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Ra! Ta! Ma! Cue!

Shia, Howie,


Months have passed since the Grown-Ups were taken captive, forced to brush the teeth and scratch the backs of the Growlies. One day the children make a decision: Ratamacue! It means "no more waiting." It means it's time for a rescue mission! They set off on a wild and uncertain journey, forming a drumline to overcome the many obstacles in their way. In the end, the Growlies' meanness is no match for the children's magic: their collective music.
Date Published:2025

Months have passed since the Grown-Ups were taken captive, forced to brush the teeth and scratch the backs of the Growlies. One day the children make a decision: Ratamacue! It means "no more waiting." It means it's time for a rescue mission! They set off on a wild and uncertain journey, forming a drumline to overcome the many obstacles in their way. In the end, the Growlies' meanness is no match for the children's magic: their collective music.

Date Published:2025

The warmest blanket in the world

Levine, Tamara,


How can Frida help keep Ama warm? Frida loves spending time with her great-grandmother, Ama, and listening to her inspiring stories of activism. Ama believes in helping people, especially children and families. But Ama has one big problem. She is always cold. Her fingers feel like ice cubes, and sometimes, she feels like she lives inside a refrigerator. Frida has to do something to help, just like Ama taught her. With the help of a kind person named Tanis, and a special kind of wool called qiviut, Frida finds the perfect way to keep Ama warm!
Date Published:2025

How can Frida help keep Ama warm? Frida loves spending time with her great-grandmother, Ama, and listening to her inspiring stories of activism. Ama believes in helping people, especially children and families. But Ama has one big problem. She is always cold. Her fingers feel like ice cubes, and sometimes, she feels like she lives inside a refrigerator. Frida has to do something to help, just like Ama taught her. With the help of a kind person named Tanis, and a special kind of wool called qiviut, Frida finds the perfect way to keep Ama warm!

Date Published:2025

Dreaming alongside

Gray Smith, Monique, 1968-


A dragonfly invites the reader to journey with her to visit the places in our lives that give rise to brilliant dreams for the future -- from the construction site, where we dream of being builders, to the dentist's office, where we imagine helping others, to our garden, where we envision growing food and medicine.
Date Published:2025

The haunted blizzard

Johnston, Aviaq,


A teenage girl walks home in a burgeoning blizzard, happy to have an unexpected snow day. Ignoring an Elder's warning about the terror the blizzard holds, she finds herself alone in her home with an unseen presence stalking and tormenting her. What does it want? And will she survive?
Date Published:2025

City of the dead

Ponti, James,


When hackers target locations all over London, Kat leads the City Spies in testing security for the British Museum where a secret message leads them to Egypt and the ancient City of the Dead.
Date Published:2023

I won't feel this way forever

Spencer, Kim,


In this follow-up middle-grade novel to Weird Rules to Follow, when Mia's beloved grandmother gets sick and is sent to a Vancouver hospital, Mia and her Mom and aunties travel to be by her side. But as she bounces between motel room, visiting hours and city adventures, Mia begins to realize that her grandmother might not get better.
Date Published:2025

Robot Island

Fagan, Cary,


It isn't bad enough that Willis has to live with his cold uncle Tod in a dusty old house of used books. He can't even spend time with his friends Harrison and Galaxi because of the nasty after-school jobs his uncle makes him take on. But then his uncle asks him to visit an old widow lady in the mansion on the hill. To his surprise, Willis likes Mrs. Shorthouse and even the books they read together (Little Women, Great Expectations).
Date Published:2025

It isn't bad enough that Willis has to live with his cold uncle Tod in a dusty old house of used books. He can't even spend time with his friends Harrison and Galaxi because of the nasty after-school jobs his uncle makes him take on. But then his uncle asks him to visit an old widow lady in the mansion on the hill. To his surprise, Willis likes Mrs. Shorthouse and even the books they read together (Little Women, Great Expectations).

Date Published:2025

Grandma can make anything

Avingaq, Susan,


Includes a glossary of Inuktitut words. Nanuraq and Jeela can't wait to visit their grandmother at her cabin! The cabin is cozy with the smell of bannock and a qulliq glowing. Grandma explains how she made the qulliq herself! Before long, the children are pointing out other neat things around the cabin, like wooden dolls, bone toys, and pin cushions. The kids learn that Grandma has made all of these items out of found objects. Through exploring the cabin with their grandmother, the kids learn about the importance of being creative, and of not being wasteful.
Date Published:2025

Includes a glossary of Inuktitut words. Nanuraq and Jeela can't wait to visit their grandmother at her cabin! The cabin is cozy with the smell of bannock and a qulliq glowing. Grandma explains how she made the qulliq herself! Before long, the children are pointing out other neat things around the cabin, like wooden dolls, bone toys, and pin cushions. The kids learn that Grandma has made all of these items out of found objects. Through exploring the cabin with their grandmother, the kids learn about the importance of being creative, and of not being wasteful.

Date Published:2025

The Secret Explorers and the lost whales

King, SJ.


Meet The Secret Explorers! This group of brilliant kids comes together from all four corners of the globe to fix problems, solve mysteries, and gather knowledge all over the planet - and beyond. Whenever their help is needed, a special sign will appear on a door. They step through to the Exploration Station and receive their mission... In The Lost Whales, marine life expert Connor needs to use his underwater expertise to help save a pod of humpback whales that have lost their way. Along with space expert Roshni, he sets out in a submarine to search for a way to steer the whales back on track, but encounters unexpected problems along the way, including lost baby whales and a fleet of boats. Will The Secret Explorers manage to succeed in their mission?
Date Published:2020

Meet The Secret Explorers! This group of brilliant kids comes together from all four corners of the globe to fix problems, solve mysteries, and gather knowledge all over the planet - and beyond. Whenever their help is needed, a special sign will appear on a door. They step through to the Exploration Station and receive their mission... In The Lost Whales, marine life expert Connor needs to use his underwater expertise to help save a pod of humpback whales that have lost their way. Along with space expert Roshni, he sets out in a submarine to search for a way to steer the whales back on track, but encounters unexpected problems along the way, including lost baby whales and a fleet of boats. Will The Secret Explorers manage to succeed in their mission?

Date Published:2020

Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban

Rowling, J. K.


During his third year at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry Potter must confront the devious and dangerous wizard responsible for his parents' deaths.
Date Published:2000

Quidditch through the ages

Whip, Kennilworthy


J.K. Rowling writing as fictional author, Kennilworthy Whisp. aIncludes all of the information you could ever need to know about the history, the rules - and the breaking of the rules - of the noble wizarding sport of Quidditch.
Date Published:2001

The inheritance games

Barnes, Jennifer (Jennifer Lynn),


When a Connecticut teenager inherits vast wealth and an eccentric estate from the richest man in Texas, she must also live with his surviving family and solve a series of puzzles to discover how she earned her inheritance.
Date Published:2020