A whimsically joyful picture book that celebrates self-expression and individuality. Imagine a world where humans—unlike animals—can flaunt, saunter, and dress however they please. With exuberant illustrations and playful rhyme, Chris Paul Rainbows Farias (they/them) affirms the beauty of being exactly who you are.
This illustrated nonfiction book for middle-grade readers features profiles of twenty kids and adults who live with disabilities.
Part of the nonfiction Orca Wild series for middle-grade readers and illustrated with color photographs throughout, this book explores bats and their biology, habitat, relationship with humans and threats to their survival.
In this short novel for middle-grade readers, twelve-year-old Dory accidentally releases an evil night witch and her whole town of Brimley falls under a bizarre curse. With pets, plants and people disappearing, Dory must uncover a way to undo the witch’s power before it’s too late.
In this touching middle-grade novel, Daniel witnesses the aftermath of two ships crashing in his small town’s canal and the discovery that people are inside one of the shipping containers. Since his mom works at the hospital and his dad with the local police, Daniel gets an inside perspective and forms a friendship with one of the refugees.
Part of the Orca Biography series for middle-grade readers, this illustrated nonfiction book introduces young readers to Phymean Noun and her mission to give Cambodian children living in poverty access to education.
In this middle-grade novel and follow-up to Lo Simpson Starts a Revolution, Jazz is trying to process why her mom left, what exactly she’s feeling for a girl in her class and whether she wants to be one of the popular girls after all.
In this illustrated nonfiction book, readers will meet Jewish changemakers—past and present—who have made a lasting impact on the world.
Dans ce miniroman partiellement illustré, une fillette récemment déménagée dans une petite communauté insulaire se lie d’amitié avec un jeune autochtone de la région, au cours des vacances d’été. Quand ils commencent ensemble leur quatrième année du primaire, ils doivent, au fil de leurs aventures, faire face à plusieurs défis et préjugés.
Part of the nonfiction Orca Take Action series for middle-grade readers, this illustrated book examines practical ways young people can protect the ocean and the over 250,000 species that call it home.
In this nonfiction picture book, young readers will follow Mary Gillham, Isobel Bennett, Hope Macpherson and Susan Ingham on an adventure to Macquarie Island as they became the first four female scientists to join an Australian research expedition to the subantarctic.
In this funny picture book, a dog makes a new friend at the park—a statue who doesn’t throw balls or give treats or pets. But he learns over time that she has her own strengths that make her a rock-solid friend.
Un album évocateur qui met en valeur les relations harmonieuses entre les enfants et les encourage à exprimer leur affection et à se soutenir mutuellement.
In this partially illustrated early chapter book, two friends bring a friendly dragon statue to life and must find a way to help her get home.
Part of the nonfiction Orca Timeline series for middle-grade readers, this illustrated book examines how engineering has helped build successful communities in the past and present and what engineering innovations could look like in the future.
In this picture book featuring Coast Salish art and Traditional Storytelling techniques, a Salish woolly dog finds natural fibers for his people to spin and weave into blankets.
Targeted by their sexually predatory English teacher who threatens their promising futures, high school seniors Jordan, Nick, and Chloe hatch a desperate plan for both revenge and retribution: plot a murder so perfect that maybe, just maybe, they can get away with it.
Bookstore owner Kate Rowan has given up on crime fiction after falling for a killer. But when she finds her great-aunt holding a bloody knife at a murder scene, Kate reluctantly teams up with security expert Gary, the man who broke her heart, to find out whodunnit.
Modern Dido strives to be as fearsome as her namesake, the legendary Queen Dido of Carthage, but she’s troubled by unexplained chronic pain, and her Aeneas is not a lover but a gynecologist. Filtering a life-long pursuit of diagnosis through Vergil’s Aeneid, Dido brandishes a wonky speculum aloft and demands answers from the gods.
In Tyson Stewart’s propulsive debut novel, a troubled young pilot seeks to reconnect with his Anishinaabe relatives — including his long-absent, nefarious father, who proposes a dangerous but lucrative business venture that’ll test both their limits.
A hybrid memoir of motherhood and mother-loss, Milk Teeth explores grief, postpartum depression, and identity through lyrical storytelling—challenging cultural silence with emotional depth, structural innovation, and radical honesty.
The coming of age of Ana, a shy girl who lives mostly in her imagination, as in the real world she is completely dominated by her playmate Frances, and by the Catholic Church. The novel is the story of her path out of silence.
