Packed with information, hilariously but accurately (well...except for the chickens) illustrated, Hannah Holt and Korwin Briggs' A History of Underwear with Professor Chicken is sure to wedge its way into the annals of history-based...
BC Summer Reading Club 2023
This collection of summer reading club titles are an excellent source of reading material for young readers.
- Auteur:Holt, HannahSommaire:
- Auteur:Grant, ShauntaySommaire:
À quoi ressemblait la communauté ? Des maisons aux couleurs vives, logées dans la colline ; des champs où les garçons jouaient au football ; un étang où les en- fants faisaient du rafting ; la pêche en abondance; des immenses feux de...
- Auteur:Hutchins, HazelSommaire:
Art is for everyone—even a bored little girl. Going to the Art Museum with her mom is no fun at all for Anna. Everything is old and boring and there are so many rules: Don't Touch! Do Not Enter! Quiet! A vigilant guard keeps a close eye...
- Auteur:Flett, JulieSommaire:
** IBBY Canada 2022 Honor List ** When a young girl moves from the country to a small town, she feels lonely and out of place. But soon she meets an elderly woman next door, who shares her love of arts and crafts. Can the girl navigate...
- Auteur:Lee, EmelineSommaire:
"In a fresh perspective on events that changed the universe, Bonnie's Rocket reveals to readers that STEM is at its most powerful when it is personal." —Andrea Beaty, New York Times bestselling author of Rosie Revere, Engineer Bonnie's...
- Auteur:Goldberg, AlisonSommaire:
The inspiring biography of Ghanaian artist El Anatsui whose handmade sculptures, created from discarded bottle tops, have received international acclaim and been showcased around the world. "If you touch something, you leave a charge on...
- Auteur:Lopez, AitziberSommaire:
Discover the stories behind 15 of the twentieth century's key inventions in this fun and informative treasury of trailblazing women, who each made a unique contribution to the history of science and technology. Car heaters...Monopoly......
- Auteur:Bean, JonathanSommaire:
In this unique construction book for kids who love tools and trucks, readers join a girl and her family as they pack up their old house in town and set out to build a new one in the country. Mom and Dad are going to make the new house...
- Auteur:Rosen, SybilSommaire:
A warm, wonderful picture book that gently reminds us of the importance of respecting our natural world and highlights the joys and rewards of helping others. Join a girl as she helps a mama and papa bird build a nest in her bathroom,...
- Auteur:Sedgman, SamSommaire:
From Adventures on Trains author and British Book Award 2021 winner Sam Sedgman comes a beautiful and fact-filled book encapsulating the excitement and wonder of adventure and travel - all seen through the world's most epic train...
- Auteur:Stead, Philip C.Sommaire:
How many dogs live in the neighborhood? Louis decides to find out by meeting every single one. Louis really wants a dog, but his Grandma insists, "There are enough dogs in the neighborhood already." While Louis disagrees, he realizes he...
- Auteur:Woodgate, HarrySommaire:
Discover a wonderful grandfather-granddaughter relationship, as a little girl hatches the perfect plan to get her Grandad adventuring again. Gramps and Grandad were adventurers. They would surf, climb mountains, and tour the country in...
- Auteur:Guglielmo, Amy.Sommaire:
Amy Guglielmo, Jacqueline Tourville, and Giselle Potter come together to tell the inspiring story of autism advocate Dr. Temple Grandin and her brilliant invention: the hug machine. As a young girl, Temple Grandin loved folding paper...
- Auteur:Funk, JoshSommaire:
From the computer science nonprofit Girls Who Code comes this lively and funny story introducing kids to computer coding concepts. All summer, Pearl has been trying to build the perfect sandcastle, but out-of-control Frisbees and...
- Auteur:Biesty, StephenSommaire:
This children's book explores the innermost workings of some extraordinary buildings and machines. From helicopters to submarines, skyscrapers to coal mines, open up a fascinating world packed with unique and detailed cutaway drawings....
- Auteur:Johnston, DavidSommaire:
This young readers edition of Ingenious focuses on 50 kid-friendly Canadian innovations that changed the world, from canoes to whoopie cushions, chocolate bars to Pablum. Co-written by Canada's Governor General and accompanied by...
- Auteur:Rossi, Sofia E.Sommaire:
A fun and imaginative guide to futurist STEAM careers that will inspire middle-grade readers to dream big and envision a better world. From chemistry and climatology to robotics and the arts, Jobs of the Future imagines professions that...
- Auteur:Gall, ChrisSommaire:
For the 50th anniversary of the Boeing 747's first commercial flight, a picture book about the development of the iconic passenger plane and how it changed the history of air travel. In 1968, the biggest passenger jet the world had ever...
- Auteur:Agee, JonSommaire:
In this sneaky, silly picture book for fans of Oliver Jeffers and Jon Klassen, an intrepid—but not so clever—space explorer is certain he's found the only living thing on Mars. A young astronaut is absolutely sure there is life to be...
- Auteur:Khan, NaazSommaire:
A young boy on a crowded bus discovers that, after some wiggles and giggles, there's room for everyone in this lighthearted rhyming picture book set in Zanzibar. The dala dala rumbles and roars as Musa and Dada drive off to the shore—...