Cowgirl Kate and her cowhorse Cocoa, who is always hungry, count cows, share a story, and help each other fall asleep.

Winner of the Governor General's Award and the Mr. Christie's Book Award. In this award-winning paean to country life we find Hubbo O'Driscoll, whom we first met in Easy Avenue, now living in the lower Gatineau with his guardian aunt and uncle. When the local covered bridge -- home to a wayward ghost and her lovelorn postman -- is threatened by development, Hubbo must devise a strategy to save it.

Ten biographies of women reformers from around the world who have made a difference in the realms of politics, social equality, disability, and women’s rights. From the work of abolitionist Sojourner Truth and women like South Africa’s anti-apartheid activist Ruth First and America’s feminist leader Gloria Steinem. Also included are Michelle Douglas, a campaigner for lesbian and gay rights, and Temple Grandin, advocate for the rights of animals and a woman who has revolutionized the way the world looks at people with autism. The collection of biographies is rounded out with the stories of France’s Olympe de Gouges, India’s Sarojini Naidu, American Joan Baez, and Canadians Leilani Muir and Shannen Koostachin.

30 dangerous paths. 30 minutes to escape. YOU choose the path to survive!

Back with even more danger and daring, and a dash of fun, this fourth installment of the choose-your-own-path series features serious survival scenarios, Canadian style!

You begin your quest for survival stranded in the Rockies with an injured guide. You quickly find out she's not who she appears to be. Is she a friend or foe? And what's with that secret compound in the dam? The danger escalates . . . the dam is sabotaged . . . what should you do? Choose wrongly and be beaten by mutant beavers, roiled by raging rapids, squashed by a sasquatch, razed by a rockslide or worse! Choose well - help the mutant animals, trust your instincts with the bomb, grab that extra paddle - and make it out of the woods alive.

When Cricket McKay and her best friend, Shilo, discover that a cougar has been seen in the town of Waterton, they are thrilled that school closes for a few days as a precaution. The townspeople are worried though. They want the cougar caught and relocated, which could be disastrous for the cougar. Cricket's dad, the national park's warden, is receiving reports of the cougar causing all kinds of trouble around town, but it's the type of trouble it doesn't make sense for a cougar to get into. Then Cricket and Shilo find evidence that another animal may be to blame. With the help of a visiting researcher who is in Waterton studying cougar behavior, Cricket and Shilo must convince the townspeople, and Cricket's dad, that they're after the the wrong animal before it's too late. This is the fourth title featuring Cricket and her friends, following Bats in Trouble, Ospreys in Danger and Salamander Rescue.

Looking for excitement, Coraline ventures through a mysterious door into a world that is similar, yet disturbingly different from her own, where she must challenge a gruesome entity in order to save herself, her parents, and the souls of three others.

Eleven-year-old Ellis Johnson has the summertime blues. He dreamed of spending the summer of 1976 hanging out with friends, listening to music, and playing his harmonica. Instead, he'll be sleeping on a lumpy pullout in Dad's sad little post-divorce bungalow and helping bring Dad's latest far-fetched, sure-to-fail idea to life: opening the world's first chocolate chip cookie store.

"Gardenblock. La mission de Miss Rosalie était simple : planter une pomme de pin magique et faire pousser un arbre de Noël en 21 jours pour émerveiller les enfants. Mais cette année-là, la ville de Gardenblock allait lui donner du souci. Durée : 16 min Grand-père Ernest. À Noël, un vœu tenu bien au chaud dans votre poitrine peut se réaliser. Ce que Gaétan souhaite le plus au monde, c'est de retrouver son grand-père Ernest. Durée : 18 min Il était une fois. Gaspar avait entendu dire à l'école que le père Noël ne distribuait les cadeaux qu'en passant par la cheminée. Mais lui vivait en appartement… Durée : 8 min Il y a de cela très très longtemps. Élise surveillait le ciel. Elle ne pouvait imaginer Noël sans la neige et attendait en vain que les précieux flocons se décident à tomber. Peut-être que le mystérieux et inquiétant Doc Corbeau pourrait exaucer son souhait ? Durée : 8 min Le fils de l'ogresse. Tom n'avait rien d'un petit ogre, au grand désespoir de sa maman. Alors, elle voulut passer un marché : elle lui offrirait ce qu'il désire le plus au monde et en échange, il devrait se comporter comme un ogre digne de ce nom ! Durée : 9 min Ce dragon d'Auguste. Auguste était un petit garçon jamais content, toujours ronchon. Il aimait les dragons et désirait en posséder un vrai. Mais attention : son vœu pourrait bien se réaliser malgré lui à la veille de Noël ! Durée : 12 min".

Introduces numbers and subtraction as the reader counts construction equipment from ten to one.