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Enough water? : a guide to what we have and how we use it


"This guidebook focuses on our global health impact via "water footprints", how much freshwater is used to produce goods and services such as manufacturing, growing, harvesting, packaging, and shipping to market, which teaches young readers how to consume responsibly, and to think innovatively on sustainable freshwater alternatives."--
Date Published:2016

My love mix-up! 2 /

Hinekure, Wataru,


Translation of: Kieta hatsukoi. "First published in Japan in 2019 by SHUEISHA Inc., Tokyo."--Copyright page. Reads from right to left. Aoki has a crush on Ida, a boy in his class. Hashimoto’s eraser, which caused so much confusion among friends when Aoki borrowed it, is also at fault for making him flunk a quiz! Aoki, Akkun, and Hashimoto meet up at Ida’s for a study session where Aoki and Ida talk about what they are to each other—if they can figure it out?!
Date Published:2022

Translation of: Kieta hatsukoi. "First published in Japan in 2019 by SHUEISHA Inc., Tokyo."--Copyright page. Reads from right to left. Aoki has a crush on Ida, a boy in his class. Hashimoto’s eraser, which caused so much confusion among friends when Aoki borrowed it, is also at fault for making him flunk a quiz! Aoki, Akkun, and Hashimoto meet up at Ida’s for a study session where Aoki and Ida talk about what they are to each other—if they can figure it out?!

Date Published:2022

Parvana's journey

Ellis, Deborah, 1960-


"A Groundwood book." In Parvanas Journey, the Taliban still control Afghanistan, but Kabul is in ruins. Parvanas father has just died, and her mother, sister, and brother could be anywhere in the country. Parvana knows she must find them... Amazon ed. rev.
Date Published:2002

A girl called Echo. 1, Pemmican wars /

Vermette, Katherena, 1977-


Echo Desjardins, a 13 year-old Métis girl, is struggling with her feelings of loneliness while attending a new school and living with a new foster family. Then an ordinary day in Mr. Bee's history class turns extraordinary and Echo's life will never be the same. During Mr. Bee's lecture, Echo finds herself transported to another time and place--a bison hunt on the Saskatchewan prairie--and back again to the present. In the following weeks, Echo slips back and forth in time. She visits a Métis camp, travels the old fur trade routes, and experiences the perilous and bygone era of the Pemmican Wars.
Date Published:2017

Echo Desjardins, a 13 year-old Métis girl, is struggling with her feelings of loneliness while attending a new school and living with a new foster family. Then an ordinary day in Mr. Bee's history class turns extraordinary and Echo's life will never be the same. During Mr. Bee's lecture, Echo finds herself transported to another time and place--a bison hunt on the Saskatchewan prairie--and back again to the present. In the following weeks, Echo slips back and forth in time. She visits a Métis camp, travels the old fur trade routes, and experiences the perilous and bygone era of the Pemmican Wars.

Date Published:2017

Home team

Walters, Eric, 1957-


"Book 10". In the tenth installment of Eric Walters' basketball series, Nick, Kia and their teammates embark on a letter writing campaign to persuade the Toronto Raptors community relations department to send one or more of the players to visit Clark Boulevard Elementary School. Unfortunately they are too late in applying and the team's school program has already been set for the year. But Nick and Kia do not give up easily, and their efforts become increasingly dramatic until Nick finally comes up with an idea that the team will be unable to ignore.
Date Published:2010

"Book 10". In the tenth installment of Eric Walters' basketball series, Nick, Kia and their teammates embark on a letter writing campaign to persuade the Toronto Raptors community relations department to send one or more of the players to visit Clark Boulevard Elementary School. Unfortunately they are too late in applying and the team's school program has already been set for the year. But Nick and Kia do not give up easily, and their efforts become increasingly dramatic until Nick finally comes up with an idea that the team will be unable to ignore.

Date Published:2010

Probability


What are the odds? Hamza can’t figure out why Koolkatt always wins when they play Flip-the-coin. Can you really use probability to predict the future? Hamza will interview a real-life playing card, meet a flying pig, pop a LOT of popcorn, and find out what’s so ‘lucky’ about the number seven!
Date Published:2016

Make that a double


Two, four, six, eight - how can you make numbers great? In this episode, Hamza learns just how quickly doubling can make numbers grow from tiny to astronomical! Along the way the investigators will get tangled in Chinese noodles, the challengers will get covered in slime eggs, and Hamza will interview a zombie!
Date Published:2016

Measurement


Hamza wants to measure everything about Koolkatt that has changed since he was a teeny-weeny little robot-kitten - but how? It turns out there are a lot of different ways to measure the world around us. To find out more, we’ll meet a Viking ship builder, walk the plank in clown shoes, and make our own gooey worms! Viewers learn about measuring volume, circumference, time, distance, weight, length and temperature.
Date Published:2016

Hamza wants to measure everything about Koolkatt that has changed since he was a teeny-weeny little robot-kitten - but how? It turns out there are a lot of different ways to measure the world around us. To find out more, we’ll meet a Viking ship builder, walk the plank in clown shoes, and make our own gooey worms! Viewers learn about measuring volume, circumference, time, distance, weight, length and temperature.

Date Published:2016

We were liars

Lockhart, E.,


Includes Bonus content. A beautiful and distinguished family. A private island. A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy. A group of four friends -- the Liars -- whose friendship turns destructive. A revolution. An accident. A secret. Lies upon lies. True love. The truth. Spending the summers on her family's private island off the coast of Massachusetts with her cousins and a special boy named Gat, teenaged Cadence struggles to remember what happened during her fifteenth summer.
Date Published:2018

Includes Bonus content. A beautiful and distinguished family. A private island. A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy. A group of four friends -- the Liars -- whose friendship turns destructive. A revolution. An accident. A secret. Lies upon lies. True love. The truth. Spending the summers on her family's private island off the coast of Massachusetts with her cousins and a special boy named Gat, teenaged Cadence struggles to remember what happened during her fifteenth summer.

Date Published:2018

Chainsaw man. 7, In a dream /

Fujimoto, Tatsuki,


Book reads from right to left in the traditional Japanese format. Denji’s gotten too famous! After a news program broadcasts Chainsaw Man’s heroics, the whole world now wants in on the action! Can Denji’s new protection detail keep him safe from all the talented assassins that have assembled in Japan to take him down?!
Date Published:2021

My love mix-up! 3 /

Hinekure, Wataru,


Reads from right to left. Aoki has a crush on Hashimoto, the girl in the seat next to him in class. But he despairs when he borrows her eraser and sees she's written the name of another boy--Ida--on it. To make matters more confusing, Ida sees Aoki holding that very eraser and thinks Aoki has a crush on him! Aoki has a crush on Ida, a boy in his class. Ida has learned from Akkun the story behind Hashimoto's eraser--that Aoki told Ida he liked him to protect Hashimoto's secret crush. The only trouble is that Aoki really does like Ida, so now Aoki has to confess his love to Ida all over again!
Date Published:2022

Reads from right to left. Aoki has a crush on Hashimoto, the girl in the seat next to him in class. But he despairs when he borrows her eraser and sees she's written the name of another boy--Ida--on it. To make matters more confusing, Ida sees Aoki holding that very eraser and thinks Aoki has a crush on him! Aoki has a crush on Ida, a boy in his class. Ida has learned from Akkun the story behind Hashimoto's eraser--that Aoki told Ida he liked him to protect Hashimoto's secret crush. The only trouble is that Aoki really does like Ida, so now Aoki has to confess his love to Ida all over again!

Date Published:2022

Attack on Titan. 1 /

Isayama, Hajime, 1986-


First published in Japan in 2010 by Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo as Shingeki no Kyojin. Reads right to left. For the past century, what's left of man has hidden in a giant, three-walled city. People believe their 100-meter-high walls will protect them from the Titans, but the sudden appearance of an immense Titan is about to change everything.
Date Published:2012

Naruto. 24, Unorthodox /

Kishimoto, Masashi, 1974-


This book is printed "manga-style," in the authentic Japanese right-to-left format. Kankuro, Temari and Gaara unexpectedly aid Konohagakure against the Sound Ninja. Could they have another purpose besides rekindling the old alliance between Leaf and Sand?
Date Published:2007

Tokyo ghoul

Ishida, Sui


Translated from the Japanese. Reads from right to left. Ghouls live among us, the same as normal people in every way -- except their craving for human flesh. Ken Kaneki is an ordinary college student until a violent encounter turns him into the first half-human half-ghoul hybrid. Trapped between two worlds, he must survive Ghoul turf wars, learn more about Ghoul society and master his new powers.
Date Published:2015

Picking up the pieces : residential school memories and the making of the Witness Blanket

Newman, Carey, 1975-


"Picking Up the Pieces tells the story of the making of the Witness Blanket, a living work of art conceived and created by Indigenous artist Carey Newman. It includes hundreds of items collected from residential schools across Canada, everything from bricks, photos and letters to hockey skates, dolls and braids. Every object tells a story. Carey takes the reader on a journey from the initial idea behind the Witness Blanket to the challenges in making it work to its completion. The story is told through the objects and the survivors who donated them to the project. At every step in this important journey for children and adults alike, Carey is a guide, sharing his process and motivation behind the art. It's a very personal project. Carey's father is a residential school survivor. Like the Blanket itself, Picking Up the Pieces calls on readers of all ages to bear witness to the residential school experience, a tragic piece of Canadas history."--From publisher.
Date Published:2019

"Picking Up the Pieces tells the story of the making of the Witness Blanket, a living work of art conceived and created by Indigenous artist Carey Newman. It includes hundreds of items collected from residential schools across Canada, everything from bricks, photos and letters to hockey skates, dolls and braids. Every object tells a story. Carey takes the reader on a journey from the initial idea behind the Witness Blanket to the challenges in making it work to its completion. The story is told through the objects and the survivors who donated them to the project. At every step in this important journey for children and adults alike, Carey is a guide, sharing his process and motivation behind the art. It's a very personal project. Carey's father is a residential school survivor. Like the Blanket itself, Picking Up the Pieces calls on readers of all ages to bear witness to the residential school experience, a tragic piece of Canadas history."--From publisher.

Date Published:2019

The midnight library

Haig, Matt, 1975-


Between life and death there is a library. When Nora Seed finds herself in the Midnight Library, she has a chance to make things right. Up until now, her life has been full of misery and regret. She feels she has let everyone down, including herself. But things are about to change. The books in the Midnight Library enable Nora to live as if she had done things differently. With the help of an old friend, she can now undo every one of her regrets as she tries to work out her perfect life. But things aren't always what she imagined they'd be, and soon her choices place the library and herself in extreme danger. Before time runs out, she must answer the ultimate question: what is the best way to live?
Date Published:2020

Between life and death there is a library. When Nora Seed finds herself in the Midnight Library, she has a chance to make things right. Up until now, her life has been full of misery and regret. She feels she has let everyone down, including herself. But things are about to change. The books in the Midnight Library enable Nora to live as if she had done things differently. With the help of an old friend, she can now undo every one of her regrets as she tries to work out her perfect life. But things aren't always what she imagined they'd be, and soon her choices place the library and herself in extreme danger. Before time runs out, she must answer the ultimate question: what is the best way to live?

Date Published:2020

Jujutsu kaisen. 4 /

Akutami, Gege, 1992-


While investigating a strange set of mysterious deaths, Itadori meets Junpei, a troubled kid who is often bullied at school. However, Junpei is also befriended by the culprit behind the bloody incident--Mahito, a mischievous cursed spirit! Mahito sets in motion a devious plan involving Junpei, hoping to ensnare Itadori as well.
Date Published:2018

My love mix-up! 4 /

Hinekure, Wataru.


Reads from right to left. "Aoki confesses his feelings to Ida and prepares for rejection, but in an unexpected turn of events, Ida asks him if they should try dating. Aoki wants to keep their new relationship under wraps, but Ida has already told all their friends!"--Amazon.
Date Published:2022

Becoming

Obama, Michelle, 1964-,


In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era. As First Lady of the United States of America, she helped create the most welcoming and inclusive White House in history. With unerring honesty and lively wit, she describes her triumphs and her disappointments, both public and private.
Date Published:2021

Ready player one

Cline, Ernest



Date Published:2011