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Touch that!

Hewitt, Sally, 1949-


"An exciting way to learn about your senses." Includes index. Answers simple questions students may have regarding their sense of touch.
Date Published:2008

Dog Man. 14, Big Jim believes /

Pilkey, Dav, 1966-


Series numeration from publisher website. "The celebration comes to a halt for our heroes in Dog Man: Big Jim Believes when the mischievous Space Cuties From Space return. Our caped crusaders--Dog Man (aka Scarlet Shedder), Commander Cupcake, and Sprinkles--along with Mecha Molly discover that the city has changed, and nothing is how it should be. Can Big Jim's positivity and innocence help our heroes? Will Dog Man, Big Jim, Grampa, and Molly have the courage to trust each other and save the day? How does the past help shape the future? And who is the chosen one?"--Publisher's website.
Date Published:2025

Series numeration from publisher website. "The celebration comes to a halt for our heroes in Dog Man: Big Jim Believes when the mischievous Space Cuties From Space return. Our caped crusaders--Dog Man (aka Scarlet Shedder), Commander Cupcake, and Sprinkles--along with Mecha Molly discover that the city has changed, and nothing is how it should be. Can Big Jim's positivity and innocence help our heroes? Will Dog Man, Big Jim, Grampa, and Molly have the courage to trust each other and save the day? How does the past help shape the future? And who is the chosen one?"--Publisher's website.

Date Published:2025

Death by whoopee cushion

Grant, Vicki,


Most kids would love it if their parents owned a joke store. But twelve-year-old Manya isn't like most kids. She's not interested in the cheap laughs at Pranks a Million. The only thing she finds even vaguely interesting about her parents' shop is the science behind the pranks. Manya and her best friend Isaac are thrilled when their parents agree to sign them up for Serious Science, an after-school course. It's everything Manya has dreamed of. But one day Manya comes back from their Serious Science class to see two police in the store. A trick cigar bought at Pranks a Million blew up in a customer's face and burnt off his eyebrows. Then there's a poisoning incident. And when a whoopee cushion explodes, actually killing an innocent bystander, Manya's parents are arrested for murder. It's up to Manya to prove their innocence -- and she may have to use some of the science behind the pranks to do so.
Date Published:2025

Most kids would love it if their parents owned a joke store. But twelve-year-old Manya isn't like most kids. She's not interested in the cheap laughs at Pranks a Million. The only thing she finds even vaguely interesting about her parents' shop is the science behind the pranks. Manya and her best friend Isaac are thrilled when their parents agree to sign them up for Serious Science, an after-school course. It's everything Manya has dreamed of. But one day Manya comes back from their Serious Science class to see two police in the store. A trick cigar bought at Pranks a Million blew up in a customer's face and burnt off his eyebrows. Then there's a poisoning incident. And when a whoopee cushion explodes, actually killing an innocent bystander, Manya's parents are arrested for murder. It's up to Manya to prove their innocence -- and she may have to use some of the science behind the pranks to do so.

Date Published:2025

What you need to know if you e-transfer money


From the Curio.ca streaming audio-visual collection. E-transfers are sent over a million times a day in Canada. Despite the popularity, an RBC customer says the money transferring system is not as safe as it advertises. She had $1,734 stolen during an e-transfer after a fraudster intercepted a transaction.
Date Published:2019

Finding Cleo, Episode 6 : Little Pine


From the Curio.ca streaming audio-visual collection. A brief encounter with someone who knew Cleo perhaps better than anyone else just before her death reveals crucial details. Connecting new facts about her life leads the investigation to a world far from where Cleo died, back to Little Pine First Nation.
Date Published:2018

All the colors we are : the story of how we get our skin color = Todos los colores de nuestra piel : la historia de por qué tenemos diferentes colores de piel

Kissinger, Katie, 1951-


In English and Spanish. "First edition 1994"--Title page verso. Explains, in simple terms, the reasons for skin color, how it is determined by heredity, and how various environmental factors affect it.
Date Published:2014

Helen Keller : [a photographic story of a life]

Garrett, Leslie, 1964-


Profiles the life of Helen Keller who lost her sight and hearing at the age of two and still learned to read and write despite her handicap.
Date Published:2004

Soil

Flanagan, Alice K.


Briefly describes the composition of different types of soil, the variety of plants and animals that live in it, and the necessity of soil to human life.
Date Published:2000

Nicholas at the library

Hutchins, H. J. (Hazel J.)


Nicholas finds a very small chimpanzee at the library, and when the head librarian tells him it is a lost-story chimpanzee, the three of them travel from book to book, trying to find the story to which the little ape belongs.
Date Published:1990

The imitation game

Imitation game (Motion picture)


Originally released as a motion picture in 2014. MPAA Rating: PG-13; for some sexual references, mature thematic material and historical smoking. Based on the book "Alan Turing : the enigma" by Andrew Hodges. During the winter of 1952, British authorities entered the home of mathematician, cryptanalyst, and war hero Alan Turing to investigate a reported burglary. They instead ended up arresting Turing himself on charges of gross indecency, an accusation that would lead to his devastating conviction for the criminal offense of homosexuality. Little did officials know they were actually incriminating the pioneer of modern-day computing. Login: elem Pwd: elem
Date Published:2015

Originally released as a motion picture in 2014. MPAA Rating: PG-13; for some sexual references, mature thematic material and historical smoking. Based on the book "Alan Turing : the enigma" by Andrew Hodges. During the winter of 1952, British authorities entered the home of mathematician, cryptanalyst, and war hero Alan Turing to investigate a reported burglary. They instead ended up arresting Turing himself on charges of gross indecency, an accusation that would lead to his devastating conviction for the criminal offense of homosexuality. Little did officials know they were actually incriminating the pioneer of modern-day computing. Login: elem Pwd: elem

Date Published:2015

Animal group behavior

Dunne, Abbie,


What is group behavior? -- Protecting each other -- Hunting and eating -- Working together -- Migration. "Simple text and colorful photos introduce the topic of animal group behavior"--
Date Published:2017

My name is Saajin Singh

Brar, Kuljinder Kaur,


Saajin loves his name-he loves it so much that he sees it spelled out in the world around him in his snacks, in the sky and sometimes he even sings it aloud. On his first day of school, Saajin is excited to meet his new classmates, but things take a turn when the teacher mispronounces his name as Say-jin and he is not sure how-or if he should-correct her. After trying to live with the different version of his name for a while and some thoughtful conversations with his family about the meaning behind it, Saajin realizes the importance of reclaiming his name and embracing his identity.
Date Published:2022

Saajin loves his name-he loves it so much that he sees it spelled out in the world around him in his snacks, in the sky and sometimes he even sings it aloud. On his first day of school, Saajin is excited to meet his new classmates, but things take a turn when the teacher mispronounces his name as Say-jin and he is not sure how-or if he should-correct her. After trying to live with the different version of his name for a while and some thoughtful conversations with his family about the meaning behind it, Saajin realizes the importance of reclaiming his name and embracing his identity.

Date Published:2022

Who were the Navajo Code Talkers of the Second World War?


Most secret codes developed during the Second World War used letters and numbers to convey hidden messages. So how did Navajo code talkers use their language to outwit the Nazis? David Rubenstein answers that question in a fact-filled history minute.
Date Published:2023

O.K., K.O., O.K. v. 2 no. 1


Description based on volume 2, issue 1, June 2023. O.K., K.O., O.K. is a magazine of work by writers and artists from secondary schools in the Toronto District School Board (TDSB). The young people who contributed to this magazine were asked to submit work that is personally authentic; that challenges and disrupts past and present colonial narratives; and that inspires increasingly responsible relationships between Métis, Inuit, and First Nations Peoples and non-Indigenous communities now and into the future.
Date Published:2023

Description based on volume 2, issue 1, June 2023. O.K., K.O., O.K. is a magazine of work by writers and artists from secondary schools in the Toronto District School Board (TDSB). The young people who contributed to this magazine were asked to submit work that is personally authentic; that challenges and disrupts past and present colonial narratives; and that inspires increasingly responsible relationships between Métis, Inuit, and First Nations Peoples and non-Indigenous communities now and into the future.

Date Published:2023

I am Jane Goodall

Meltzer, Brad,


Features Jane Goodall, the scientist and conservationist who is famous for her work with chimpanzees.
Date Published:2016

The fundamental beliefs of Hinduism


Hinduism is one of the world's oldest religions and has developed through many different traditions but is united by a few core ideas. In this film, you'll learn more about what characterises the Hindu faith. It is a polytheistic religion with hundreds of thousands of gods, seen as different expressions of a universal soul that is present in everything - Brahman. Three of the most important gods are Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. The film explains key concepts such as samsara - the eternal cycle of rebirth - and karma, where a person's actions influence what they are reborn as. The goal is to reach moksha, liberation from rebirth, which can be achieved through different paths, like devotion, deep knowledge or action. Hinduism is a flexible and living religion that shapes everyday life and culture, both in India and in other parts of the world.
Date Published:2025

Hinduism is one of the world's oldest religions and has developed through many different traditions but is united by a few core ideas. In this film, you'll learn more about what characterises the Hindu faith. It is a polytheistic religion with hundreds of thousands of gods, seen as different expressions of a universal soul that is present in everything - Brahman. Three of the most important gods are Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. The film explains key concepts such as samsara - the eternal cycle of rebirth - and karma, where a person's actions influence what they are reborn as. The goal is to reach moksha, liberation from rebirth, which can be achieved through different paths, like devotion, deep knowledge or action. Hinduism is a flexible and living religion that shapes everyday life and culture, both in India and in other parts of the world.

Date Published:2025

Spies : The Wacky Word Show series.


Zoey and Lukas explore cryptology and secret ways of communicating as they channel their inner spies. Great spies need great mental and physical skills, so the challenge has teams of kids run through an obstacle course with puzzles to solve before each obstacle. In the game show, kids answer spy-related questions and match the letters of their answers to the numbers on a cipher wheel. A computer programmer comes by and shows how he uses codes in his job. He has Zoey and Lukas decipher some pixel art code by using coloured post-its to follow a pattern and make a picture. Real kids tell us their funny spy code names. When Lukas programs Booboo Bot to decipher a secret code language he made up, Booboo Bot loses his cool.
Date Published:2020

Zoey and Lukas explore cryptology and secret ways of communicating as they channel their inner spies. Great spies need great mental and physical skills, so the challenge has teams of kids run through an obstacle course with puzzles to solve before each obstacle. In the game show, kids answer spy-related questions and match the letters of their answers to the numbers on a cipher wheel. A computer programmer comes by and shows how he uses codes in his job. He has Zoey and Lukas decipher some pixel art code by using coloured post-its to follow a pattern and make a picture. Real kids tell us their funny spy code names. When Lukas programs Booboo Bot to decipher a secret code language he made up, Booboo Bot loses his cool.

Date Published:2020

What's first past the post?


From the TVO streaming audio-visual collection. Aired on June 2, 2022. Who elects the premier? No one, technically. Ontario operates on a first-past-the-post system. What does that mean? And if we're in a democracy, why does no one elect the premier? TVO politics nerd Steve Paikin explains.
Date Published:2022

Meet John Bonaparte: Farming - The Next Generation.


John talks about how his Indigenous background informs his farming, the importance of being connected with the Earth, the role regenerative farming can play in supporting future generations, and how this can increase sovereignty.
Date Published:2022

Divali

Devani, Reena,


Traduction de : Diwali. Discute de l'histoire de Diwali et de la façon dont il est célébré au Canada.
Date Published:2024