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Helen Keller : a determined life

MacLeod, Elizabeth


Includes index.
Date Published:2004

The theory of hummingbirds

Kadarusman, Michelle, 1969-,


"Hummingbirds and angels don't need two good feet. They have wings." That's what Alba's mother always says. Of course, Alba doesn't have wings or two good feet: she has Cleo. Cleo is the name Alba has given to her left foot, which was born twisted in the wrong direction. When she points this out, though, her mother just smiles like the world has some surprise in store Alba doesn't know about yet. Well, Alba has her own surprise planned. After one final surgery and one final cast, Cleo is almost ready to meet the world straight on--just in time to run in the sixth grade cross-country race. Unfortunately, Alba's best friend Levi thinks there's no way she can pull it off. And she thinks there's no way he's right about the school librarian hiding a wormhole in her office. Tempers flare. Sharp words fly faster than hummingbirds. And soon it looks like both friends will be stuck proving their theories on their own.
Date Published:2020

"Hummingbirds and angels don't need two good feet. They have wings." That's what Alba's mother always says. Of course, Alba doesn't have wings or two good feet: she has Cleo. Cleo is the name Alba has given to her left foot, which was born twisted in the wrong direction. When she points this out, though, her mother just smiles like the world has some surprise in store Alba doesn't know about yet. Well, Alba has her own surprise planned. After one final surgery and one final cast, Cleo is almost ready to meet the world straight on--just in time to run in the sixth grade cross-country race. Unfortunately, Alba's best friend Levi thinks there's no way she can pull it off. And she thinks there's no way he's right about the school librarian hiding a wormhole in her office. Tempers flare. Sharp words fly faster than hummingbirds. And soon it looks like both friends will be stuck proving their theories on their own.

Date Published:2020

All the little monsters : how I learned to live with anxiety

Robertson, David, 1977-


From the outside, David A. Robertson looks as if he has it all together--a loving family, a successful career as an author, and a platform to promote Indigenous perspectives, cultures and concerns. But what we see on the outside rarely reveals what is happening inside. Robertson lives with "little monsters": chronic, debilitating health anxiety and panic attacks accompanied, at times, by depression. Robertson reveals what it's like to live inside his mind and his body and describes the toll his mental health challenges have taken on him and his family, and how he has learned to put one foot in front of the other as well as to get back up when he stumbles.
Date Published:2023

From the outside, David A. Robertson looks as if he has it all together--a loving family, a successful career as an author, and a platform to promote Indigenous perspectives, cultures and concerns. But what we see on the outside rarely reveals what is happening inside. Robertson lives with "little monsters": chronic, debilitating health anxiety and panic attacks accompanied, at times, by depression. Robertson reveals what it's like to live inside his mind and his body and describes the toll his mental health challenges have taken on him and his family, and how he has learned to put one foot in front of the other as well as to get back up when he stumbles.

Date Published:2023

Sweat!


From the Curio.ca streaming audio-visual collection. With the planet getting warmer, host Anthony Morgan discovers it's time we knew more about our unique cooling system and oft maligned superpower, SWEAT!
Date Published:2025

Marie Curie : a brillant life

MacLeod, Elizabeth


Includes index.
Date Published:2004

Alexander Graham Bell : an inventive life

MacLeod, Elizabeth


Includes index.
Date Published:1999

Albert Einstein : a life of genius

MacLeod, Elizabeth


Includes index.
Date Published:2003

The politics of natural hair


From the TVO streaming audio-visual collection. . Article: how Black girls and women the world over have had negative experiences with their natural hair. Video: Nam Kiwanuka interviews author Michele Tapp Roseman about her book Hairlooms: The Untangled Truth About Loving Your Natural Hair and Beauty, in which she documents her journey from wearing her hair relaxed (made straight and flat with chemicals) to wearing it in its natural state (free of chemicals).
Date Published:2017

From the TVO streaming audio-visual collection. . Article: how Black girls and women the world over have had negative experiences with their natural hair. Video: Nam Kiwanuka interviews author Michele Tapp Roseman about her book Hairlooms: The Untangled Truth About Loving Your Natural Hair and Beauty, in which she documents her journey from wearing her hair relaxed (made straight and flat with chemicals) to wearing it in its natural state (free of chemicals).

Date Published:2017

Song for a whale

Kelly, Lynne,


Twelve-year-old Iris and her grandmother, both deaf, drive from Texas to Alaska armed with Iris's plan to help Blue-55, a whale unable to communicate with other whales.
Date Published:2018

Animal eyes : how creatures see and how their eyes have adapted to their world

Vulpé, Françoise,


Book talks about how eyes and vision work -- covering everything from biology of eyes to the physics of lights to the features that protect eyes and keep them clean.
Date Published:2023

Dance, dance, dance


Ping and Pong and the sheep are having a dance party, but Mr. Prickles doesn't know how he can fit in.
Date Published:2018

Helen Keller : [a photographic story of a life]

Garrett, Leslie, 1964-


Profiles the life of Helen Keller who lost her sight and hearing at the age of two and still learned to read and write despite her handicap.
Date Published:2004

El deafo

Bell, Cece.


Going to school and making new friends can be tough. But going to school and making new friends while wearing a bulky hearing aid strapped to your chest? That requires superpowers! In this funny, poignant graphic novel memoir, author/illustrator Cece Bell chronicles her hearing loss at a young age and her subsequent experiences with the Phonic Ear, a very powerful--and very awkward--hearing aid. The Phonic Ear gives Cece the ability to hear--sometimes things she shouldn't--but also isolates her from her classmates. She really just wants to fit in and find a true friend, someone who appreciates her as she is. After some trouble, she is finally able to harness the power of the Phonic Ear and become "El Deafo, Listener for All." And more importantly, declare a place for herself in the world and find the friend she's longed for.
Date Published:2020

Going to school and making new friends can be tough. But going to school and making new friends while wearing a bulky hearing aid strapped to your chest? That requires superpowers! In this funny, poignant graphic novel memoir, author/illustrator Cece Bell chronicles her hearing loss at a young age and her subsequent experiences with the Phonic Ear, a very powerful--and very awkward--hearing aid. The Phonic Ear gives Cece the ability to hear--sometimes things she shouldn't--but also isolates her from her classmates. She really just wants to fit in and find a true friend, someone who appreciates her as she is. After some trouble, she is finally able to harness the power of the Phonic Ear and become "El Deafo, Listener for All." And more importantly, declare a place for herself in the world and find the friend she's longed for.

Date Published:2020

The skin I'm in

Flake, Sharon


Thirteen-year-old Maleeka, uncomfortable because her skin is extremely dark, meets a new teacher with a birthmark on her face and makes some discoveries about how to love who she is and what she looks like.
Date Published:2021

You matter

Robinson, Christian,


A cast of characters, both human and animal, remind readers that no matter what happens or how one feels, they matter.
Date Published:2020

Masters of science fiction : Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, Philip K. Dick, Arthur C. Clarke, Ursula K. Le Guin, Octavia Butler


Learn all about the masters of science fiction. Explore the lives and works of Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, Philip K. Dick, Arthur C. Clarke, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Octavia Butler. This program is sure to inspire, spark the imagination and unleash the creative writer in you.
Date Published:2025

Eyes that kiss in the corners

Ho, Joanna.


Title proper from title frame. "A young Asian girl notices that her eyes look different from her peers'. They have big, round eyes and long lashes. She realizes that her eyes are like her mother's, her grandmother's, and her little sister's. They have eyes that kiss in the corners and glow like warm tea, crinkle into crescent moons, and are filled with stories of the past and hope for the future. Drawing from the strength of these powerful women in her life, she recognizes her own beauty and discovers a path to self love and empowerment"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2021

Title proper from title frame. "A young Asian girl notices that her eyes look different from her peers'. They have big, round eyes and long lashes. She realizes that her eyes are like her mother's, her grandmother's, and her little sister's. They have eyes that kiss in the corners and glow like warm tea, crinkle into crescent moons, and are filled with stories of the past and hope for the future. Drawing from the strength of these powerful women in her life, she recognizes her own beauty and discovers a path to self love and empowerment"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2021

Give me a sign

Sortino, Anna.


Lilah is stuck in the middle. At least, that's what having a hearing loss seems like sometimes -- when you don't feel "deaf enough" to identify as Deaf or hearing enough to meet the world's expectations. But this summer, Lilah is ready for a change. When Lilah becomes a counselor at a summer camp for the deaf and blind, her plan is to brush up on her ASL. Once there, she also finds a community. There are cute British lifeguards who break hearts but not rules, a YouTuber who's just a bit desperate for clout, the campers Lilah's responsible for (and overwhelmed by) -- and then there's Isaac, the dreamy Deaf counselor who volunteers to help Lilah with her signing. Romance was never on the agenda, and Lilah's not positive Isaac likes her that way. But all signs seem to point to love. Unless she's reading them wrong? One thing's for sure: Lilah wanted change, and things here are certainly different that what she's used to.
Date Published:2023

Lilah is stuck in the middle. At least, that's what having a hearing loss seems like sometimes -- when you don't feel "deaf enough" to identify as Deaf or hearing enough to meet the world's expectations. But this summer, Lilah is ready for a change. When Lilah becomes a counselor at a summer camp for the deaf and blind, her plan is to brush up on her ASL. Once there, she also finds a community. There are cute British lifeguards who break hearts but not rules, a YouTuber who's just a bit desperate for clout, the campers Lilah's responsible for (and overwhelmed by) -- and then there's Isaac, the dreamy Deaf counselor who volunteers to help Lilah with her signing. Romance was never on the agenda, and Lilah's not positive Isaac likes her that way. But all signs seem to point to love. Unless she's reading them wrong? One thing's for sure: Lilah wanted change, and things here are certainly different that what she's used to.

Date Published:2023

Mehndi boy

Bandali, Zain,


Tehzeeb drew curvy clouds, grand galaxies, squirmy squiggles, and delicate dots. He made charming checkerboards and even perfected paisleys. The first time Tehzeeb tries mehndi, his passion for the art form blossoms. Soon, he's creating designs for all his friends and family, and dreams of becoming the most in-demand mehndi artist in town. So Tez is hurt and confused when his favorite uncle tells him mehndi isn't for boys. His art brings people joy. How could it be wrong? Tehzeeb doesn't want to disappoint his uncle. But when a crisis before his cousin's wedding puts his talents to the test, Tehzeeb must find the courage to be his true creative self.
Date Published:2023

Tehzeeb drew curvy clouds, grand galaxies, squirmy squiggles, and delicate dots. He made charming checkerboards and even perfected paisleys. The first time Tehzeeb tries mehndi, his passion for the art form blossoms. Soon, he's creating designs for all his friends and family, and dreams of becoming the most in-demand mehndi artist in town. So Tez is hurt and confused when his favorite uncle tells him mehndi isn't for boys. His art brings people joy. How could it be wrong? Tehzeeb doesn't want to disappoint his uncle. But when a crisis before his cousin's wedding puts his talents to the test, Tehzeeb must find the courage to be his true creative self.

Date Published:2023

Loveless

Oseman, Alice,


It was all sinking in. I'd never had a crush on anyone. No boys, no girls, not a single person I had ever met. What did that mean? Georgia has never been in love, never kissed anyone, never even had a crush – but as a fanfic-obsessed romantic she's sure she'll find her person one day. As she starts university with her best friends, Pip and Jason, in a whole new town far from home, Georgia's ready to find romance, and with her outgoing roommate on her side and a place in the Shakespeare Society, her ‘teenage dream' is in sight. But when her romance plan wreaks havoc amongst her friends, Georgia ends up in her own comedy of errors, and she starts to question why love seems so easy for other people but not for her. With new terms thrown at her – asexual, aromantic – Georgia is more uncertain about her feelings than ever. Is she destined to remain loveless? Or has she been looking for the wrong thing all along?
Date Published:2020

It was all sinking in. I'd never had a crush on anyone. No boys, no girls, not a single person I had ever met. What did that mean? Georgia has never been in love, never kissed anyone, never even had a crush – but as a fanfic-obsessed romantic she's sure she'll find her person one day. As she starts university with her best friends, Pip and Jason, in a whole new town far from home, Georgia's ready to find romance, and with her outgoing roommate on her side and a place in the Shakespeare Society, her ‘teenage dream' is in sight. But when her romance plan wreaks havoc amongst her friends, Georgia ends up in her own comedy of errors, and she starts to question why love seems so easy for other people but not for her. With new terms thrown at her – asexual, aromantic – Georgia is more uncertain about her feelings than ever. Is she destined to remain loveless? Or has she been looking for the wrong thing all along?

Date Published:2020