Inspired by the childhood of real-life astronaut Chris Hadfield and brought to life by Terry and Eric Fan's lush, evocative illustrations, The Darkest Dark will encourage readers to dream the impossible. Chris loves rockets and planets and pretending he's a brave astronaut, exploring the universe. Only one problem--at night, Chris doesn't feel so brave. He's afraid of the dark. But when he watches the groundbreaking moon landing on TV, he realizes that space is the darkest dark there is--an...
Winner of the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award Winner of the Lillian Shepherd Memorial Award for Excellence in Illustration Finalist for a Governor General’s Literary Award, Young People’s Literature – Illustrated Books Finalist for a Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Books Award When a young girl visits the site of Africville, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the stories she’s heard from her family come to mind. She imagines what the community was once like —the brightly painted houses nestled into...
The Adventures of Sajo and Her Beaver People (Classic Reprint)
by Grey Owl
Meet Liam, Ava, Oki, Chloe and Noah — Canadian kids representing a multicultural blend of culture and race that typifies our amazing country. They’ll take you through a year in the life of Canada’s kids, from celebrations, traditions and events, to our everyday way of life and the little things that make childhood so memorable. Now in paperback, A Canadian Year is a picture book bursting with national pride. It’s a snapshot of who we are as Canadians, blending our modern-day culture and lifest...
Hope for Allis (Allister of Turtle Mountain, #2)
by Patricia E Linson
Discover Canada from coast to coast. Now in a larger size! Canada is a vast and multi-faceted country. Discover its cities, regions and attractions with the little monsters. From the Atlantic to the Pacific, find the little monsters hiding in Anne-Marie Bourgeois' wonderful illustrations, including the fishing port of Lunenberg (Nova Scotia), winter in Montreal, a typical sugar shack, Toronto and the CN Tower, Niagara Falls, the vast Prairies, the Calgary Stampede Parade, the Far North and th...
Bhartiya Sanskriti Sabhyata Aur Parampara (ଭାରତୀୟ ସଂସ୍କୃତି, ସଭ୍ୟତା ଏବଂ ପରମ୍ପରğ
by Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank'
Likkle Miss Lou: How Jamaican Poet Louise Bennett Coverley Found Her Voice
by Nadia Hohn
Étrangère Chez Moi
by Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton
The little monsters are in Montreal! Visit the landmarks in the most European-esque city in Canada with them! Special large size edition! Mixing historic architecture, metropolitan modernity and joie de vivre, Montreal is such a great place to live that even little monsters have taken up residence there. They enjoy kayaking on the Lachine Canal, wandering the cobblestone streets of Old Montreal, and joining the crowds at the Montreal Botanical Garden's Lantern Festival. Have fun spotting...
For Tyrese, history class is the lowest point of his school day. This is, until his friend Levi reveals a secret -- a secret that brings history alive, in the form of one Gabriel Dumont. Through Dumont, a great Metis leader of the Northwest Resistance, the boys experience a bison hunt, a skirmish with the Blackfoot, and encounter with the great Louis Riel, and, ultimately, a great battle at Batoche, Saskatchewan. The Rebel is one book in the Tales from Big Spirit series. Tales from Big Spirit i...
When his Jewish parents send him to a Minnesota logging camp to escape the influenza epidemic of 1918, ten-year-old Marven finds a special friend.
Quand j'Avais Huit ANS
by Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton