19.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Jun 01, 2012

Longlisted for the Children's Literature Roundtables of Canada Information Book Award Two hundred years after his death, the Shawnee chief Tecumseh is still considered one of the greatest leaders of North America's First Peoples. This richly illustrated biography tells the story of his remarkable life, culminating in the War of 1812. Tecumseh, born in 1768, lived during turbulent times: the thirteen colonies revolted against British rule, becoming the United States in 1776, and settlers had begun to push westward, rapidly encroaching on the ... + Read More
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Banjo of Destiny Paperback Cary Fagan 9781554980864 $9.95 JUVENILE 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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Mother Number Zero Paperback Marjolijn Hof 9781554980796 $12.95 JUVENILE FICTION Grade (US) to 4 Apr 09, 2011

A funny, sad story about adoption, first love and what really matters in a family.Fay was adopted when he was a baby and he doesn’t know much about his birth mother — only that she escaped the war in Bosnia. But his new friend Maud is very curious about her. And suddenly Fay is full of questions himself. What is his birth mother like? Why did she give him away? Is it bad to want to find her? And what about Maud, who says smack in the middle of the street that she likes him?