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Tales from the Clans

Hunter, Erin,


Tigerclaw's fury -- Leafpool's wish -- Dovewing's silence. "How did Tigerclaw go from exiled warrior to ShadowClan leader? Which StarClan cats helped shield Leafpool's secret from ThunderClan? What happened to Dovewing's powers after the great battle with the Dark Forest? Discover more untold stories from the warrior Clans in these three gripping tale--together in print for the first time!"--Back cover.
Date Published:2014

Tigerclaw's fury -- Leafpool's wish -- Dovewing's silence. "How did Tigerclaw go from exiled warrior to ShadowClan leader? Which StarClan cats helped shield Leafpool's secret from ThunderClan? What happened to Dovewing's powers after the great battle with the Dark Forest? Discover more untold stories from the warrior Clans in these three gripping tale--together in print for the first time!"--Back cover.

Date Published:2014

Ask an Elder : Winter Solstice in the Cree Tradition


From the Curio.ca streaming audio-visual collection. Anishinaabe reporter Lenard Monkman asked elder Wilfred Buck of the Opaskwayak Cree Nation in Manitoba to share the Cree story of the winter solstice.
Date Published:2017

Totem talk


Traditional Northwestern Indigenous spiritual images combine with cutting-edge computer animation in this surreal story about the power of tradition. Three urban Indigenous teens are whisked away to an imaginary land by a magical raven. Here, the young people meet a totem pole whose characters (a raven, a frog and a bear) come to life, becoming their teachers, guides and friends--demonstrating their significance to Northwest First Nation cultures and allowing the teens to understand the strength of their own traditions. Featuring a special interview segment with J. Bradley Hunt, the celebrated Heiltsuk artist on whose work the computer-animated characters in Totem Talk are based.
Date Published:1997

Traditional Northwestern Indigenous spiritual images combine with cutting-edge computer animation in this surreal story about the power of tradition. Three urban Indigenous teens are whisked away to an imaginary land by a magical raven. Here, the young people meet a totem pole whose characters (a raven, a frog and a bear) come to life, becoming their teachers, guides and friends--demonstrating their significance to Northwest First Nation cultures and allowing the teens to understand the strength of their own traditions. Featuring a special interview segment with J. Bradley Hunt, the celebrated Heiltsuk artist on whose work the computer-animated characters in Totem Talk are based.

Date Published:1997

My Time as Caz Hazard.

Kyi, Tanya Lloyd, 1973-


After Caz moves to a new school she finds her life in turmoil after she is diagnosed with dyslexia, her parents separate, and she makes friends with Amanda, who introduces Caz to shoplifting and skipping school.
Date Published:2004

World In a City


World in a City is a portrait of Toronto and the steps Torontonians are taking to create a society that welcomes and encourages new immigrants to flourish. Join photographer Colin Boyd Shafer as he celebrates diversity in this short film, Canada’s contribution to the Big Cities project, an exciting international collaboration that uses documentary storytelling to outline both the challenges facing growing urban areas and the bold solutions to these ongoing problems. To view more of the films, visit LinkTV https://www.linktv.org/shows/big-cities.
Date Published:2016

World in a City is a portrait of Toronto and the steps Torontonians are taking to create a society that welcomes and encourages new immigrants to flourish. Join photographer Colin Boyd Shafer as he celebrates diversity in this short film, Canada’s contribution to the Big Cities project, an exciting international collaboration that uses documentary storytelling to outline both the challenges facing growing urban areas and the bold solutions to these ongoing problems. To view more of the films, visit LinkTV https://www.linktv.org/shows/big-cities.

Date Published:2016

The golden compass

Pullman, Philip, 1946-


A war is brewing in Lyra's world--a battle between those who would keep people in ignorance and those who are willing to fight for true freedom. Lyra is thrust into the middle of the conflict when her uncle Asriel comes to Oxford, fomenting rebellion, and when her best friend, Roger, suddenly disappears. Lyra learns that Roger was kidnapped by a shadowy organization that steals children and, it is rumored, experiments on them. To find him, she will travel to the cold, far North, where armored bears and witch clans rule . . . and where her uncle Asriel is attempting to build a bridge to a parallel world. What Lyra doesn't know, mustn't know, is that her actions will have consequences not just in her world, but in all the worlds beyond.
Date Published:2019

A war is brewing in Lyra's world--a battle between those who would keep people in ignorance and those who are willing to fight for true freedom. Lyra is thrust into the middle of the conflict when her uncle Asriel comes to Oxford, fomenting rebellion, and when her best friend, Roger, suddenly disappears. Lyra learns that Roger was kidnapped by a shadowy organization that steals children and, it is rumored, experiments on them. To find him, she will travel to the cold, far North, where armored bears and witch clans rule . . . and where her uncle Asriel is attempting to build a bridge to a parallel world. What Lyra doesn't know, mustn't know, is that her actions will have consequences not just in her world, but in all the worlds beyond.

Date Published:2019

Moira's birthday

Munsch, Robert N., 1945-


Duration for read-aloud playback: 8 minutes. Moira's afraid her parents might get upset if they find out she invited the whole school to her birthday partyâî so she just doesn't tell them. The big day arrives, and grades 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, annnnd kindergarten all come knocking down her door. Before long, the house is a total disaster and Moira's parents are going crazy trying to figure out how to get enough pizzas and birthday cake to feed everyone. Just leave it to Moira-she'll figure it all out, and even get the house cleaned up in the process!
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Duration for read-aloud playback: 8 minutes. Moira's afraid her parents might get upset if they find out she invited the whole school to her birthday partyâî so she just doesn't tell them. The big day arrives, and grades 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, annnnd kindergarten all come knocking down her door. Before long, the house is a total disaster and Moira's parents are going crazy trying to figure out how to get enough pizzas and birthday cake to feed everyone. Just leave it to Moira-she'll figure it all out, and even get the house cleaned up in the process!

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What language is spoken in Kenya?


The two official languages of Kenya are English and Kiswahili, but Kenya is so diverse that over 60 different languages are spoken there.
Date Published:2022

Speaking Ojibwe an 'act of defiance' says 19-year-old language teacher


From the Curio.ca streaming audio-visual collection. Aandeg Muldrew, 19, is the University of Manitoba's youngest sessional instructor, teaching introductory Ojibwe. Muldrew, who lives in Winnipeg, started learning the language from his grandmother when he was 10. Given the history of languages lost after colonization and residential schools, speaking the language is "almost like an act of defiance," he says. Speaking Ojibwe is a way of "reconciling our past ... with the present and bringing ... what was lost through all these" residential schools and colonization. (Image submitted by Maeengan Linklater)
Date Published:2018

From the Curio.ca streaming audio-visual collection. Aandeg Muldrew, 19, is the University of Manitoba's youngest sessional instructor, teaching introductory Ojibwe. Muldrew, who lives in Winnipeg, started learning the language from his grandmother when he was 10. Given the history of languages lost after colonization and residential schools, speaking the language is "almost like an act of defiance," he says. Speaking Ojibwe is a way of "reconciling our past ... with the present and bringing ... what was lost through all these" residential schools and colonization. (Image submitted by Maeengan Linklater)

Date Published:2018

The mystery of Black Hollow Lane

Nobel, Julia,


Twelve-year-old Emmy investigates the connection between her father's disappearance and a secret society at her prestigious English boarding school.
Date Published:2019

The magic school bus wet all over : a book about the water cycle

Relf, Patricia


Experience the earth's water cycle first hand as Ms. Frizzle's class rises into the air, forms a rain cloud and drizzles down upon earth, just like rain.
Date Published:1996

Happy Birthday Bad Kitty

Bruel, Nick


Excited about his big birthday party, Bad Kitty gets a dose of his own medicine when, upon their arrival, his troublesome friends wreak havoc and his collection of presents suddenly goes missing.
Date Published:2009

Amari and the night brothers

Alston, B. B.,


Thirteen-year-old Amari, a poor Black girl from the projects, gets an invitation from her missing brother to join the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs and join in the fight against an evil magician.
Date Published:2021

The digestive system

Johnson, Rebecca L.


Food : fuel for life -- Digestion begins -- Into the stomach -- Taking up nutrients -- Getting rid of wastes. This book describes the structure and function of the human digestive system.
Date Published:2005

The empty pot

Demi


When Ping admits that he is the only child in China unable to grow a flower from the seeds distributed by the Emperor, he is rewarded for his honesty.
Date Published:1990

A last goodbye

Kelsey, Elin.


This book explores the death of a loved one through the parallel experiences of other species of animals, similar to Elin's treatment of nature in You Are Stardust and problem-solving in Wild Ideas. As with Elin's previous picture books, A Last Goodbye will combine simple, poetic text with a "big idea" in this case, the idea that death is a natural part of our lives and that many species experience sadness and mourning when their loved ones are sick and dying. From elephants to killer whales, parrots to bonobos, lemurs to humans, many animals have rituals to commemorate their loved ones and to help them through difficult times. This book broaches a difficult and scary topic through a gentle and heartfelt exploration of the natural stages of life and loss. In a parallel way to how we will be remembered by our loved ones, the book goes on to explore the ways our bodies might be remembered by the earth, repurposed to continue replenishing new life.
Date Published:2020

This book explores the death of a loved one through the parallel experiences of other species of animals, similar to Elin's treatment of nature in You Are Stardust and problem-solving in Wild Ideas. As with Elin's previous picture books, A Last Goodbye will combine simple, poetic text with a "big idea" in this case, the idea that death is a natural part of our lives and that many species experience sadness and mourning when their loved ones are sick and dying. From elephants to killer whales, parrots to bonobos, lemurs to humans, many animals have rituals to commemorate their loved ones and to help them through difficult times. This book broaches a difficult and scary topic through a gentle and heartfelt exploration of the natural stages of life and loss. In a parallel way to how we will be remembered by our loved ones, the book goes on to explore the ways our bodies might be remembered by the earth, repurposed to continue replenishing new life.

Date Published:2020

Sí, se puede! = Yes, we can! : janitor strike in L.A.

Cohn, Diana.



Date Published:2002

The barren grounds

Robertson, David, 1977-,


Morgan and Eli, two Indigenous children forced away from their families and communities, are brought together in a foster home in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They each feel disconnected, from their culture and each other, and struggle to fit in at school and at their new home -- until they find a secret place, walled off in an unfinished attic bedroom. A portal opens to another reality, Askí, bringing them onto frozen, barren grounds, where they meet Ochek (Fisher). The only hunter supporting his starving community, Misewa, Ochek welcomes the human children, teaching them traditional ways to survive. But as the need for food becomes desperate, they embark on a dangerous mission. Accompanied by Arik, a sassy Squirrel they catch stealing from the trapline, they try to save Misewa before the icy grip of winter freezes everything -- including them.
Date Published:2020

Morgan and Eli, two Indigenous children forced away from their families and communities, are brought together in a foster home in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They each feel disconnected, from their culture and each other, and struggle to fit in at school and at their new home -- until they find a secret place, walled off in an unfinished attic bedroom. A portal opens to another reality, Askí, bringing them onto frozen, barren grounds, where they meet Ochek (Fisher). The only hunter supporting his starving community, Misewa, Ochek welcomes the human children, teaching them traditional ways to survive. But as the need for food becomes desperate, they embark on a dangerous mission. Accompanied by Arik, a sassy Squirrel they catch stealing from the trapline, they try to save Misewa before the icy grip of winter freezes everything -- including them.

Date Published:2020

The darkest hour

Hunter, Erin


Sequel to: A dangerous path. ThunderClan's darkest hour is upon them and Fireheart, the warrior cat, must protect his clan from a threat unlike any the forest has ever seen, as the time comes for prophecies to unfold and heroes to rise.
Date Published:2004

Surviving the City.

Spillett, Tasha.


Miikwan and Dez are best friends. Together, the teens navigate the challenges of growing up Indigenous in the city. However, when Dez's grandmother becomes too sick to care for her, the threat of a group home looms, and Dez disappears. Will Dez's community find her before it's too late? Will Miikwan be able to cope if they don't?.
Date Published:2019