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Digestive system

Jakab, Cheryl


Includes index.
Date Published:2008

More pies!

Munsch, Robert N., 1945-


Samuel wakes up very, very hungry. When his mother refuses to cook him 7 fried chickens for breakfast, he needs another plan - so he enters a pie-eating contest!
Date Published:2002

No safe place

Ellis, Deborah, 1960-


It has taken fifteen-year-old Abdul four months to make the long, lonely and dangerous journey from his war-torn home in Baghdad to The Jungle, the squalid, makeshift migrant community in Calais, France. Now only the English Channel separates him from his final destination--England. But with no papers, his options are limited, and risky. Finally he manages to make it aboard the rickety boat of an unscrupulous smuggler, along with a handful of other illiegal young migrants.
Date Published:2010

It has taken fifteen-year-old Abdul four months to make the long, lonely and dangerous journey from his war-torn home in Baghdad to The Jungle, the squalid, makeshift migrant community in Calais, France. Now only the English Channel separates him from his final destination--England. But with no papers, his options are limited, and risky. Finally he manages to make it aboard the rickety boat of an unscrupulous smuggler, along with a handful of other illiegal young migrants.

Date Published:2010

The colors of us

Katz, Karen


Seven-year-old Lena and her mother observe the variations in the color of their friends' skin, viewed in terms of foods and things found in nature.
Date Published:1999

Binny's Diwali

Umrigar, Thrity N.,


Includes information on the five days of Diwali, what it commemorates, and its special traditions. Binny's class is learning about different holiday traditions, and today it is time for Binny to share the story of her favorite holiday, Diwali, the Festival of Lights--and she even has some special treats to give her classmates.
Date Published:2020

Last days in Africville

Perkyns, Dorothy.


"A Sandcastle Book". Selina is struggling with being the only black student in her class in mid-1960s Halifax. Her only comfort is returning to her community of Africville every day. But when the city authorities invade and families start to move away will the only home Selina has disappear?
Date Published:2003

Rurouni Kenshin, Meiji swordsman romantic story.

Watsuki, Nobuhiro.


Each vol. contains three vols. of original single-issue publication. A warrior arose 140 years ago in Kyoto, with the coming of the American "Black Ships," who helped introduce the progressive age known as Meiji and then vanished. This tale begins in the 11th year of Meiji, in Tokyo.
Date Published:2008

Nix minus one

MacLean, Jill


Written in free verse. More skilled at woodworking than communicating, Nix Humbolt seeks the words to deal with high school expectations, his extroverted sister, and his neighbor's neglected dog.
Date Published:2013

Hit squad

Heneghan, James, 1930-


This is Mickey's first year at Grandview High. After transferring, all he wants to do is keep his head down, work hard and fit in with the upscale crowd. He is approached, because of his tough reputation, to join a group of students to take back the school from the bullies. Mickey finds himself caught up in a shadowy world of violence and retribution. When their planned payback goes horribly wrong, Mickey is forced to acknowledge the thin line between victim and victimizer.
Date Published:2003

This is Mickey's first year at Grandview High. After transferring, all he wants to do is keep his head down, work hard and fit in with the upscale crowd. He is approached, because of his tough reputation, to join a group of students to take back the school from the bullies. Mickey finds himself caught up in a shadowy world of violence and retribution. When their planned payback goes horribly wrong, Mickey is forced to acknowledge the thin line between victim and victimizer.

Date Published:2003

Running on empty

Aker, Don, 1955-


When Ethan Palmer crashes his dad's car into their garage he is forced to use his savings to pay for the repairs. Wanting to make easy money in order to buy his dream car, Ethan turns to gambling with disastrous results.
Date Published:2012

Flood

Heneghan, James, 1930-


"A Groundwood Book".
Date Published:2002

Waiting for Sarah

McBay, Bruce, 1946-



Date Published:2003

O.K., K.O., O.K. v. 3 no. 2


Description based on volume 3, issue 2, November 2024. O.K., K.O., O.K. is a magazine of work by writers and artists from secondary schools in the Toronto District School Board (TDSB). The young people who contributed to this magazine were asked to submit work that is personally authentic; that challenges and disrupts past and present colonial narratives; and that inspires increasingly responsible relationships between Métis, Inuit, and First Nations Peoples and non-Indigenous communities now and into the future.
Date Published:2024

Description based on volume 3, issue 2, November 2024. O.K., K.O., O.K. is a magazine of work by writers and artists from secondary schools in the Toronto District School Board (TDSB). The young people who contributed to this magazine were asked to submit work that is personally authentic; that challenges and disrupts past and present colonial narratives; and that inspires increasingly responsible relationships between Métis, Inuit, and First Nations Peoples and non-Indigenous communities now and into the future.

Date Published:2024

Day of the Dead


From the TVO streaming audio-visual collection. Rights expire on Two kids who have never met are paired up to attend a Mexican celebration filled with mariachi music, a feast of tamales and a Spanish performance.
Date Published:2018

The never war

MacHale, D. J.


"Aladdin fantasy"--Cover. Cover and spine title: Pendragon, the never war. Bobby and the Traveler from Cloral--Spader--have flumed to New York City, 1937. Against a backdrop of gangsters, swing music, and the distant sound of a brewing war, the two must uncover the evil Saint Dane's newest plot.
Date Published:2003

Why we eat what we eat


The student council members at Jefferson High School decide to throw a Great Food Adventure buffet. As all kinds of different foods arrive, the students realize that they have different tastes and a variety of reasons for choosing the foods that they eat. Some of the reasons presented include: hunger, taste, culture, religion, emotions, advertising, and a healthy lifestyle. Teach your students about the factors the influence their food choices with this enlightening video.
Date Published:2005

The student council members at Jefferson High School decide to throw a Great Food Adventure buffet. As all kinds of different foods arrive, the students realize that they have different tastes and a variety of reasons for choosing the foods that they eat. Some of the reasons presented include: hunger, taste, culture, religion, emotions, advertising, and a healthy lifestyle. Teach your students about the factors the influence their food choices with this enlightening video.

Date Published:2005

Safe house

Heneghan, James, 1930-


Liam is orphaned and alone, on the run from vicious killers.
Date Published:2006

La lune est un étang d'argent

Cassidy, Sara.


Traduction de : The moon is a silver pond. Un livre qui initie les tout-petits au concept de la métaphore. Pendant qu'un enfant vaque à ses occupations quotidiennes, toutes sortes de choses lui font penser à la lune, là-haut dans le ciel.
Date Published:2020

Let sleeping dogs lie

Becker, Helaine, 1961-


Darren Dirkowitz thought his life was over when his tippity-top-secret alter ego, Dirk Daring, Secret Agent, was outed to the entire Preston Middle School student body. If only he'd been so lucky. Now the Wolf Lords--a gang of teen thugs bent on wringing every last penny out of Preston students--are breathing down his neck. There's only one solution: Dirk Daring must embark on his most daring mission yet. A mission so audacious, so cunning, so doggone crazy, that if it succeeds, the Wolf Lords will wind up begging for mercy. But first, Darren must bring his own disobedient "associates" to heel.
Date Published:2016

Darren Dirkowitz thought his life was over when his tippity-top-secret alter ego, Dirk Daring, Secret Agent, was outed to the entire Preston Middle School student body. If only he'd been so lucky. Now the Wolf Lords--a gang of teen thugs bent on wringing every last penny out of Preston students--are breathing down his neck. There's only one solution: Dirk Daring must embark on his most daring mission yet. A mission so audacious, so cunning, so doggone crazy, that if it succeeds, the Wolf Lords will wind up begging for mercy. But first, Darren must bring his own disobedient "associates" to heel.

Date Published:2016

Spring

Bischer, Karen,


Spring has sprung! Farmers are planting their fields. Birds are building their nests. People are out for walks in the warmer temperatures.
Date Published:2025