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Diary of a wimpy kid

Kinney, Jeff


Greg records his sixth grade experiences in a middle school where he and his best friend, Rowley, undersized weaklings amid boys who need to shave twice daily, hope just to survive, but when Rowley grows more popular, Greg must take drastic measures to save their friendship.
Date Published:2007

The kite runner

Hosseini, Khaled


Amir, haunted by his betrayal of Hassan, the son of his father's servant and a childhood friend, returns to Kabul as an adult after he learns Hassan has been killed, in an attempt to redeem himself by rescuing Hassan's son from a life of slavery to a Taliban official.
Date Published:2004

Jujutsu kaisen. 10, Evening festival /

Akutami, Gege, 1992-,


Printed in reverse sequence: reads from right to left. First published in Japan in 2018 by Shueisha Inc., Tokyo. In order to regain use of his crippled body, Kokichi Muta, otherwise known as Mechamaru, has been acting as an informant for the cursed spirits. He's prepared for the betrayal when he's thrust into a battle to the death against Mahito, but is knowing his enemy enough against a cursed spirit whose powers keep growing exponentially?
Date Published:2021

Printed in reverse sequence: reads from right to left. First published in Japan in 2018 by Shueisha Inc., Tokyo. In order to regain use of his crippled body, Kokichi Muta, otherwise known as Mechamaru, has been acting as an informant for the cursed spirits. He's prepared for the betrayal when he's thrust into a battle to the death against Mahito, but is knowing his enemy enough against a cursed spirit whose powers keep growing exponentially?

Date Published:2021

The rising

Armstrong, Kelley


Hunted by two powerful Cabals and quickly running out of places to hide, Maya and her friends--all of whom have supernatural powers--search for answers as to why they're so valuable and why their powers are becoming so hard to control.
Date Published:2013

Rodrick rules

Kinney, Jeff


Greg Heffley tells about his summer vacation and his attempts to steer clear of trouble when he returns to middle school and tries to keep his older brother Rodrick from telling everyone about Greg's most humiliating experience of the summer.
Date Published:2008

The Bartrams


The Bartram family transformed American botany by creating a world-famous garden, growing diverse North American plants, and selling seeds internationally. Southeastern Indigenous nations shared their knowledge of the plants useful for medicine, and John Bartram portrayed plants in his book 'Bartram's Travels' as part of an interconnected world. These plants still bloom today in historic Bertram's Garden, Philadelphia.
Date Published:2025

The Bartram family transformed American botany by creating a world-famous garden, growing diverse North American plants, and selling seeds internationally. Southeastern Indigenous nations shared their knowledge of the plants useful for medicine, and John Bartram portrayed plants in his book 'Bartram's Travels' as part of an interconnected world. These plants still bloom today in historic Bertram's Garden, Philadelphia.

Date Published:2025

Jujutsu kaisen. 3, Young fish and reverse punishment /

Akutami, Gege, 1992-,


Read from right to left. Translation of: Jujutsu kaisen. Tensions are high as the Goodwill Event between the Tokyo and Kyoto campuses of Jujutsu High approaches. But before the competition can even begin, a couple of Kyoto students confront Fushiguro and Kugisaki. Meanwhile, Yuji's training gets interrupted by a mysterious crime involving grotesque bodily alterations caused by a cursed spirit...
Date Published:2020

Guts

Telgemeier, Raina,


Raina wakes up one night with a terrible upset stomach. Her mom has one, too, so it's probably just a bug. Raina eventually returns to school, where she's dealing with the usual highs and lows: friends, not-friends, and classmates who think the school year is just one long gross-out session. It soon becomes clear that Raina's tummy trouble isn't going away... and it coincides with her worries about food, school, and changing friendships. What's going on?
Date Published:2019

Raina wakes up one night with a terrible upset stomach. Her mom has one, too, so it's probably just a bug. Raina eventually returns to school, where she's dealing with the usual highs and lows: friends, not-friends, and classmates who think the school year is just one long gross-out session. It soon becomes clear that Raina's tummy trouble isn't going away... and it coincides with her worries about food, school, and changing friendships. What's going on?

Date Published:2019

Dinosaur Cold Case


From the Curio.ca streaming audio-visual collection. "It looks so close to being freshly dead, I could almost hear in breathing." The accidental discovery in Alberta of one of the best-preserved dinosaurs ever opens a prehistoric cold case to uncover the secrets of its mysterious death.
Date Published:2020

Benjamin Rush


In 1793, yellow fever swept through Philadelphia borne by mosquitoes. Dr. Benjamin Rush, a Revolutionary War veteran, unsuccessfully fought the disease with bloodletting and purging. Black community members, supposedly immune to the fever, helped nurse the sick and bury the dead. To defy false accusations, two Black ministers published a pamphlet detailing the contributions of the Black Community, a civil rights legacy.
Date Published:2025

In 1793, yellow fever swept through Philadelphia borne by mosquitoes. Dr. Benjamin Rush, a Revolutionary War veteran, unsuccessfully fought the disease with bloodletting and purging. Black community members, supposedly immune to the fever, helped nurse the sick and bury the dead. To defy false accusations, two Black ministers published a pamphlet detailing the contributions of the Black Community, a civil rights legacy.

Date Published:2025

James Madison


In the late 1700s, James Madison, Father of the Constitution, helped establish meteorology in early United States. His records of American weather patterns helped save crops, battle the Hessian fly, and documented early US meteorological phenomena.
Date Published:2025

Home designers


Some of earth's creatures create structures using unbelievable materials. Prairie dogs build extensive air-conditioned, underground cities with mounded entrances. The burying beetle drags animal carcasses underground for an edible nursery. Adélie penguins build stone beds to raise their eggs above the cold ground. A decorator crab camouflages its body with seaweed. Parrot fish build mucous sleeping bags and cave swiftlets use sticky saliva to build nests in caves.
Date Published:2016

Some of earth's creatures create structures using unbelievable materials. Prairie dogs build extensive air-conditioned, underground cities with mounded entrances. The burying beetle drags animal carcasses underground for an edible nursery. Adélie penguins build stone beds to raise their eggs above the cold ground. A decorator crab camouflages its body with seaweed. Parrot fish build mucous sleeping bags and cave swiftlets use sticky saliva to build nests in caves.

Date Published:2016

Rwanda


The flag of Rwanda was adopted in 2001. It has three colours - yellow, blue, and green. The blue represents happiness and peace, the yellow represents the economic development, and the green represents hope. Rwanda has car free day. A day to keep everything clean and unite the people. Just like in Canada, the Independence Day in Rwanda is on July 1st.
Date Published:2022

Confucius


Confucius was a philosopher in ancient China who taught that the powerful needed to rule with virtue. He put his ideas into practice - changing the way the government was run, and eventually founding a religion called Confucianism.
Date Published:2024

Compass rose


The compass rose is a key symbol on maps, globes and travel apps. It tells us which direction is North, South, East and West to help us find our way around the world.
Date Published:2024

Accidental Wilderness : The Leslie Street Spit


From the Curio.ca streaming audio-visual collection. In the middle of Canada's largest city, a natural wilderness is thriving in the unlikeliest of places. This documentary tells the surprising story of the Leslie Street Spit - a remarkably rich wilderness located a few short kilometres from the heart of Toronto. "The Spit," or Tommy Thompson Park as it's officially called, was initially conceived of as a breakwater to protect Toronto's bustling shoreline. To build it, construction waste was dumped into Lake Ontario starting in 1959, eventually creating a five-kilometre concrete peninsula. Soon, the heaps of rubble gave way to plants and wild animals proving that, when given the chance, nature can take root anywhere.
Date Published:2020

From the Curio.ca streaming audio-visual collection. In the middle of Canada's largest city, a natural wilderness is thriving in the unlikeliest of places. This documentary tells the surprising story of the Leslie Street Spit - a remarkably rich wilderness located a few short kilometres from the heart of Toronto. "The Spit," or Tommy Thompson Park as it's officially called, was initially conceived of as a breakwater to protect Toronto's bustling shoreline. To build it, construction waste was dumped into Lake Ontario starting in 1959, eventually creating a five-kilometre concrete peninsula. Soon, the heaps of rubble gave way to plants and wild animals proving that, when given the chance, nature can take root anywhere.

Date Published:2020

Nimona

Stevenson, ND, 1991-,


Nimona is an impulsive young shapeshifter with a knack for villainy. Lord Ballister Blackheart is a villain with a vendetta. As sidekick and supervillain, Nimona and Lord Blackheart are about to wreak some serious havoc. Their mission: prove to the kingdom that Sir Ambrosius Goldenloin and his buddies at the Institution of Law Enforcement and Heroics aren't the heroes everyone thinks they are. But as small acts of mischief escalate into a vicious battle, Lord Blackheart realizes that Nimona's powers are as murky and mysterious as her past. And her unpredictable wild side might be more dangerous than he is willing to admit.
Date Published:2015

Nimona is an impulsive young shapeshifter with a knack for villainy. Lord Ballister Blackheart is a villain with a vendetta. As sidekick and supervillain, Nimona and Lord Blackheart are about to wreak some serious havoc. Their mission: prove to the kingdom that Sir Ambrosius Goldenloin and his buddies at the Institution of Law Enforcement and Heroics aren't the heroes everyone thinks they are. But as small acts of mischief escalate into a vicious battle, Lord Blackheart realizes that Nimona's powers are as murky and mysterious as her past. And her unpredictable wild side might be more dangerous than he is willing to admit.

Date Published:2015

Abolishing Apartheid


Starting in 1948, apartheid imposed severe racial segregation in South Africa. Black South Africans, led by groups like the ANC and figures like Nelson Mandela, protested through the decades, leading to the system's end and Mandela's presidency in 1994.
Date Published:2024

The Black Death


The deadly journey of the Black Death, a pandemic that devastated Europe and Asia in the 14th century and killed millions of people, altered societies and influenced future healthcare responses.
Date Published:2024

Fruits basket. 4 /

Takaya, Natsuki, 1973-


Reads from right to left. When the infamous Akito makes an in-class appearance at the start of the school year, the Sohma family worries that his arrival will be an uncensored exercise of show-and-tell about Yuki's past. Meanwhile, when Ayame vows to rekindle his brother's lost friendship, he begins to realize that you can choose your friends but you can't choose your family--especially when they're acting like animals!
Date Published:2018

Reads from right to left. When the infamous Akito makes an in-class appearance at the start of the school year, the Sohma family worries that his arrival will be an uncensored exercise of show-and-tell about Yuki's past. Meanwhile, when Ayame vows to rekindle his brother's lost friendship, he begins to realize that you can choose your friends but you can't choose your family--especially when they're acting like animals!

Date Published:2018