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Global Warming Warning : What Yukon's Glaciers Tell Us. January 2019


From the Curio channel: News in Review. Global warming is having a massive impact on the planet. In October 2018, the world's leading climate scientists met and warned that there are only a dozen years to limit global warming. They predict urgent change is needed or the planet is in peril. Much of that warming can be linked to human activity. Glaciers are barometers of climate change and their melts result in sea levels rising, causing potentially catastrophic results for coastal communities. The CBC's Susan Ormiston met with a glacier expert in the Saint Elias Mountains in Yukon to find out what she was seeing in terms of ice field melt.
Date Published:2019

From the Curio channel: News in Review. Global warming is having a massive impact on the planet. In October 2018, the world's leading climate scientists met and warned that there are only a dozen years to limit global warming. They predict urgent change is needed or the planet is in peril. Much of that warming can be linked to human activity. Glaciers are barometers of climate change and their melts result in sea levels rising, causing potentially catastrophic results for coastal communities. The CBC's Susan Ormiston met with a glacier expert in the Saint Elias Mountains in Yukon to find out what she was seeing in terms of ice field melt.

Date Published:2019

The dot

Reynolds, Peter H. (Peter Hamilton), 1961-


Duration for read-aloud playback: 3 minutes 50 seconds. A charming invitation to self-expression. Vashti thinks she can't draw. No, Vashti KNOWS she can't draw! To prove her point, she jabs at a blank sheet of paper to make an unremarkable and angry mark. That one little dot marks the beginning of Vashti's journey of surprise and self-discovery.
Date Published:2004

Looking for X

Ellis, Deborah, 1960-


"A Groundwood book." Eleven-year-old Khyber embarks on a desperate, all-night search for her friend, X, that proves even more wild than any adventure she has ever imagined.
Date Published:1999

That's not hockey!

Poulin, Andrée.


Young Jacques Plante loves hockey so much that he uses home-made equipment to play as much hockey as he can. Once Jacques becomes a professional player, he takes the brave stand to introduce a piece of equipment into the game that has never been used before--the goalie mask--changing the face of hockey forever.
Date Published:2018

Me, Toma and the concrete garden

Larsen, Andrew, 1960-


When Vincent is sent to his aunt Mimi's city apartment for the summer, he's surrounded by more concrete than nature. Things are looking gray. But before long, Vincent meets Toma, and the boys bond while throwing some strange dirt balls into an empty lot. All summer long, they toss and launch, throw and catch. Little do they know, though, just as their friendship is growing, something is also blooming in the empty lot. A celebration of the joy of a budding friendship, The Concrete Garden shows us the value of community and reminds us that sometimes everything can come up roses.
Date Published:2019

When Vincent is sent to his aunt Mimi's city apartment for the summer, he's surrounded by more concrete than nature. Things are looking gray. But before long, Vincent meets Toma, and the boys bond while throwing some strange dirt balls into an empty lot. All summer long, they toss and launch, throw and catch. Little do they know, though, just as their friendship is growing, something is also blooming in the empty lot. A celebration of the joy of a budding friendship, The Concrete Garden shows us the value of community and reminds us that sometimes everything can come up roses.

Date Published:2019

Mandeep's cloudy days

Brar, Kuljinder Kaur,


A book exploring how to cope with difficult and complex emotions when we're away from the people we love.
Date Published:2024

A robotics mission : a 4D book

Miller, Shannon (Shannon McClintock).


A Capstone Interactive eBook. Meet the specialist -- Meet the students -- Boxes and boxes -- The red planet -- The rover -- Glossary -- Build a robot! -- Further resources. When Cyrus and his friends join Ms. Gillian, the Specialist, on another Adventure in Makerspace, they find themselves on Mars. Can they build a Mars rover of their own? Written in graphic-novel format.
Date Published:2019

The Lotterys plus one

Donoghue, Emma, 1969-


Once upon a time, two couples with Jamaican, Mohawk, Indian, and Scottish ethnic roots won the lottery and bought a big house where all of them, four adults and seven adopted and biological children, could live together in harmony--but change is inevitable, especially when a disagreeable grandfather comes to stay.
Date Published:2017

Beneficial Insects in Agriculture


Transcript and teacher's guide available under Aditional info tag. Delivered in 3 short modules: Module One: Pest Insect Control Module Two: Fungi Control Module Three: Honey Bees: Pollinators and Producers. This Canadian production examines how insects are employed in agriculture for pest control and food production. Case studies include the innovative use of predatory insects to protect greenhouse food crops and bumble bees to deliver a beneficial spore to prevent grey mold on berries and the traditional use of honeybees in pollination and honey production.
Date Published:2013

Transcript and teacher's guide available under Aditional info tag. Delivered in 3 short modules: Module One: Pest Insect Control Module Two: Fungi Control Module Three: Honey Bees: Pollinators and Producers. This Canadian production examines how insects are employed in agriculture for pest control and food production. Case studies include the innovative use of predatory insects to protect greenhouse food crops and bumble bees to deliver a beneficial spore to prevent grey mold on berries and the traditional use of honeybees in pollination and honey production.

Date Published:2013

Jungleland

Walters, Eric, 1957-


DJ is always thrilled to spend time with his grandfather, a person he idolizes. When his grandfather announces that he's going to take all of his grandsons on individual adventures, it seems only fair that DJ, as the oldest grandchild, will get his adventure first. An adventure that sees his grandfather at the controls of a small plane as the two fly to Central America for a week. But when someone tries to kidnap him, DJ must flee through the jungle and down a crocodile-infested river, pursued by armed gunmen. When he isn't busy trying to stay alive, DJ discovers things about himself he never suspected and uncovers information that leads him to believe his beloved grandfather is living a secret life.
Date Published:2016

DJ is always thrilled to spend time with his grandfather, a person he idolizes. When his grandfather announces that he's going to take all of his grandsons on individual adventures, it seems only fair that DJ, as the oldest grandchild, will get his adventure first. An adventure that sees his grandfather at the controls of a small plane as the two fly to Central America for a week. But when someone tries to kidnap him, DJ must flee through the jungle and down a crocodile-infested river, pursued by armed gunmen. When he isn't busy trying to stay alive, DJ discovers things about himself he never suspected and uncovers information that leads him to believe his beloved grandfather is living a secret life.

Date Published:2016

Black Panther : For black youth, more than a superhero movie


From the Curio.ca streaming audio-visual collection. Marvel's Black Panther has arrived to critical acclaim, but artistic merit aside, for lots of black youth it's much more than a superhero movie. CBC News followed a group of teenagers who won a screening to Black Panther to find out what the movie means to them and the lessons they learned from seeing the groundbreaking film.
Date Published:2018

What is a snap election?


From the Curio.ca streaming audio-visual collection. Canadians are going to the polls after Prime Minister Mark Carney called a snap election. So what does that mean? CBC Kids News contributor Sophia Smoke explains. Published March 23, 2025.
Date Published:2025

Gorgons


Gorgons are three sisters from Greek mythology, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, the most famous one. They had snakes instead of hair, their eyes could turn people to stone, and their wings allowed them to escape danger. Perseus was able to defeat Medusa using a shield given to him by Athena and a sword from Hermes.
Date Published:2023

The field guide to the North American teenager

Philippe, Ben.


When Norris, a Black French Canadian, starts his junior year at an Austin, Texas, high school, he views his fellow students as clichés from "a bad 90s teen movie."
Date Published:2019

Plant attack! : the fascinating ways flora defends itself

Silver, Erin, 1980-


Explores the unique and disgusting ways plants protect themselves.
Date Published:2025

The field guide to the North American teenager

Philippe, Ben.


Cataloging based on physical item bibliographic record. Spoken audio file. Duration: approximately 09:19:02 hr. Originally released by Harper Audio. When Norris, a Black French Canadian, starts his junior year at an Austin, Texas, high school, he views his fellow students as clichés from "a bad 90s teen movie.
Date Published:2019

The man with the violin

Stinson, Kathy


When Dylan hears someone playing their violin in the subway he wants to stop and listen, but his mother and other commuters ignore the violinist completely.
Date Published:2013

Loneliness : The New Silent Killer. April 2019


From the Curio channel: News in Review. More people are lonely than ever before. Studies show that one in five Canadians identify as being lonely. Loneliness is more than a feeling of occasional solitude - it's a prolonged feeling of perceived isolation. While long seen as being bad for mental health, loneliness is now recognized as being physically harmful too. It's being called the silent killer - considered by some experts as being more harmful than smoking 15 cigarettes a day. In fact, loneliness is now linked to heart disease, depression, obesity and other life-threatening conditions. So why in our highly connected world are we so lonely? And what can we do about it?
Date Published:2019

From the Curio channel: News in Review. More people are lonely than ever before. Studies show that one in five Canadians identify as being lonely. Loneliness is more than a feeling of occasional solitude - it's a prolonged feeling of perceived isolation. While long seen as being bad for mental health, loneliness is now recognized as being physically harmful too. It's being called the silent killer - considered by some experts as being more harmful than smoking 15 cigarettes a day. In fact, loneliness is now linked to heart disease, depression, obesity and other life-threatening conditions. So why in our highly connected world are we so lonely? And what can we do about it?

Date Published:2019

Best friends forever?

Jakubowski, Michele.


Includes glossary. A Capstone Interactive eBook. Rainy day -- Big news -- Changes -- The fight -- Not all bad -- Back to normal. Born only six months apart, and living in the same apartment building for eight years, Ashley Sanchez and Ashlee Taylor have always been best friends--but now Ashlee's family is moving to a house, and even though it is only three blocks away, it feels to Ashley as if their friendship is in serious jeopardy.
Date Published:2017

Includes glossary. A Capstone Interactive eBook. Rainy day -- Big news -- Changes -- The fight -- Not all bad -- Back to normal. Born only six months apart, and living in the same apartment building for eight years, Ashley Sanchez and Ashlee Taylor have always been best friends--but now Ashlee's family is moving to a house, and even though it is only three blocks away, it feels to Ashley as if their friendship is in serious jeopardy.

Date Published:2017

My hair is a garden

Cabrera, Cozbi A.


Title proper from title frame. After being teased yet again about her unruly hair, MacKenzie consults her neighbor, Miss Tillie, who compares hair care with tending her beautiful garden and teaches MacKenzie some techniques. Includes tips for shampooing, conditioning, and protecting black hair, and recipes for hair products.
Date Published:2018