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What is citizenship?


Includes index.
Date Published:2009

Citizens and government in Canada


Includes index.
Date Published:2009

Thirsty roots

Higgins, Nadia,


With their Thirsty Roots, plants soak up water and get nutrients from the ground. Roots also help plants stand up tall. See how roots help plants grow in this beautifully illustrated story set to music. Aligned with NGSS, online music access.
Date Published:2018

Canoe kids : exploring Indigenous cultures through authentic Indigenous voices. Volume 2, The Haida people of Haida Gwaii.


This issue focuses on the Haida Nation of Haida Gwaii. The articles included celebrate the oceans, the soundscape, harvesting, history and culture, totem poles, canoes, longhouses, food and recipes, transportation, the Haida Gwaii Watchmen Program, the bent box, repatriating the name for the territory, the Peace Potlatch, the language, totem pole raising, archaeological sites, and the Inside Passage. .
Date Published:2016

This issue focuses on the Haida Nation of Haida Gwaii. The articles included celebrate the oceans, the soundscape, harvesting, history and culture, totem poles, canoes, longhouses, food and recipes, transportation, the Haida Gwaii Watchmen Program, the bent box, repatriating the name for the territory, the Peace Potlatch, the language, totem pole raising, archaeological sites, and the Inside Passage. .

Date Published:2016

Eric makes paper! (recycling/changes in matter)


Recycling is important! Eric discovers how to make new paper from old. It's not magic, it's science...it's STEM! Educational Gist: Recycled paper is made from a pulp created by shredding old newspapers, notebooks and the like which are then mixed with water and dried.
Date Published:2019

The man with the violin

Stinson, Kathy


When Dylan hears someone playing their violin in the subway he wants to stop and listen, but his mother and other commuters ignore the violinist completely.
Date Published:2013

Public School Superhero

Patterson, James, 1947-


"This edition is available for distribtuion only through the school market."--P. [4] of cover. "In Kenny Wright's active imagination he's a world famous superhero, but in the real world he's a sixth grade "Grandma's Boy" whose struggles to fit in at his Washington D.C. inner city school will put his grades and family loyalty to the test"-- Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2015

The three questions

Muth, Jon J.


"Based on a story by Leo Tolstoy." Nikolai asks his animal friends to help him answer three important questions: "When is the best time to do things?" "Who is the most important?" and "What is the right thing to do?"
Date Published:2002

Zen shorts

Muth, Jon J.


When Stillwater the bear moves into the neighborhood, the stories he tells to three siblings teach them to look at the world in new ways.
Date Published:2005

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

Boy soup

Lesynski, Loris


Originally published under title: Boy soup, or, When Giant caught cold. When Giant wakes up with a big, hurting head and a sore, raspy throat, he finds the cure is a bowl of Boy Soup! Giant captures five boys and Kate, who all protest his plan. But Kate soon comes up with her own remedy.
Date Published:2008

Grumpy Bird

Tankard, Jeremy


Feeling too grumpy to fly, Bird begins to walk and finds that his mood changes as other animals join him.
Date Published:2007

City Dog, Country Frog

Willems, Mo


Through the seasons, whenever City Dog visits the country he runs straight for Country Frog's rock to play games with him, but during the winter things change for them both.
Date Published:2010

The story of Ruby Bridges

Coles, Robert.


The year is 1960, and six-year-old Ruby Bridges and her family have recently moved from Mississippi to New Orleans in search of a better life. When a judge orders Ruby to attend first grade at William Frantz Elementary, an all-white school, Ruby must face angry mobs of parents who refuse to send their children to school with her. Told with Robert Coles' powerful narrative and dramatically illustrated by George Ford, Ruby's story of courage, faith, and hope continues to resonate more than 60 years later.
Date Published:1995

The year is 1960, and six-year-old Ruby Bridges and her family have recently moved from Mississippi to New Orleans in search of a better life. When a judge orders Ruby to attend first grade at William Frantz Elementary, an all-white school, Ruby must face angry mobs of parents who refuse to send their children to school with her. Told with Robert Coles' powerful narrative and dramatically illustrated by George Ford, Ruby's story of courage, faith, and hope continues to resonate more than 60 years later.

Date Published:1995

Chloe the topaz fairy

Meadows, Daisy,


Chloe the Topaz Fairy can't change frogs into flowers, or girls into fairies, without her magic jewel. But can a fiercely guarded costume shop hold the key to finding the gemstone?
Date Published:2025

Les expériences décoiffantes des Débrouillards

Bergeron, Yannick, 1977-,


Apprends à fabriquer une tempête de neige, à cuisiner de délicieuses guimauves maison ou à faire décoller une fusée à réaction chimique. 28 expériences décoiffantes pour jouer avec la science!
Date Published:2025

Making collage

Thomas, Isabel, 1980-



Date Published:2005

The white stone in the castle wall

Oberman, Sheldon.


In early twentieth century Canada, a poor young boy struggles to bring a heavy white stone to wealthy businessman Sir Henry M. Pellatt in the hopes of receiving a silver dollar for it.
Date Published:1995

Looking for X

Ellis, Deborah, 1960-


"A Groundwood book." Eleven-year-old Khyber embarks on a desperate, all-night search for her friend, X, that proves even more wild than any adventure she has ever imagined.
Date Published:1999

Unicorn bowling : another Phoebe and her unicorn adventure

Simpson, Dana, 1977-,


A collection of stories featuring Phoebe and her unicorn best friend Marigold finds the pair bowling, visiting the exclusive Camp Shimmerhorn, and writing songs.
Date Published:2019