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Skippyjon Jones-- lost in spice

Schachner, Judith Byron


"Bonus CD included"--Cover. Skippyjon Jones, the Siamese cat that thinks he is a Chihuahua dog, has an adventure on Mars.
Date Published:2009

Maps and mapping for Canadian kids

Peetoom, Laura


Includes index.
Date Published:2011

One green apple

Bunting, Eve, 1928-


While on a school field trip to an orchard to make cider, a young immigrant named Farah gains self-confidence when the green apple she picks perfectly complements the other students' red apples. Useful for teaching the Questioning strategy.
Date Published:2006

Yasmin the zookeeper

Faruqi, Saadia.


A Capstone Interactive eBook. Field trip -- Meet the animals -- Hungry monkeys. Yasmin's class is going on a field trip to the zoo, and Yasmin is thrilled when she is chosen to help feed the monkeys; but when she trips and spills their food both she and the monkeys are upset--until she remembers that she has fruit in her lunch bag to share with her new "friends."
Date Published:2019

Urban Voices = L'écho de la ville.


Original poetry by students in Elementary and Secondary Schools of the Toronto District School Board. Includes some text in French.
Date Published:2000

The Boggart

Cooper, Susan.


After visiting the castle in Scotland which her family has inherited and returning home to Canada, twelve-year-old Emily finds that she has accidentally brought back with her a boggart, an invisible and mischievous spirit with a fondness for practical jokes.
Date Published:1995

Turning angel

Iles, Greg.


Originally published: New York : Scribner, c2005. When the body of Kate Townsend turns up near the Mississippi River, attorney Penn Cage tangles with the dark side of his hometown of Natchez, Mississippi, to investigate the secret world of a nearby elite high school.
Date Published:2005

Summer days, starry nights

VanSickle, Vikki, 1982-


It's 1962, and thirteen-year-old Reenie Starr comes alive the minute guests begin to arrive at her family's summer resort. She dreams of the day she can run Sandy Shores, and she spends her time helping out at the resort, swimming, climbing trees, and singing under the stars. One day, Reenie's mother announces that she thinks the resort could use some entertainment. She invites Gwen, her best friend's almost-grown daughter, to come and teach a dance class. Although Gwen seems sad and remote, Reenie's thrilled to have her there. As Reenie starts to learn more about the world beyond Sandy Shores, she comes up with a plan that could really put it on the map. She also finds herself caught between the simpler world of her childhood and all of the wonderful new discoveries (boys) and heartaches (boys) that growing up can bring. Reenie thought she wanted Sandy Shores to never change, but after this summer nothing will ever be the same again.
Date Published:2013

It's 1962, and thirteen-year-old Reenie Starr comes alive the minute guests begin to arrive at her family's summer resort. She dreams of the day she can run Sandy Shores, and she spends her time helping out at the resort, swimming, climbing trees, and singing under the stars. One day, Reenie's mother announces that she thinks the resort could use some entertainment. She invites Gwen, her best friend's almost-grown daughter, to come and teach a dance class. Although Gwen seems sad and remote, Reenie's thrilled to have her there. As Reenie starts to learn more about the world beyond Sandy Shores, she comes up with a plan that could really put it on the map. She also finds herself caught between the simpler world of her childhood and all of the wonderful new discoveries (boys) and heartaches (boys) that growing up can bring. Reenie thought she wanted Sandy Shores to never change, but after this summer nothing will ever be the same again.

Date Published:2013

Spiders from outer space

Ansary, Mir Tamim


It's the biggest news of the year, people are going to Mars!
Date Published:2000

Fire sale

Paretsky, Sara.


Coaching the basketball team at her former South Chicago high school, V.I. Warshawski investigates sabotage at the site of the area's largest employer, where an explosion has killed the facility's owner and launched a dangerous family rivalry.
Date Published:2005

Sneaking around

Krulik, Nancy E.


Sequel to: The first cut. The continuing story of the eight semifinalists in the search for four members of a new girl popular music band, who live and train together in Manhattan, discovering that their relationships with family, friends, and each other begin to change greatly.
Date Published:2001

Chyyah - NuChaNulth Nation, BC


Chyyah is an 8-year-old girl from the NuChaNulth Nation, in Port Alberni, British Columbia. Chyyah loves arts and crafts; she shows us some of the beautiful projects she's made. She participates in a school assembly where all the kids learn about their culture and honour the salmon, an important food for her community.
Date Published:2018

First Stories - O Mother, Where Art Thou?


O Mother, Where Art Thou? finds Paul John Swiderski taking stock of his adoptive family and all that they've provided for him: security and well-being. The people who've raised him are his family and that seems like enough, but when a cousin asks about his birth mother, Paul begins to wonder about his other family.
Date Published:2007

Black Canadians in Canada's World Wars

D'Souza, Brian, 1981-


Learn about the lives and accomplishments of Black Canadians who served in Canada's military, despite facing discrimination, during the World Wars.
Date Published:2023

The screwtape letters

Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963.


A classic satire on human weakness features Screwtape, an elderly devil, who writes a series of letters to Wormwood, his apprentice and nephew.
Date Published:2006

Canadian celebrations

Hughes, Susan, 1960-



Date Published:2012

Disrupting Design, Episode 3


From the Curio.ca streaming audio-visual collection. This episode of Disrupting Design catches up with Jason Nolan, director of Ryerson University's Responsive Ecologies Lab and an autistic self-advocate, to talk about some of his design prototypes for special needs children (such as a rocker that encourages self-stimulatory behaviours in autistic children). It also looks at the new Bridgepoint Active Healthcare building to consider whether or not architecture can change our experience of illness and pain. Lastly, the episode explores the phenomenon of rammed earth architecture. The source materials are locally available, local, abundant, non-toxic, durable and energy efficient. Is this the solution for sustainable housing?
Date Published:2016

From the Curio.ca streaming audio-visual collection. This episode of Disrupting Design catches up with Jason Nolan, director of Ryerson University's Responsive Ecologies Lab and an autistic self-advocate, to talk about some of his design prototypes for special needs children (such as a rocker that encourages self-stimulatory behaviours in autistic children). It also looks at the new Bridgepoint Active Healthcare building to consider whether or not architecture can change our experience of illness and pain. Lastly, the episode explores the phenomenon of rammed earth architecture. The source materials are locally available, local, abundant, non-toxic, durable and energy efficient. Is this the solution for sustainable housing?

Date Published:2016

The significance of Easter and Passover foods


From the Curio.ca streaming audio-visual collection. Our food columnist, Andrew Coppolino, joins Craig Norris to discuss the vast array and meaning of some of the food that we eat this time of year. Original air date: April 8, 2022.
Date Published:2022

Confucius


Confucius was a philosopher in ancient China who taught that the powerful needed to rule with virtue. He put his ideas into practice - changing the way the government was run, and eventually founding a religion called Confucianism.
Date Published:2024

Chocolate seashells


From the Curio channel: BBC Channel. In this Christmas special, new presenter Paddy McGuinness and Cherry Healey visit a chocolate factory in Belgium that produces four million chocolate seashells every day.
Date Published:2024