The Sniger and the Floose
Children will delight in these wacky hybrid Randomanimals. The Sniger and the Floose is a charming and playful celebration of imagination and the natural world.
Children will delight in these wacky hybrid Randomanimals. The Sniger and the Floose is a charming and playful celebration of imagination and the natural world.
Naaahsa says art is a language everyone understands. Sometimes we make art together. We draw, we bead, we sing. Sometimes Naaahsa tells stories in Blackfoot. I even get to go with her to see her art show at the National Gallery. Naaahsa is famous for her art, but I love her hugs best.
Naaahsa says art is a language everyone understands. Sometimes we make art together. We draw, we bead, we sing. Sometimes Naaahsa tells stories in Blackfoot. I even get to go with her to see her art show at the National Gallery. Naaahsa is famous for her art, but I love her hugs best!
Lou and Charlotte don’t know much about their grandmother’s life. Their Obaasan invites them to spend time with her, sharing her experience as a Japanese Canadian during WWII and a painful story of their family's internment. The girls begin to understand how their identities have been shaped by racism, and that history is not only about the past.
Sean McFall befriends the son of a wealthy mining family, and is forced to decide how far he is willing to go to remain inside their golden circle.
Auntie always greets Cree in Nehiyaw when she comes for a visit. When Auntie arrives with a surprise gift hidden in her bag, Cree can’t wait to discover what it is. The first clue? It’s from the rez. As Cree tries to figure out what it might be, the bag starts to move. Cree is thrilled when the bag opens and out jumps a rez puppy!
Auntie always greets Cree in Nehiyaw when she comes for a visit. When Auntie arrives with a surprise gift hidden in her bag, Cree can’t wait to discover what it is. The first clue? It’s from the rez. As Cree tries to figure out what it might be, the bag starts to move!
When a class play and her legal studies homework help her connect the dots, Sophie St. John makes some startling revelations about her life: she was born with a serious disease, might be very rich, and has a reduced life expectancy. Amid fear and grief, she learns how love and meaning make any life incredibly precious.
Semi-Detached is a love story that spans time and crosses classes to explore the meaning of home. Set during two paralyzing ice storms (one in 1944 and one in 2013) that are connected by a murder, a house, and the real estate agent who pieces the puzzle together.
A little girl hears that her grandma’s friend, Mrs. Lee, was pushed on her way to the Asian market. When she learns that Asian students at her brother’s school are afraid to walk to class, she realizes something very wrong is happening to her community. With her mom’s support and the help of friends, she does something kind for Mrs. Lee.
Jewellery is missing from the store where Mom works and she’s the main suspect. With Shamus’s help, the kids set out to catch the real thief, with surprising and hilarious results, including a false closet wall, a lucky bowling ball, and a vicious poodle named Hepzibah.
Twins Toby and Ella are sick of Christmas: their Mom is so busy baking, decorating and shopping that there's no time for fun! What about building a snowman? What about reading Christmas stories around the fire? But when Mom's careful holiday plans start to unravel, the twins see a wonderful new side to Mom...and to Christmas!
Sydney has finally come to terms with the bullying issues she faced, but now she has a new challenge: separation anxiety. When her boyfriend shares his plans to relocate for college, Sydney compares him to her father, who also left her.
Raised in a loving but lacking household by their Holocaust survivor-grandparents and their godfather, the lives of twins Petal and Rose change drastically after a summer trip to Israel. Twenty years later, Petal is called back to Toronto from New York to help Rose during a crisis and is forced to confront her prejudices about her sister’s life.
This collection of essays written by Captain Paul Watson covers over 60 years of global activism in his pursuit to protect wildife and the natural world.
Fiona is an anthology of poetry, essays, and photography capturing Prince Edward Islanders’ responses to one of the most intense storms ever to hit the province’s shores. The book offers a snapshot of the days and weeks following the storm’s landfall, as Islanders met the impacts of global climate change right at home.
Plans for a peaceful retreat in the woods are disturbed when a new cabin-owner meets her very noisy neighbours. Animal hijinks abound in this playful, phonically rich story.
Kent, Ryan, and Amy love to hear their eccentric grandparents' stories of travel and adventure. At last, they will join them on a trip—but their grandparents' worthy "ship" the SS Fiona is more than meets the eye, and soon the three children are caught up in the dramatic history of Birchtown and Shelbourne, Nova Scotia.
The people on a remote island are happy with their lot, but learn that they must make new lives in less isolated surroundings. A story of social change, and the love that one carries for home.
Stephen Millburn is barely holding it together. Balancing his parenting duties with a new job as an early-morning radio host is much harder than he anticipated. He needs his job to support his growing family and pay down his crippling mortgage, but if he doesn’t find a way to cope soon, he’ll lose it all.
Whether you lost a family member or a friend, Angela Morris lets grievers know that they have earned the quiet, private moments that they need to move through — not past — their grief. In a culture that demands us to be “better”, this book leaves the space for us to tend to our hearts as we deal with loss.
Suivez les aventures de Pete et de son adorable chiot, Larry, à mesure qu’ils découvrent les différents points d’intérêt de la belle ville de Montréal. Ce deuxième volume de la collection de carnets de voyage pour enfants, pourrait être un cadeau ou le souvenir parfait d’un voyage dans cette ville très touristique du Québec au Canada.
Follow Pete and his adorable pup, Larry as they discover the different sites of beautiful Montreal. The second book in this series of children's Canadian travelogs is the perfect gift and souvenir from a trip to the highly touristic city in Quebec, Canada.
In this imaginative story, a child's first encounter with a mirror turns into an afternoon adventure.