The amazing Christmas extravaganza

Shannon, David, 1959-

Much to the dismay of his neighbors and family, Mr. Delbert's Christmas display grows from a simple string of white lights into an outrageous spectacle.

Snowdragon

Breakspeare, Andrew.

A porcupine in a pine tree : a Canadian 12 days of Christmas

Becker, Helaine,

"North Winds Press." Celebrate Christmas Canadian-style with this hilarious adaptation of The Twelve Days of Christmas. You'll find squirrels curling, puffins piping, hockey players a-leaping and more.

Little Critter's the night before Christmas

Mayer, Mercer, 1943-

Mr. Zinger's hat

Fagan, Cary,

"This edition is published by special arrangement with the Canadian Children's Book Centre and TD Bank Group for free distribution to grade one children across Canada". This is the story of a bored little boy, who meets a man, and together they build a story. This story within a story is charming and changes both their lives... and quite possibly the readers as well.

Escape from Darth Vader

Siglain, Michael

At head of title: Star Wars. Trying to keep the Rebels' secret plans from Darth Vader, robots C-3PO and R2D2 crash land on Tatooine and meet a young farmer named Luke.

Llama Llama holiday drama

Dewdney, Anna

Llama Llama becomes overwhelmed as Christmas preparations progress, until his mother reminds him of the real gift the holiday brings.

Penguins

Pichon, Liz

Penguins at the zoo have an exciting afternoon when one finds a camera left behind by a visitor.

If you take a mouse to the movies

Numeroff, Laura Joffe

Taking a mouse to the movies can lead to letting him do other things, such as making a snowman, listening to Christmas carols, and decorating the Christmas tree.

Rap a tap tap : here's Bojangles -- think of that!

Dillon, Leo

In illustrations and rhyme, describes the dancing of Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, one of the most famous tap dancers of all time.

The Berenstain Bears and the Nutcracker

Berenstain, Jan, 1923-2012.

Brother and Sister Bear and their little sister, Honey, get a nutcracker for Christmas, and when they quickly tire of their other gifts and their parents suggest they use their imaginations instead, they are inspired to act out the ballet.

The night before Christmas

Moore, Clement Clarke, 1779-1863.

Presents the well-known poem about an important Christmas visitor.

Literacy work stations : making centers work

Diller, Debbie, 1954-

Hoping for home : stories of arrival

In these eleven original stories, characters bravely face the challenges of settling into a new life. In this wonderful new short story anthology, eleven of Canada''s top children''s authors contribute stories of immigration, displacement and change, exploring the frustration and uncertainty those changes can bring.

Beware, the snowman

Stine, R. L.

"An Apple paperback." "A Parachute Press book." Moving to the tiny mountain village of Sherpia, twelve-year-old Jaclyn takes a hike to look for kids her own age and is warned by an old man to beware the monstrous snowman that lives at the top of the mountain.

Psychic sisters

Suzanne, Jamie.

Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield are so different, it's sometimes hard to believe they're twins--until the day they discover that they can read each other's minds!

The frog prince drinks diet croak and other wacky fairy tale jokes

McMullan, Kate

Listen, said the donkey : tales of the first Christmas

Little, Jean, 1932-

The lunch box surprise

Maccarone, Grace

"Cartwheel books." When Sam's mother forgets to pack his lunch, his friends in the first grade come to his rescue.

The last dragon

Nunes, Susan, 1937-

While spending the summer in Chinatown with his great-aunt, a young boy finds an old ten-man dragon in a shop and gets a number of people to help him repair it.

Halloween alphabet

Vidrine, Beverly Barras.

Explores Halloween traditions represented by each letter of the alphabet, from the old game of bobbing for apples to a Zorro costume.

O.K., K.O., O.K.

Description based on volume 1, issue 1, June 2022. O.K., K.O., O.K. is a magazine of work by writers and artists from secondary schools in the Toronto District School Board (TDSB). The young people who contributed to this magazine were asked to submit work that is personally authentic; that challenges and disrupts past and present colonial narratives; and that inspires increasingly responsible relationships between Métis, Inuit, and First Nations Peoples and non-Indigenous communities now and into the future.