More Than a Footnote
From a cellist to a computer scientist, an oncologist to an explorer, More Than a Footnote profiles women in history who made a difference despite being excluded and overlooked.
Write to Read
60 practical lessons that guide students to write in a variety of forms. Organized alphabetically, they give students opportunities to read books that can inspire their writing and to write for a variety of purposes.
How the Oceans Came to Be
Rabbit solves the mystery of why his friends can’t find a drink of water. The answer is not what he expected.
Please Don't Step on Me
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Children learn that many bugs are “helpful insects” and helps them learn a positive attitude towards them.
Fractured
Susan Mockler’s physical and psychological journey after a car accident left her partially paralyzed is an illuminating look at healthcare, ableism, and Susan’s acceptance of the mantle of disability activist.
Hidden on the High Wire
From celebrated author Kathy Kacer comes the story of Irene, a young Jewish girl raised at the circus in Nazi Germany, who must perform the balancing act of her life to keep herself and her mother alive.
Made 4 You
Becky’s main focus is padding her college applications with good grades and volunteer work. So when she’s asked her to show Gene Newman, the new student around, she agrees. But as Gene and Becky grow closer, he confides that he has a secret – one that turns Becky’s life upside down.
Mortimer
Mortimer T. Flightdeck, Future YouTube Sensation, has big plans for ratkind: he’ll join the International Space Station (ISS) and document his experiments on the human astronauts to prove rats are much better than humans when it comes to colonizing Mars. But when his schemes go awry, he is forced to face new truths about dreams and friendship.
The Case of the Rigged Race
The Mighty Muskrats are ready for another adventure! When a sled-dog race at the annual Trappers Festival turns into a mysterious whodunit, the four cousins must solve the case and help the lead dog to victory!
Whale Fall
When an environmental protest takes a dark turn, Marie Russell and Detective Inspector Roméo Leduc must abandon their idyllic honeymoon to solve another riveting murder.
How to Become an Accidental Entrepreneur
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This nonfiction book for middle-grade readers is full of stories of inspiring entrepreneurs, young and old, who have changed the world.
I Hope
This beautifully illustrated picture book, written by award-winning Indigenous author Monique Gray Smith, explores all the hopes adults have for the children in their lives.
I Hope / nipakosêyimon
This beautifully illustrated dual-language picture book, written by award-winning Indigenous author Monique Gray Smith, explores all the hopes adults have for the children in their lives. In English and Plains Cree.
J’espère
Cet album aux illustrations magnifiques, écrit par l’autrice autochtone primée Monique Gray Smith, fait un survol des espoirs que les adultes nourrissent pour les enfants de leur vie.
Jordan and Max, Field Trip!
In this partially illustrated early chapter book, two young friends get separated from their school field trip and end up exploring the sights, sounds and tastes of the big city.
Kindness Is a Golden Heart
A gentle illustrated board book that uses metaphor to highlight opportunities to demonstrate and receive kindness.
Lark Steals the Show
In this illustrated early chapter book, Lark and Connor are called upon to defend their friend when he is framed in the theft of a fellow student's artwork at an art show.
Listen Up!
Part of the nonfiction Orca Footprints series for middle-grade readers, illustrated with color photographs throughout. Young readers will discover how to listen to the sounds of nature and what they can tell us about the health of the planet.
Union
In this novel in verse for teen readers, fifteen-year-old Tuck navigates new love, past trauma and standing up for what's right.
A Wee Boo
A humorous picture book about a ghost who is too cute to be scary and who realizes that she might have a more important future as an imaginary friend.
Welcome, Dark
A stunningly illustrated picture book that introduces young readers to the importance of night as a time for animals to thrive, rains to fall, winds to blow and the world to rest.
Why Humans Build Up
Part of the nonfiction Orca Timeline series, with photographs and illustrations throughout. This book explores why and how people have constructed taller and taller buildings over the course of human history.
A Wonderful Bigness
At the turn of the 20th century, in rural Newfoundland, Kitty and Daniel Daly had twelve children—six were big and six were small, but a place was made for them all.
Nonna and the Girls Next Door
A young girl learns to overcome her jealousy of the girls next door as she begins to appreciate her bond with her grandmother.
