The How & Wow of Teaching
Simple ideas for improving classroom instruction in reading, writing and math, as well as building life skills and social-emotional learning.
The Brave Princess and Me
In 1943 Greece, young Tilde Cohen and her mother are Jewish and on the run from the Nazis. When they arrive unannounced on Princess Alice’s doorstep, begging her to shelter them, the Princess’s kindness is put to the test. Based on the true story.
Our Future
Profiles of ten young activists taking on the key issues of our times. From racism to cyber bullying, from gun violence to animal protection, they don’t let their youth stop them from being heard.
Nibi Emosaawdang / The Water Walker
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The dual language edition, in Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe) and English, of the award-winning story of a determined Ojibwe Nokomis (Grandmother) who walked around all of the Great Lakes to protect our water.
Gaawin Gindaaswin Ndaawsii / I Am Not a Number
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The dual language edition, in Nishnaabemwin (Ojibwe) Nbisiing dialect and English, of the award-winning book I Am Not a Number. When eight-year-old Irene is removed from her First Nations family to live in a residential school she is confused, frightened, and homesick. She tries to remember who she is and where she came from.
kimotinâniwiw itwêwina / Stolen Words
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The dual language edition, in Plains Cree and English, of the story of a little girl who sets out to help her grandfather discover the Cree language that was stolen from him when he was sent away to residential school as a boy.
A Short History of Manitoba
A very good an fast way to understand Manitoba as it is today and how it influence the prairies.
Standing Strong
When a suicidal Native American teen leaves her reservation to join a large-scale oil-pipeline protest, she gets caught up in a dangerous situation and goes through a life-changing transformation that sets her on a new path to become a Water Protector.
In Search of Light
A heart-wrenching memoir about what is was like growing up in Nazi Occupied Hungary, and what one had to do in order to try and survive.
The Magpie's Library
A supernatural magpie gives a girl a chance to live the stories she reads about, but he doesn't tell her that he is stealing her soul.
The Gods of East Wawanosh
A collection of poetry that meditates on mortality and the light in which it casts both our longing for the ideal and our embracing of the real.
The Y Chromosome
The Y Chromosome challenges the reader to meet an all-woman society of the future, where the few remaining men live in hiding. When one of these men is discovered, the resulting conflict threatens both worlds.
An Old Man's Winter Night
Chilling tales—perfect for reading or telling by the fireside on a cold winter's night.
Legends and Teachings of Xeel's, the Creator
This is the last book by celebrated Indigenous educator Ellen White.
Inconvenient Skin / nayêhtâwan wasakay
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This powerful and thought-provoking collection of poems will draw you in and make you reconsider Canada's colonial legacy.
The Band of Merry Kids
Twelve-year-old Pip idolizes Robin Hood and dreams of becoming one of the Merry Men. But to everyone else, Pip is the son of Aldwin of Nottinghamshire, a seller of wool blankets.
Laurent, c'est moi
Un album qui plonge dans le quotidien d’un garçon autiste de manière franche et sensible.
