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Sloan, Holly Goldberg, 1958-


Includes discussion questions. Bluebonnet nominee 2014-2015. Twelve-year-old genius and outsider Willow Chance must figure out how to connect with other people and find a surrogate family for herself after her parents are killed in a car accident.
Date Published:2013

Jellyous / Fraidy Phil (Episode 3)


From the Curio.ca streaming audio-visual collection. Bacon Berry feels left out when the crew must take care of a rescue creature that has no parents. Glacial city residents are being terrorized by a giant sea spider and Phil must face his deepest fears to save the Calypso Crew.
Date Published:2021

Anna Karenina : a novel in eight parts

Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910.


Originally published in Russian in 1877. Acclaimed by many as the world's greatest novel, Anna Karenina provides a vast panorama of contemporary life in Russia and of humanity in general. In it Tolstoy uses his intense imaginative insight to create some of the most memorable characters in all of literature. Anna is a sophisticated woman who abandons her empty existence as the wife of Karenin and turns to Count Vronsky to fulfil her passionate nature - with tragic consequences. Levin is a reflection of Tolstoy himself, often expressing the author's own views and convictions. Throughout, Tolstoy points no moral, merely inviting us not to judge but to watch.
Date Published:2002

Originally published in Russian in 1877. Acclaimed by many as the world's greatest novel, Anna Karenina provides a vast panorama of contemporary life in Russia and of humanity in general. In it Tolstoy uses his intense imaginative insight to create some of the most memorable characters in all of literature. Anna is a sophisticated woman who abandons her empty existence as the wife of Karenin and turns to Count Vronsky to fulfil her passionate nature - with tragic consequences. Levin is a reflection of Tolstoy himself, often expressing the author's own views and convictions. Throughout, Tolstoy points no moral, merely inviting us not to judge but to watch.

Date Published:2002

Chinese Cinderella : the true story of an unwanted daughter

Mah, Adeline Yen, 1937-


The daughter of a wealthy Hong Kong businessman describes her very difficult childhood and the psychological abuse she suffered at the hands of her stepmother.
Date Published:1999

Coming home (Wanna Icipus Kupi)


Coming Home (Wanna Icipus Kupi) reveals the impacts of the Sixties Scoop and explores Indigenous resilience through narrative sovereignty; as lived by the Little Bird series' Indigenous creatives, cast, crew & community members. The documentary delivers a hard-hitting reality check for viewers unfamiliar with the Sixties Scoop, providing insight into the policies that were created to separate Indigenous children from their heritage, and the systems that continue to dismantle Indigenous families today. Coming Home is the feature directorial debut from Cree/Ojibway filmmaker, Erica Daniels of Peguis First Nation. From 1951 to 1984, the Sixties Scoop was an assimilation project led by Canadian federal and provincial governments that attempted to erase Indigenous identity. More than 20,000 Indigenous children were forcefully taken from their families, and displaced into foster care systems throughout North America and abroad. Daniels crafts a visual tapestry to evoke a profound sense of homecoming related to family, culture, traditions, values, community and connection to the land. The communities of Brokenhead Ojibway Nation and Sioux Valley Dakota Nation are at the heart of this documentary. Coming Home entwines profound interviews of personal recollections from Sixties Scoop survivors, accompanied by glimpses of on-set moments of the Little Bird drama series and archival footage from news sources. The layering of these elements creates a rich and emotional exploration of the devastating impacts the Sixties Scoop has had on Indigenous peoples, and the creative team's essential work of narrative reclamation through storytelling from an Indigenous lens.
Date Published:2023

Coming Home (Wanna Icipus Kupi) reveals the impacts of the Sixties Scoop and explores Indigenous resilience through narrative sovereignty; as lived by the Little Bird series' Indigenous creatives, cast, crew & community members. The documentary delivers a hard-hitting reality check for viewers unfamiliar with the Sixties Scoop, providing insight into the policies that were created to separate Indigenous children from their heritage, and the systems that continue to dismantle Indigenous families today. Coming Home is the feature directorial debut from Cree/Ojibway filmmaker, Erica Daniels of Peguis First Nation. From 1951 to 1984, the Sixties Scoop was an assimilation project led by Canadian federal and provincial governments that attempted to erase Indigenous identity. More than 20,000 Indigenous children were forcefully taken from their families, and displaced into foster care systems throughout North America and abroad. Daniels crafts a visual tapestry to evoke a profound sense of homecoming related to family, culture, traditions, values, community and connection to the land. The communities of Brokenhead Ojibway Nation and Sioux Valley Dakota Nation are at the heart of this documentary. Coming Home entwines profound interviews of personal recollections from Sixties Scoop survivors, accompanied by glimpses of on-set moments of the Little Bird drama series and archival footage from news sources. The layering of these elements creates a rich and emotional exploration of the devastating impacts the Sixties Scoop has had on Indigenous peoples, and the creative team's essential work of narrative reclamation through storytelling from an Indigenous lens.

Date Published:2023

Batwoman. Vol. 1, Hydrology /

Williams, J. H.,


"The new 52!"--Jacket. Originally published in single magazine form. Batwoman (aka. Kate Kane) faces deadly new challenges in her war against Gotham City's underworld, and new trials in her personal life.
Date Published:2012

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

Change of Hearrrt / Ooze On The Loose (Episode 11)


From the Curio.ca streaming audio-visual collection. The Calypso Crew must protect the Golden Anchor of Atlantis from thieves until they can safely deliver it to the United Current Museum of History. The Black Ooze escapes and makes plans to restore chaos in the Big Blue and destroy The Guardian.
Date Published:2021

Crying Dutchman / Remora Never More-A (Episode 10)


From the Curio.ca streaming audio-visual collection. Lemo believes that the Crying Dutchman exists and has taken Bacon Berry's favorite toy. The Calypso Crew is uneasy when Phil makes a new best friend and brings him onboard to stay.
Date Published:2021

La chaîne alimentaire dans la forêt

Walker, Alan, 1963-


Traduction de : Food chain in a forest. Un écosystème est une communauté des choses vivantes et non-vivants qui sont liés les uns les autres où ils habitent. Les jeunes lectures sont introduits à certaines des plantes et des animaux dans un écosystème forestière. Ils sont encouragés à apprendre plus sur les chaînes alimentaires dans un forêt et à dessiner leur propre chaîne alimentaire.
Date Published:2021

Traduction de : Food chain in a forest. Un écosystème est une communauté des choses vivantes et non-vivants qui sont liés les uns les autres où ils habitent. Les jeunes lectures sont introduits à certaines des plantes et des animaux dans un écosystème forestière. Ils sont encouragés à apprendre plus sur les chaînes alimentaires dans un forêt et à dessiner leur propre chaîne alimentaire.

Date Published:2021

How do we know the nature of human origins

Anderson, Dale, 1953-


Early ideas of human origins -- Finding ancient humans -- New fossils, new ideas -- Pushing back the clock -- More recent finds -- Many questions remain.
Date Published:2005

Cunning


Today we're on a mission to find the most extremely cunning creatures. We are looking for animals that use sneaky plans and unexpected tricks to get what they want. Whether it's a spa-hopping monkey, a colour changing lizard or a fishing turtle, all have devleoped clever ways to survive and thrive on Planet Earth.
Date Published:2016

Do Not Track


A National Film Board of Canada Interactive. Do Not Track is a documentary series that explores how information about you is collected and used. Each episode explores a different aspect of how the modern web is increasingly a space where our movements, our speech and our identities are recorded and tracked. From our mobile phones to social networks, personalized advertising to big data, each episode has a different focus, a different voice and a different look.
Date Published:2015

A National Film Board of Canada Interactive. Do Not Track is a documentary series that explores how information about you is collected and used. Each episode explores a different aspect of how the modern web is increasingly a space where our movements, our speech and our identities are recorded and tracked. From our mobile phones to social networks, personalized advertising to big data, each episode has a different focus, a different voice and a different look.

Date Published:2015

Linus and Etta could use a win

Huntoon, Caroline,


A hot-headed cynic befriends the new kid--a shy trans boy--when she takes on a bet to get him elected student body president.
Date Published:2024

The seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo : a novel

Reid, Taylor Jenkins,


Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one in the journalism community is more astounded than Monique herself. Why her? Why now? Monique is not exactly on top of the world. Her husband, David, has left her, and her career has stagnated. Regardless of why Evelyn has chosen her to write her biography, Monique is determined to use this opportunity to jumpstart her career. Summoned to Evelyn's Upper East Side apartment, Monique listens as Evelyn unfurls her story: from making her way to Los Angeles in the 1950s to her decision to leave show business in the late 80s, and, of course, the seven husbands along the way. As Evelyn's life unfolds -- revealing a ruthless ambition, an unexpected friendship, and a great forbidden love -- Monique begins to feel a very a real connection to the actress. But as Evelyn's story catches up with the present, it becomes clear that her life intersects with Monique's own in tragic and irreversible ways.
Date Published:2017

Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one in the journalism community is more astounded than Monique herself. Why her? Why now? Monique is not exactly on top of the world. Her husband, David, has left her, and her career has stagnated. Regardless of why Evelyn has chosen her to write her biography, Monique is determined to use this opportunity to jumpstart her career. Summoned to Evelyn's Upper East Side apartment, Monique listens as Evelyn unfurls her story: from making her way to Los Angeles in the 1950s to her decision to leave show business in the late 80s, and, of course, the seven husbands along the way. As Evelyn's life unfolds -- revealing a ruthless ambition, an unexpected friendship, and a great forbidden love -- Monique begins to feel a very a real connection to the actress. But as Evelyn's story catches up with the present, it becomes clear that her life intersects with Monique's own in tragic and irreversible ways.

Date Published:2017

Tell-all

Palahniuk, Chuck


Hazie Coogan, who for decades has tended to the outsized needs of veteran actress Katherine "Miss Kathie" Kenton, discovers that bounder Webster Carlton Westward III has written a celebrity tell-all memoir foretelling Miss Kathie's death in a forthcoming Lillian Hellman-penned musical extravaganza. As the body count mounts, Hazie must execute a plan to save Katherine Kenton for her fans--and for posterity.
Date Published:2010

Hazie Coogan, who for decades has tended to the outsized needs of veteran actress Katherine "Miss Kathie" Kenton, discovers that bounder Webster Carlton Westward III has written a celebrity tell-all memoir foretelling Miss Kathie's death in a forthcoming Lillian Hellman-penned musical extravaganza. As the body count mounts, Hazie must execute a plan to save Katherine Kenton for her fans--and for posterity.

Date Published:2010

Star flight

Whitney, Phyllis A., 1903-


Originally published: New York : Crown, 1993. While visiting her grandfather in North Carolina, Lauren Castle learns about the alleged suicide of her famous movie actress grandmother more than sixty years ago.
Date Published:1993

How robotics is changing society

Nardo, Don, 1947-,


The origins of robotics -- The widespread use of robotics -- Potential problems with robotics -- Robotics in popular culture -- The future of roboticts.
Date Published:2016

The underground railroad : next stop, Toronto!

Shadd, Adrienne L. (Adrienne Lynn), 1954-


The Underground Railroad: Next Stop, Toronto! explores Toronto's role as a destination for thousands of freedom seekers before the American Civil War. This new edition traces pathways taken by people, enslaved and free, who courageously made the trip north in search of liberty and offers new biographies, images, and information, some of which is augmented by a 2015 archaeological dig in downtown Toronto. Within its pages are stories of courageous men, women, and children who overcame barriers of prejudice and racism to create homes, institutions, and a rich and vibrant community life in Canada's largest city. These brave individuals established organizations not only to help newcomers but to also oppose the ongoing slavery in the United States and to resist racism in their adopted city. Based entirely on original research, The Underground Railroad offers fresh insights into the rich heritage of African Americans who became African Canadians and helped build Toronto as we know the city today.
Date Published:2022

The Underground Railroad: Next Stop, Toronto! explores Toronto's role as a destination for thousands of freedom seekers before the American Civil War. This new edition traces pathways taken by people, enslaved and free, who courageously made the trip north in search of liberty and offers new biographies, images, and information, some of which is augmented by a 2015 archaeological dig in downtown Toronto. Within its pages are stories of courageous men, women, and children who overcame barriers of prejudice and racism to create homes, institutions, and a rich and vibrant community life in Canada's largest city. These brave individuals established organizations not only to help newcomers but to also oppose the ongoing slavery in the United States and to resist racism in their adopted city. Based entirely on original research, The Underground Railroad offers fresh insights into the rich heritage of African Americans who became African Canadians and helped build Toronto as we know the city today.

Date Published:2022

The sentence : a novel

Erdrich, Louise.


A small independent bookstore in Minneapolis is haunted from November 2019 to November 2020 by the store's most annoying customer. Flora dies on All Souls' Day, but she simply won't leave the store. Tookie, who has landed a job selling books after years of incarceration that she survived by reading with murderous attention, must solve the mystery of this haunting while at the same time trying to understand all that occurs in Minneapolis during a year of grief, astonishment, isolation, and furious reckoning.
Date Published:2021

A small independent bookstore in Minneapolis is haunted from November 2019 to November 2020 by the store's most annoying customer. Flora dies on All Souls' Day, but she simply won't leave the store. Tookie, who has landed a job selling books after years of incarceration that she survived by reading with murderous attention, must solve the mystery of this haunting while at the same time trying to understand all that occurs in Minneapolis during a year of grief, astonishment, isolation, and furious reckoning.

Date Published:2021