In this comedic campus story, young, clever, and compassionate history professor John E. McDonald battles the freight of his name, a Gordian knot of confused paternity, and the terminal illness of his beloved brother as he searches for love and purpose amid competition for a prestigious sixteen-million-dollar academic prize.
A year after her brother Ally’s death was ruled suicide by overdose, Andy starts university without her “honorary twin,” writing him letters as she strives to embrace her bisexuality and her Indigenous identity. When Andy discovers Ally’s hidden poems, she tries to piece together these remaining fragments of her brother.
Leo never thought she’d need to protect her dad’s special carrot seeds from spies, but she’s made it her mission to defend her family’s farm!
Rachel has just begun to feel at home in the small town of Aspen Lake when everything she has come to love is put in jeopardy by approaching wildfires.
The stories of the women behind several landmark cases in Canadian law—from divorce to self-defense to maternity benefits to abortion.
A delightful board book that introduces toddlers and young children to the Cherokee syllabary.
When the buzzards refused to share the warmth of their fire, Rabbit devised a plan to not only get warm, but share the warmth with other animals.
This book explains BC’s early economic, territory and political developments and includes the struggle over borders, railways, tariffs, and schools. It goes on with the boom that preceded the First World War, the depression that followed, and such issues as scandals, prohibition, women’s suffrage, and the rise to power of the Social Credit.
Olive Tran is excited to turn ten until racism toward her Asian community makes her question how safe she feels.
Reflecting on his reconnection with his terminally ill father through their shared love of games, Peter Unwin produces a collection of personal essays that explores how the power of play can create connection and levity, even in the face of grief, war, or violence.
Frida’s great-grandmother, Ama, loves to help others. Now it’s Frida’s turn to help Ama by finding her a special blanket to keep her warm.
Many teachers feel ill-prepared to teach their students to read and write. This book empowers teachers with its overall approach and countless specific strategies, all grounded in research and strong pedagogy.
This revolutionary, beautiful and fun picture book is a perfect way to start talking to kids early about reproduction, bodies, birth and families. It will allow parents to establish that this topic, like all others, is safe and healthy to ask and talk about.
This revolutionary, beautiful and fun picture book is a perfect way to start talking to kids early about reproduction, bodies, birth and families. It will allow parents to establish that this topic, like all others, is safe and healthy to ask and talk about.
Margit Kassai writes a diary detailing to her husband her year living in Budapest, Hungary, in 1944, through the Nazi invasion of Hungary, the rise of the Arrow Cross and the siege of the city by the Soviet army. Margit survives working in children’s homes, scrounging for food and narrowly avoiding death and deportation of Jews.
Winter 1979. Twelve-year-old Truly has settled in with Andy El at Eagle Shores Trailer Park, but the peace of her new life is shattered when her mother unexpectedly returns after abandoning Truly the previous summer, asking for a second chance. Has her mother really changed? Can Truly ever forgive her?
A comprehensive series of lessons that address phonics, morphology, and vocabulary for teachers working with students in grades 4–8. With a wide range of learners in every classroom, engaging activities and carefully curated lists scaffold instruction for emergent to competent readers.
Naïla, une fille active qui s’alimente bien, va à l’encontre des préjugés sur les personnes de taille forte et nous fait vivre de l’intérieur ce que c’est que d’être victime de grossophobie.
Ce livre, parsemé de photos, d'illustrations ludiques ou hyperréalistes ainsi que d'anecdotes captivantes, permettra aux enfants du primaire d'ouvrir leurs horizons et d'en apprendre davantage sur ces fascinants villes et villages provenant des quatre coins de la planète.
This book provides an active and engaging approach to student-centred teaching and learning. Instruction and assessment are woven together seamlessly to inform planning and motivate learning.
A woman vanishes from a café in a northern town and all the witnesses have different accounts. Local police officer Alice Morrow and former New York homicide detective Hugh Mercer, troubled by their own need for forgiveness and justice, uncover a bizarre crime.
Ethan’s father has been lying about taking “business trips,” using them as cover for a clandestine — and potentially illegal — operation. To catch a liar, Ethan must become a liar, but what if the truth can throw his whole life off balance?
A soul living in a tree learns about mythical creatures in books and goes to search for them.
After a great flood, wolverine will rebuild the world if only he can get a handful of dirt. Will the little muskrat succeed in reaching the bottom of the water to find the dirt when others have failed?
