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Introduction to fresh waters

Howell, Izzi,


This book looks at Earth's fresh water systems with this decodable title introducing key geography standards around rivers, lakes, and other waterways.
Date Published:2025

Connaissez-vous des Afro-Canadiens ?


De la collection audiovisuelle Idéllo. Niveau CECR: B1. Dans le cadre du mois de l’histoire des Noirs, Sabine Daniel est allée à la rencontre des étudiants sur le campus de l’Université d’Ottawa, pour leur poser des questions sur les Afro-Canadiens qui ont marqué notre histoire. Connaissez-vous votre histoire? Si l’on vous questionnait, devant une caméra, et vous n’aviez que quelques secondes pour répondre, seriez-vous capable de nommer des Afro-Canadiens qui sont dans la politique, l’humour, les sports ou la musique?
Date Published:2016

De la collection audiovisuelle Idéllo. Niveau CECR: B1. Dans le cadre du mois de l’histoire des Noirs, Sabine Daniel est allée à la rencontre des étudiants sur le campus de l’Université d’Ottawa, pour leur poser des questions sur les Afro-Canadiens qui ont marqué notre histoire. Connaissez-vous votre histoire? Si l’on vous questionnait, devant une caméra, et vous n’aviez que quelques secondes pour répondre, seriez-vous capable de nommer des Afro-Canadiens qui sont dans la politique, l’humour, les sports ou la musique?

Date Published:2016

Mannequins noires : défis et opportunités


De la collection audiovisuelle Idéllo. Niveau CECR: B1. Comment percer dans un monde de la mode souvent critiqué d’être trop homogène? C’est le défi que tentent de relever les mannequins Djamila Sylla, originaire de la Guinée, et Frances Sesay, Torontoise aux racines sierra-léonaises. En tant que femmes noires, elles nous parlent d’une industrie de la mode où il n’est pas toujours facile de se faire maquiller, habiller ou même coiffer correctement. Les deux femmes se confient, tout en nous amenant dans les coulisses de African Fashion Week à Toronto, un événement annuel qui met en valeur les mannequins noirs et africains de l’industrie.
Date Published:2016

De la collection audiovisuelle Idéllo. Niveau CECR: B1. Comment percer dans un monde de la mode souvent critiqué d’être trop homogène? C’est le défi que tentent de relever les mannequins Djamila Sylla, originaire de la Guinée, et Frances Sesay, Torontoise aux racines sierra-léonaises. En tant que femmes noires, elles nous parlent d’une industrie de la mode où il n’est pas toujours facile de se faire maquiller, habiller ou même coiffer correctement. Les deux femmes se confient, tout en nous amenant dans les coulisses de African Fashion Week à Toronto, un événement annuel qui met en valeur les mannequins noirs et africains de l’industrie.

Date Published:2016

Amulet. 5, Prince of the elves /

Kibuishi, Kazu, 1978-


Emily survived the chaos of the Guardian Academy, but Max Griffin has stolen the Mother Stone. With it, the Elf King forges new amulets that will give him the power to invade and destroy the nation of Windsor. Emily and her friends lead the soldiers of the Cielis Guard in a fight to stop him, but Max stands in their way. And when she seeks information from the Voice of her Amulet, she discovers that the Voice is much more sinister than she ever could have imagined.
Date Published:2012

Emily survived the chaos of the Guardian Academy, but Max Griffin has stolen the Mother Stone. With it, the Elf King forges new amulets that will give him the power to invade and destroy the nation of Windsor. Emily and her friends lead the soldiers of the Cielis Guard in a fight to stop him, but Max stands in their way. And when she seeks information from the Voice of her Amulet, she discovers that the Voice is much more sinister than she ever could have imagined.

Date Published:2012

Introduction to oceans

Howell, Izzi,


Takes readers on a journey across Earth's physical features, exploring oceans, atmosphere, biomes, and more!.
Date Published:2025

Introduction to climate and biomes

Howell, Izzi.


Takes readers on a journey across Earth's physical features, exploring oceans, atmosphere, biomes, and more!
Date Published:2025

Amulet. 7, Firelight /

Kibuishi, Kazu, 1978-


Emily, Trellis, and Vigo visit Algos Island, where they can access and enter lost memories. They're hoping to uncover the events of Trellis's mysterious childhood -- knowledge they can use against the Elf King. What they discover is a dark secret that changes everything. Meanwhile, the Voice of Emily's Amulet is getting stronger, and threatens to overtake her completely.
Date Published:2016

The little prince

Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de, 1900-1944,


An aviator whose plane is forced down in the Sahara Desert encounters a little prince from a small planet who relates his adventures in seeking the secret of what is important in life.
Date Published:2023

Costs and benefits


Making decisions involves weighing what you gain against what you give up, from the benefits of homework to the costs of tasty treats.
Date Published:2024

A really good brown girl

Dumont, Marilyn, 1955-,


Poems. Originally published: London, Ont.: Brick Books, 1996.
Date Published:2015

Harry Potter and the philosopher's stone

Rowling, J. K.


Harry Potter thinks he is an ordinary boy - until he is rescued by an owl, taken to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, learns to play Quidditch and does battle in a deadly duel. The reason: Harry Potter is a Wizard.
Date Published:1997

Indigenous studies resource guide

Gibson, Lindsay, 1975-


A resource guide for the Righting Canada’s Wrongs Indigenous Studies set that provides lessons in historical thinking. Includes blackline masters. Cover title: Indigenous studies guide The Righting Canada's Wrongs Indigenous Studies set series is devoted to the exploration of racist and discriminatory government policies and actions against Indigenous peoples through our history, the fight for acknowledgement and justice and the eventual apologies and restitution of subsequent governments. The books in this series make a valuable addition to any classroom or library looking for kid-friendly and appealing resources on Indigenous Studies and equal rights in Canada. The engaging and curriculum-based lessons in this Resource Guide will help students to further understand some of the important events in Canada's history that helped shape our current multicultural society. Educators will find support for teaching about Canada's past and ongoing treatment of Indigenous Peoples and how to approach the topic of, colonization, racism and discrimination. As well, students will learn about the important cultures and traditions that have continued in the face of colonization.
Date Published:2024

A resource guide for the Righting Canada’s Wrongs Indigenous Studies set that provides lessons in historical thinking. Includes blackline masters. Cover title: Indigenous studies guide The Righting Canada's Wrongs Indigenous Studies set series is devoted to the exploration of racist and discriminatory government policies and actions against Indigenous peoples through our history, the fight for acknowledgement and justice and the eventual apologies and restitution of subsequent governments. The books in this series make a valuable addition to any classroom or library looking for kid-friendly and appealing resources on Indigenous Studies and equal rights in Canada. The engaging and curriculum-based lessons in this Resource Guide will help students to further understand some of the important events in Canada's history that helped shape our current multicultural society. Educators will find support for teaching about Canada's past and ongoing treatment of Indigenous Peoples and how to approach the topic of, colonization, racism and discrimination. As well, students will learn about the important cultures and traditions that have continued in the face of colonization.

Date Published:2024

Toilet-bound Hanako-kun. 1 /

AidaIro (Fantasy comic writer),


Reads right to left. Translated from the Japanese. Translation of Jibaku shonen Hanako-kun volume 1. First published in Japan in 2015 by Square Enix Col., Ltd. Originally published as an ebook in August 2017 by Yen Press. 'Hanako-san, Hanako-san...are you there?' At Kamome Academy, rumors abound about the school's Seven Mysteries, one of which is Hanako-san. Said to occupy the third stall of the third floor girls' bathroom in the old school building, Hanako-san grants any wish when summoned. Nene Yashiro, an occult-loving high school girl who dreams of romance, ventures into this haunted bathroom... but the Hanako-san she meets there is nothing like she imagined! Kamome Academy's Hanako-san...is a boy!
Date Published:2020

Reads right to left. Translated from the Japanese. Translation of Jibaku shonen Hanako-kun volume 1. First published in Japan in 2015 by Square Enix Col., Ltd. Originally published as an ebook in August 2017 by Yen Press. 'Hanako-san, Hanako-san...are you there?' At Kamome Academy, rumors abound about the school's Seven Mysteries, one of which is Hanako-san. Said to occupy the third stall of the third floor girls' bathroom in the old school building, Hanako-san grants any wish when summoned. Nene Yashiro, an occult-loving high school girl who dreams of romance, ventures into this haunted bathroom... but the Hanako-san she meets there is nothing like she imagined! Kamome Academy's Hanako-san...is a boy!

Date Published:2020

Nibi a soif, très soif

Tenasco, Sunshine,


Traduction de: Nibi's water song. Nibi (dont le nom signifie "eau" dans la langue anishinaabe) est une jeune fille autochtone à la recherche d'eau potable. En dépit des nombreux obstacles auxquels elle fait face, elle provoque d'importants changements dans son entourage! Bientôt, grâce à sa détermination et à son énergie contagieuse, tous les membres de sa communauté ont accès à de l'eau de qualité.
Date Published:2019

Traduction de: Nibi's water song. Nibi (dont le nom signifie "eau" dans la langue anishinaabe) est une jeune fille autochtone à la recherche d'eau potable. En dépit des nombreux obstacles auxquels elle fait face, elle provoque d'importants changements dans son entourage! Bientôt, grâce à sa détermination et à son énergie contagieuse, tous les membres de sa communauté ont accès à de l'eau de qualité.

Date Published:2019

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

The last Saxon king

Varga, Andrew, 1969-,


When sixteen-year-old Dan Renfrew accidentally transports himself to England in the year 1066, he learns he is a time jumper, descended from a long line of secret heroes who protect the present by traveling to the past to fix breaks and glitches in the time stream. Now he is dealing with suspicious Anglo-Saxons, marauding Vikings, and invading Normans. To get home alive, Dan must try to restore history: a band of malicious time jumpers is threatening the very future of our world.
Date Published:2023

When sixteen-year-old Dan Renfrew accidentally transports himself to England in the year 1066, he learns he is a time jumper, descended from a long line of secret heroes who protect the present by traveling to the past to fix breaks and glitches in the time stream. Now he is dealing with suspicious Anglo-Saxons, marauding Vikings, and invading Normans. To get home alive, Dan must try to restore history: a band of malicious time jumpers is threatening the very future of our world.

Date Published:2023

Walking in two worlds

Kinew, Wab, 1981-,


Bugz is caught between two worlds. In the real world, she's a shy and self-conscious Indigenous teen who faces the stresses of teenage angst and reserve life. But in the virtual world, her alter ego is not just confident but dominant in a massive multiplayer video game universe. Feng is a teen boy who has been sent from China to live with his aunt, a doctor on the reserve, after his online activity suggests he may be developing extremist sympathies. Meeting each other in real life, as well as in the virtual world, Bugz and Feng immediately relate to each other as outsiders and as avid gamers. As their connection is strengthened through their virtual adventures, they find they have much in common in the real world, too: both must decide what to do in the face of temptations and pitfalls, and both must grapple with the impact of family and community trauma. But betrayal threatens everything Bugz has built in the virtual world, as well as her relationships in the real world, and it will take all her newfound strength to restore her friendship with Feng and reconcile the parallel aspects of her life: the traditional and the mainstream, the east and the west, the real and the virtual.
Date Published:2021

Bugz is caught between two worlds. In the real world, she's a shy and self-conscious Indigenous teen who faces the stresses of teenage angst and reserve life. But in the virtual world, her alter ego is not just confident but dominant in a massive multiplayer video game universe. Feng is a teen boy who has been sent from China to live with his aunt, a doctor on the reserve, after his online activity suggests he may be developing extremist sympathies. Meeting each other in real life, as well as in the virtual world, Bugz and Feng immediately relate to each other as outsiders and as avid gamers. As their connection is strengthened through their virtual adventures, they find they have much in common in the real world, too: both must decide what to do in the face of temptations and pitfalls, and both must grapple with the impact of family and community trauma. But betrayal threatens everything Bugz has built in the virtual world, as well as her relationships in the real world, and it will take all her newfound strength to restore her friendship with Feng and reconcile the parallel aspects of her life: the traditional and the mainstream, the east and the west, the real and the virtual.

Date Published:2021

Ace and the misfits vs. the Soccer Knights

Kawooya, Eddie.


When Ace, a recently arrived Ugandan immigrant, joins up with "the Misfits" other kids at school who share the challenges of life in a new country -- to play soccer, the group soon find themselves trying to qualify for a high-stakes tournament. With themes of friendship, self-worth, and finding balance in a new culture, Ace and the Misfits vs. the Soccer Knights explores the power and challenges in finding community through sport.
Date Published:2025

When Ace, a recently arrived Ugandan immigrant, joins up with "the Misfits" other kids at school who share the challenges of life in a new country -- to play soccer, the group soon find themselves trying to qualify for a high-stakes tournament. With themes of friendship, self-worth, and finding balance in a new culture, Ace and the Misfits vs. the Soccer Knights explores the power and challenges in finding community through sport.

Date Published:2025

A good girl's guide to murder

Jackson, Holly, 1992-,


Everyone in Fairview knows the story. Pretty and popular high school senior Andie Bell was murdered by her boyfriend, Sal Singh, who then killed himself. It was all anyone could talk about. And five years later, Pip sees how the tragedy still haunts her town. But she can’t shake the feeling that there was more to what happened that day. She knew Sal when she was a child, and he was always so kind to her. How could he possibly have been a killer? Now a senior herself, Pip decides to reexamine the closed case for her final project, at first just to cast doubt on the original investigation. But soon she discovers a trail of dark secrets that might actually prove Sal innocent . . . and the line between past and present begins to blur. Someone in Fairview doesn’t want Pip digging around for answers, and now her own life might be in danger.
Date Published:2025

Everyone in Fairview knows the story. Pretty and popular high school senior Andie Bell was murdered by her boyfriend, Sal Singh, who then killed himself. It was all anyone could talk about. And five years later, Pip sees how the tragedy still haunts her town. But she can’t shake the feeling that there was more to what happened that day. She knew Sal when she was a child, and he was always so kind to her. How could he possibly have been a killer? Now a senior herself, Pip decides to reexamine the closed case for her final project, at first just to cast doubt on the original investigation. But soon she discovers a trail of dark secrets that might actually prove Sal innocent . . . and the line between past and present begins to blur. Someone in Fairview doesn’t want Pip digging around for answers, and now her own life might be in danger.

Date Published:2025

Lockjaw

Cerilli, Matteo L.,


A horror book about a group of teens who must face an evil presence which lurks in a small town.
Date Published:2024