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The Hunger Games

Collins, Suzanne


In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before-and survival, for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.
Date Published:2008

In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before-and survival, for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.

Date Published:2008

I survived the sinking of the Titanic, 1912

Tarshis, Lauren,


A ten-year-old can't believe his luck; he will be on the famous Titanic, crossing the ocean. Suddenly, water is everywhere, and his life changes forever.
Date Published:2025

Miguel's brave knight : young Cervantes and his dream of Don Quixote

Engle, Margarita,


Describes how Miguel de Cervantes found refuge from his childhood troubles by daydreaming of a brave knight who would right the wrongs of the world, the inspiration for his famous character Don Quixote.
Date Published:2017

I am Malala : the girl who stood up for education and was shot by the Taliban

Yousafzai, Malala, 1997-


When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education. On Tuesday, October 9, 2012, when she was fifteen, she was shot in the head at point-blank range while riding the bus home from school. Malala's miraculous recovery has taken her on an extraordinary journey from a remote valley in northern Pakistan to the halls of the United Nations in New York. At sixteen, she has become a global symbol of peaceful protest and the youngest nominee ever for the Nobel Peace Prize. The remarkable tale of terrorism, of the fight for girls' education, and of brave parents who have a fierce love for their daughter in a society that prizes sons.
Date Published:2013

When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education. On Tuesday, October 9, 2012, when she was fifteen, she was shot in the head at point-blank range while riding the bus home from school. Malala's miraculous recovery has taken her on an extraordinary journey from a remote valley in northern Pakistan to the halls of the United Nations in New York. At sixteen, she has become a global symbol of peaceful protest and the youngest nominee ever for the Nobel Peace Prize. The remarkable tale of terrorism, of the fight for girls' education, and of brave parents who have a fierce love for their daughter in a society that prizes sons.

Date Published:2013

Punching the air

Zoboi, Ibi Aanu,


From award-winning, bestselling author Ibi Zoboi and prison reform activist Yusef Salaam of the Exonerated Five comes a powerful YA novel in verse about a boy who is wrongfully incarcerated. Amal Shahid has always been an artist and a poet. But even in a diverse art school, he's seen as disruptive and unmotivated by a biased system. Then one fateful night, an altercation in a gentrifying neighborhood escalates into tragedy. "Boys just being boys" turns out to be true only when those boys are white. Suddenly, at just sixteen years old, Amal's bright future is upended: he is convicted of a crime he didn't commit and sent to prison. Despair and rage almost sink him until he turns to the refuge of his words, his art. This never should have been his story. But can he change it.
Date Published:2020

From award-winning, bestselling author Ibi Zoboi and prison reform activist Yusef Salaam of the Exonerated Five comes a powerful YA novel in verse about a boy who is wrongfully incarcerated. Amal Shahid has always been an artist and a poet. But even in a diverse art school, he's seen as disruptive and unmotivated by a biased system. Then one fateful night, an altercation in a gentrifying neighborhood escalates into tragedy. "Boys just being boys" turns out to be true only when those boys are white. Suddenly, at just sixteen years old, Amal's bright future is upended: he is convicted of a crime he didn't commit and sent to prison. Despair and rage almost sink him until he turns to the refuge of his words, his art. This never should have been his story. But can he change it.

Date Published:2020

Racial bias or bureaucracy? : Delays facing Sudanese family reunification in Canada. March 2025


From the Curio channel: News in Review. Despite the launch of a family reunification program in February 2024 aimed at offering pathways to permanent residency for 3,250 immediate family members of Sudanese Canadians, only 340 individuals were approved in the first eleven months of the program. As civil war rages in Sudan, displacing millions and threatening millions more with starvation, Sudanese Canadians are left disheartened by lengthy delays and an unequal refugee process.
Date Published:2025

From the Curio channel: News in Review. Despite the launch of a family reunification program in February 2024 aimed at offering pathways to permanent residency for 3,250 immediate family members of Sudanese Canadians, only 340 individuals were approved in the first eleven months of the program. As civil war rages in Sudan, displacing millions and threatening millions more with starvation, Sudanese Canadians are left disheartened by lengthy delays and an unequal refugee process.

Date Published:2025

Wassily Kandinsky


Mati et Dada rencontrent Kandinsky qui leur fait découvrir le lien entre la musique et les couleurs. Mati, une petite fille, et Dada, son ami robot, explorent le monde artistique en faisant la rencontre de divers artistes.
Date Published:2013

The War in Ukraine : A Humanitarian Catastrophe. September 2022


From the Curio channel: News in Review. When Russia invaded Ukraine in early 2022, it forced millions of citizens to flee for their safety. To date, 12 million people have been displaced, at least half of whom have fled to other countries. United Nations humanitarian workers have described the outflow of families and children fleeing the war as unprecedented.
Date Published:2022

Folded Paper, hopping frog


You can turn a plain paper sheet into a three-dimensional jumping frog! You do not have to be a mathematician to make a frog. It's not magic ... it's mathematical! The pedagogical side: This segment explores the connections found in the geometry of paper folding. The folds of the origami technique are associated with geometric patterns, where one can spot different kinds of triangles, angles, polygons and lines, as well as symmetry.
Date Published:2016

You can turn a plain paper sheet into a three-dimensional jumping frog! You do not have to be a mathematician to make a frog. It's not magic ... it's mathematical! The pedagogical side: This segment explores the connections found in the geometry of paper folding. The folds of the origami technique are associated with geometric patterns, where one can spot different kinds of triangles, angles, polygons and lines, as well as symmetry.

Date Published:2016

Lucy Maud Montgomery : the incredible life of the creator of Anne of Green Gables

Sauerwein, Stan, 1952-



Date Published:2004

Unforgettable Ontario : 100 destinations

Hudson, Noel, 1956-


"This book celebrates 100 communities, events and festivals that help to make a visit to Ontario unforgettable. Reflects the province's rich cultural and geographic diversity in its villages, towns, cities, cottage country and the north. A fascinating glimpse into Ontario's past and present, its spectacular landscape and the spirit of its citizens."--
Date Published:2018

Dragging Mason County

Campbell, Curtis (Author of Dragging Mason County)


Cataloged from publisher supplied information. Spoken audio file. Duration: approximately 08:30:00 hr. Originally released by Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group, â„—2023. Peter Thompkins is one of the few queer kids in his small-town high school. He helps a friend produce Mason County's debut Drag Extravaganza, encountering biogtry and backlash in the process.
Date Published:2023

The roan stallion

Beartrack-Algeo, Alfreda, 1954-


1929. Alfred Swallow meets a wild blue-eyed roan stallion. Not just any stallion, but a medicine hat roan stallion that is believes to have special powers. Times are hard for Alfred's Lakota family on the Dakota prairie. He knows his grandfather could use a new tractor, so with the help of his friends and the roan stallion Alfred makes plans to win the prize money at the annual White River Relay Race. With the race only weeks away, can Alfred's determination and prayers carry them through to win the race?
Date Published:2023

1929. Alfred Swallow meets a wild blue-eyed roan stallion. Not just any stallion, but a medicine hat roan stallion that is believes to have special powers. Times are hard for Alfred's Lakota family on the Dakota prairie. He knows his grandfather could use a new tractor, so with the help of his friends and the roan stallion Alfred makes plans to win the prize money at the annual White River Relay Race. With the race only weeks away, can Alfred's determination and prayers carry them through to win the race?

Date Published:2023

Origami

Barbara M Linde


Explains the concept of right angles using the classic folded-paper art of origami, and provides directions for making several origami forms.
Date Published:2004

Canada Reads 2022 : What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad


From the Curio.ca streaming audio-visual collection. Omar El Akkad's novel What Strange Paradise is championed by entrepreneur Tareq Hadhad on Canada Reads 2022. The book follows Amir, a 9-year-old Syrian refugee who is the lone survivor of a ship wreckage. The book alternates chapters between Amir's dangerous ocean voyage to his new reality on a tourist island that is hostile to him. Hadhad, who arrived in Canada as a refugee from Syria, tells El Akkad why he connected with this book so much he had to defend it on Canada Reads. The Canada Reads 2022 debates, hosted by Ali Hassan, take place March 28-31. Important note to teachers: This novel addresses mature themes. Please take the time to review any written or video content before sharing it in class, so that you can prepare your students as needed.
Date Published:2022

From the Curio.ca streaming audio-visual collection. Omar El Akkad's novel What Strange Paradise is championed by entrepreneur Tareq Hadhad on Canada Reads 2022. The book follows Amir, a 9-year-old Syrian refugee who is the lone survivor of a ship wreckage. The book alternates chapters between Amir's dangerous ocean voyage to his new reality on a tourist island that is hostile to him. Hadhad, who arrived in Canada as a refugee from Syria, tells El Akkad why he connected with this book so much he had to defend it on Canada Reads. The Canada Reads 2022 debates, hosted by Ali Hassan, take place March 28-31. Important note to teachers: This novel addresses mature themes. Please take the time to review any written or video content before sharing it in class, so that you can prepare your students as needed.

Date Published:2022

Salma the Syrian chef

Ramadan, Ahmad Danny.


All Salma wants is to make her mama smile again. Between English classes, job interviews, and missing Papa back in Syria, Mama always seems busy or sad. A homemade Syrian meal might cheer her up, but Salma doesn't know the recipe, or what to call the vegetables in English, or where to find the right spices! Luckily, the staff and other newcomers in her Welcome Home are happy to lend a hand and a sprinkle of sumac.
Date Published:2022

All Salma wants is to make her mama smile again. Between English classes, job interviews, and missing Papa back in Syria, Mama always seems busy or sad. A homemade Syrian meal might cheer her up, but Salma doesn't know the recipe, or what to call the vegetables in English, or where to find the right spices! Luckily, the staff and other newcomers in her Welcome Home are happy to lend a hand and a sprinkle of sumac.

Date Published:2022

Vincent Van Gogh


Mati et Dada rencontrent Vincent Van Gogh qui leur explique comment il s'y prend pour peindre ses toiles en utilisant les jeux de lumière pour donner vie aux paysages.
Date Published:2013

Extreme weather and climate change explained


From the Curio.ca streaming audio-visual collection. Tornadoes, hurricanes, heatwaves and floods are all different types of severe weather. Scientists say that weather is getting more extreme because of the warming ocean waters created by climate change. CBC Kids News contributor Caden Teneycke spoke with Canadian meteorologist and storm chaser Mark Robinson to better understand how these weather patterns work. This is extreme weather explained.
Date Published:2022

From the Curio.ca streaming audio-visual collection. Tornadoes, hurricanes, heatwaves and floods are all different types of severe weather. Scientists say that weather is getting more extreme because of the warming ocean waters created by climate change. CBC Kids News contributor Caden Teneycke spoke with Canadian meteorologist and storm chaser Mark Robinson to better understand how these weather patterns work. This is extreme weather explained.

Date Published:2022

Technology on trial


From the TVO streaming audio-visual collection. Aired on August 21, 2024 While a refugee claimant awaits a decision on whether she can stay in the country, lawyers across Canada try to safeguard the refugee process from racially biased algorithms.
Date Published:2024

Ripley's believe it or not! : unlock the weird

Tibballs, Geoff,


Includes index. Believe it! -- World -- Animals -- Body -- Pop culture -- Transport -- Feats -- Art -- Food -- Beyond belief.
Date Published:2016