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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

Those who run in the sky

Johnston, Aviaq.


A young shaman named Pitu is stranded on the sea ice after a violent blizzard--without his dog team or any weapons--and soon realizes that he has been carried into the world of the spirits. He meets a fellow shaman who has been trapped in the spirit world for many years who helps Pitu make his way back to the world of the living.
Date Published:2017

Emperor Pickletine rides the bus : an origami yoda book

Angleberger, Tom


The seventh graders of McQuarrie Middle School and their Star Wars-inspired Origami finger puppets go on a field trip to Washington, D.C., on what proves to be a very long trip full of shifting alliances, betrayals, carsickness, and sugar rushes.
Date Published:2014

Diper överlöde

Kinney, Jeff,


Tagging along with his brother Rodrick's band, Löded Diper, Greg gets more than he bargained for when he gets a backstage pass to the rock 'n' roll lifestyle and wonders if he can help them become the legends they think they are.
Date Published:2022

Pokémon adventures : Black & White

Kusaka, Hidenori


Text runs from right to left. Black, an eager young Pokémon trainer, sets off on a journey to explore the Unova region, where he meets White, a Pokémon trainer who runs a talent agency for performing Pokémon.
Date Published:2011

The stone child

Robertson, David, 1977-


After discovering a near-lifeless Eli at the base of the Great Tree, Morgan knows she doesn't have much time to save him. And it will mean asking for help--from friends old and new. Racing against the clock, and with Arik and Emily at her side, Morgan sets off to follow the trail away from the Great Tree to find Eli's soul before it's too late. As they journey deep into the northern woods, a place they've been warned never to enter, they face new challenges and life-threatening attacks from strange and horrifying creatures. But a surprise ally comes to their aid, and Morgan finds the strength to focus on what's most important: saving her brother's life.
Date Published:2022

After discovering a near-lifeless Eli at the base of the Great Tree, Morgan knows she doesn't have much time to save him. And it will mean asking for help--from friends old and new. Racing against the clock, and with Arik and Emily at her side, Morgan sets off to follow the trail away from the Great Tree to find Eli's soul before it's too late. As they journey deep into the northern woods, a place they've been warned never to enter, they face new challenges and life-threatening attacks from strange and horrifying creatures. But a surprise ally comes to their aid, and Morgan finds the strength to focus on what's most important: saving her brother's life.

Date Published:2022

Dark day in the deep sea

Osborne, Mary Pope,


When eight-year-old Jack and his seven-year-old sister, Annie, join a group of nineteenth-century explorers aboard the H.M.S. Challenger, they learn about the ocean, solve the mystery of its fabled sea monster, and gain compassion for their fellow creatures.
Date Published:2009

Grumpy Bird

Tankard, Jeremy


Feeling too grumpy to fly, Bird begins to walk and finds that his mood changes as other animals join him.
Date Published:2007

Music, music for everyone

Williams, Vera B.


Rosa plays her accordion with her friends in the Oak Street Band and earns money to help her mother with expenses while her grandmother is sick.
Date Published:1984

Yasmin the zookeeper

Faruqi, Saadia.


A Capstone Interactive eBook. Field trip -- Meet the animals -- Hungry monkeys. Yasmin's class is going on a field trip to the zoo, and Yasmin is thrilled when she is chosen to help feed the monkeys; but when she trips and spills their food both she and the monkeys are upset--until she remembers that she has fruit in her lunch bag to share with her new "friends."
Date Published:2019

The Thief Lord

Funke, Cornelia Caroline


"The Chicken House." Two brothers, having run away from the aunt who plans to adopt the younger one, are sought by a detective hired by their aunt, but they have found shelter with--and protection from--Venice's "Thief Lord."
Date Published:2003

Element of Surprise : Zinc (Zn)


From the Curio.ca streaming audio-visual collection. Zinc is the most abundant metal in our bodies after iron. It helps our bodies maintain a neutral pH. The fourth most widely consumed metal, zinc is used in sunscreens, solar cells, nuclear reactors, car tires and galvanizing metals like iron and steel to prevent rusting. This Element of Surprise segment features the following experts: Josh Roberts, Biochemist, Mass Spectrometry Centre, Carleton University, and Anna Ampaw, PhD candidate, Chemistry, University of Ottawa.
Date Published:2019

From the Curio.ca streaming audio-visual collection. Zinc is the most abundant metal in our bodies after iron. It helps our bodies maintain a neutral pH. The fourth most widely consumed metal, zinc is used in sunscreens, solar cells, nuclear reactors, car tires and galvanizing metals like iron and steel to prevent rusting. This Element of Surprise segment features the following experts: Josh Roberts, Biochemist, Mass Spectrometry Centre, Carleton University, and Anna Ampaw, PhD candidate, Chemistry, University of Ottawa.

Date Published:2019

Une syllabe à la fois : coffret série orange

Khalil, Michelle.


Des textes adaptés pour lire plus facilement! Dans ces livrets, les mots contiennent :des graphèmes simples : a, b, c (dur et doux), ç, d, e (comme dans « cheval » et comme dans « merci »), é, è, ê, f, g (dur et doux), h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, r, s [s], s [z], t, u, v, y, zdes syllabes orales simples : V (voyelle) et CV (consonne, voyelle)des syllabes orales complexes : VC, CVC, CVCC, CCV, CCVC, CCVCC.
Date Published:2024

Des textes adaptés pour lire plus facilement! Dans ces livrets, les mots contiennent :des graphèmes simples : a, b, c (dur et doux), ç, d, e (comme dans « cheval » et comme dans « merci »), é, è, ê, f, g (dur et doux), h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, r, s [s], s [z], t, u, v, y, zdes syllabes orales simples : V (voyelle) et CV (consonne, voyelle)des syllabes orales complexes : VC, CVC, CVCC, CCV, CCVC, CCVCC.

Date Published:2024

Freedom Train

Coleman, Evelyn, 1948-


Twelve-year-old Clyde Thomason's older brother is a guard on the Freedom Train, which is carrying the Bill of Rights and other documents throughout the country in 1948, but Clyde is also learning about rights and freedom as he is saved from a beating by an African American boy, and later returns the favor when men in their Atlanta suburb decide to show the "Nigras" their place.
Date Published:2008

Born to rock

Korman, Gordon


High school senior Leo Caraway, a conservative Republican, learns that his biological father is a punk rock legend.
Date Published:2007

Tales from a not-so-glam TV star

Russell, Rachel Renée


"This diary belongs to Nikki J. Maxwell -- Private & Confidential -- No snooping allowed!!!"--Inside cover. Nikki is in the spotlight. A reality TV crew will follow her and her friends for the whole month of March as they record their hit song together. But will the excitement also cause unexpected problems, now that cameras are everywhere that Nikki and her friends go? Everyone's been rooting for Nikki Maxwell and her crush, Brandon -- and fans will finally learn if they had their first kiss in this seventh book of the Dork Diaries series!
Date Published:2014

"This diary belongs to Nikki J. Maxwell -- Private & Confidential -- No snooping allowed!!!"--Inside cover. Nikki is in the spotlight. A reality TV crew will follow her and her friends for the whole month of March as they record their hit song together. But will the excitement also cause unexpected problems, now that cameras are everywhere that Nikki and her friends go? Everyone's been rooting for Nikki Maxwell and her crush, Brandon -- and fans will finally learn if they had their first kiss in this seventh book of the Dork Diaries series!

Date Published:2014

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

Who hides in the park = : Les mystères du parc = Kōen de kakurenbo = Shui to tsai kung yüan li

Aska, Warabé.


Text in English, French and Japanese and Chinese. Texte en anglais, en français, en japonais et en chinoisie. Every city park has it own magic that the children who play there remember fondly for the rest of their lives. Does another city park exist as fabulous as Vancouver's Stanley Park? Stanley Park, Vancouver, may well be the most marvelous city park in the world, as well as the most beautiful. What other hides so many creatures, living and legendary, for visitors to search out and dream on? The setting is fabulous: almost an island surrounded by ocean where giant forests, trails, and totem poles evoke the spirit of the Coast Salish Indians who once lived there. Every tree, rock, lake, and lagoon suggests the kind of mystery that children love.
Date Published:1986

Text in English, French and Japanese and Chinese. Texte en anglais, en français, en japonais et en chinoisie. Every city park has it own magic that the children who play there remember fondly for the rest of their lives. Does another city park exist as fabulous as Vancouver's Stanley Park? Stanley Park, Vancouver, may well be the most marvelous city park in the world, as well as the most beautiful. What other hides so many creatures, living and legendary, for visitors to search out and dream on? The setting is fabulous: almost an island surrounded by ocean where giant forests, trails, and totem poles evoke the spirit of the Coast Salish Indians who once lived there. Every tree, rock, lake, and lagoon suggests the kind of mystery that children love.

Date Published:1986

Honey, honey--lion! : a story from Africa

Brett, Jan, 1949-


After working together to obtain honey, the African honey badger always shares it with his partner, the honeyguide bird, until one day when the honey badger becomes greedy and his feathered friend decides to teach him a lesson. When greedy Badger decides to keep the honeycomb all to himself, instead of sharing it with Honeyguide bird, he is chased through the pond, over an anthill, and through a landscape of many exotic animals where something waits to teach Badger a valuable lesson.
Date Published:2005

After working together to obtain honey, the African honey badger always shares it with his partner, the honeyguide bird, until one day when the honey badger becomes greedy and his feathered friend decides to teach him a lesson. When greedy Badger decides to keep the honeycomb all to himself, instead of sharing it with Honeyguide bird, he is chased through the pond, over an anthill, and through a landscape of many exotic animals where something waits to teach Badger a valuable lesson.

Date Published:2005

The awesomely awful melodies of Lydia Goldblatt & Julie Graham-Chang

Ignatow, Amy


Lydia and Julie are ready to start seventh grade and Lydia wants to start a band.
Date Published:2013