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1212: Year of the Journey

1212: Year of the Journey

In a world where thousands are dying over matters of religion, where do you go? What do you believe? Who do you put your own faith in? These questions, so relevant to growing up in 2006, are als...

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A Friend Like Zilla

A Friend Like Zilla

This is a brave book. Rachna Gilmore writes from inside the mind of a pre-teen child with unerring confidence ... masterful." - Quill & Quire

Nobby meets the older Zilla whe...

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A Ghost in My Mirror

A Ghost in My Mirror

Poppy is visiting her grandmother. Before going to bed, she sees a picture of someone who looks just like her - Grandma's sister Daisy, who died when she was the same age as Poppy. Soon, Poppy fall...

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A Monster in My Cereal

A Monster in My Cereal

Poppy isn't very pleased. Her father is a pain. And the worst of it is that she is stuck with him for a whole weekend while her mother and brother are away. Suddenly, the monster on the cereal box ...

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A Riddle of Roses

A Riddle of Roses

Fantasy fiction with Celtic influence for today's adolescent reader. Meryl's mother was a great bard - a storyteller and musician who sang of life and the world around her. Meet Meryl, already a...

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A River of Hands

A River of Hands

The first of its kind, this anthology contains four children's stories by young Deaf authors and Deaf illustrators. Contributors were mentored by some of Canada's most notable authors, editors and ...

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A Tale Worth Telling

A Tale Worth Telling

Part of the I'm a Great Little Kid Series, which is published in conjunction with the Toronto Child Abuse Centre, who believe that empowering young children makes them less vulnerable.

W...

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Amazing Women Athletes

Amazing Women Athletes

This book in the popular Women's Hall of Fame Series includes photos and sidebars containing fun facts and quotes.

This collection features ten women athletes from Canada and around the ...

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An Alien In My House

An Alien In My House

When Ben discovers that an alien is living in his house, he is less than thrilled. After all, the alien looks strange, eats only green food, and doesn't let Ben watch television when he wants to. T...

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Astonishing Women Artists

Astonishing Women Artists

Reflections of the world through the eyes of creative trailblazers The newest addition to the acclaimed Women’s Hall of Fame series profiles ten phenomenal women with a passion for art. Poli...

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Aunt Fred is a Witch

Aunt Fred is a Witch

Leila is about to spend a weekend with her Aunt Fred, whom everyone says is a witch. When the adults leave, Aunt Fred puts on a wild outfit and scoops Leila up onto her motorcycle. After a spectacu...

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Being Big

Being Big

"...the story is concisely told and nicely complemented by Yvonne Cathcart's familiar large, bright, cheery pictures. An attractive, clean book design presents text and illustrations to good effect...

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Bernadette and the Lunch Bunch

Bernadette and the Lunch Bunch

Bernadette Inez O’Brian Schwartz is a very small girl with a very long name and a very BIG imagination…

Bernadette is having a hard time starting a new school year. Her best...

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Bird Brain

Bird Brain

Poppy, heroine of the internationally bestselling chapter books A Monster in My Cereal, A Ghost in My Mirror, Witch's Brew and Poppy's Whale is involved in a new adventure. When a...

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Bobbie Rosenfeld

Bobbie Rosenfeld

Sportswriters and broadcasters in this country agree that Bobbie Rosenfeld may be Canada's greatest female athlete of the twentieth century.

A Sports Hall of Famer, Bobbie was born in 19...

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Business In Bangkok

Business In Bangkok

When Mommy says she has to go on a business trip to Bangkok, her son, Corey balks. "She can't go," he says to his dad. When his father replies "Why not?" the boy finds a multitude of reasons from "...

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Clara's War

Clara's War

From the Silver Birch Award-winning author of The Secret of Gabi's Dresser. It's a dangerous time for thirteen-year-old Clara and her family. They have just been imprisoned in Terezin (Terezinst...

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Daughters of the Ark

Daughters of the Ark

An adventure story based on true events, real characters and legends. This historical-fiction novel features two girls, separated in time by thousands of years, who are forced to leave their homes ...

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Dynamic Women Dancers

Dynamic Women Dancers

Dancing to Change the World The women profiled here have become masters of their art, dancing and choreographing their way around the world. All of them have helped transform their style of dan...

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Exceptional Women Environmentalists

Exceptional Women Environmentalists

From Rachel Carson, the woman who started the modern environmental movement, to Severn Cullis-Suzuki, former host of Suzuki's Nature Quest, to Marina Silva, who fights to keep the Brazilian rain fo...

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